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direction_n 1._o immediate_o after_o we_o return_v from_o the_o lord_n table_n we_o must_v not_o entertain_v any_o business_n or_o company_n until_o we_o have_v first_o serious_o consider_v the_o happiness_n of_o our_o present_a estate_n as_o to_o the_o comfort_n the_o hope_n and_o the_o peace_n which_o we_o now_o feel_v and_o then_o to_o consider_v the_o folly_n and_o the_o danger_n of_o quit_v so_o desirable_a a_o condition_n and_o this_o we_o must_v meditate_v upon_o until_o we_o see_v it_o be_v our_o wisdom_n our_o interest_n and_o great_a advantage_n to_o continue_v in_o this_o bless_a society_n and_o these_o good_a way_n where_o we_o may_v be_v so_o easy_a so_o safe_a and_o so_o reward_v for_o many_o part_n with_o their_o comfort_n before_o they_o ever_o consider_v the_o value_n thereof_o 2._o be_v sure_a immediate_o to_o beg_v of_o god_n as_o this_o petition_n teach_v the_o assistance_n of_o his_o grace_n to_o which_o purpose_n the_o annex_v form_n may_v be_v use_v and_o to_o excite_v our_o devotion_n let_v we_o sad_o reflect_v upon_o our_o former_a backslide_n and_o that_o we_o have_v the_o same_o frail_a nature_n 13._o nature_n multos_fw-la impedit_fw-la à _fw-la firmitate_fw-la praesumptio_fw-la firmitatis_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr verb._n dom._n 13._o our_o enemy_n the_o same_o power_n and_o policy_n and_o great_a malice_n still_o and_o if_o we_o can_v pray_v hearty_o for_o grace_n to_o be_v good_a it_o be_v a_o great_a assurance_n that_o we_o do_v sincere_o desire_v to_o be_v good_a 45._o good_a justa_n vita_fw-la cum_fw-la volumus_fw-la adest_fw-la quia_fw-la ipsum_fw-la plane_n velle_fw-la justitia_fw-la est_fw-la august_n ep_v 45._o and_o it_o be_v the_o begin_n of_o grace_n to_o wish_v earnest_o for_o it_o idem_fw-la it_o ut_fw-la ergo_fw-la desideremus_fw-la adjutorium_fw-la gratiae_fw-la hoc_fw-la ipsum_fw-la quoque_fw-la opus_fw-la est_fw-la gratiae_fw-la ipsa_fw-la namque_fw-la incipit_fw-la infundi_fw-la ut_fw-la incipiat_fw-la posci_fw-la idem_fw-la yea_o we_o serve_v such_o a_o master_n as_o will_v be_v please_v if_o we_o do_v what_o we_o can_v and_o ask_v of_o he_o what_o we_o can_v do_v though_o we_o do_v not_o all_o we_o shall_v only_o it_o must_v be_v remember_v that_o we_o must_v not_o only_o pray_v for_o perseverance_n just_a now_o but_o every_o day_n of_o our_o life_n also_o afterward_o 3._o let_v we_o present_o begin_v to_o do_v these_o good_a work_n and_o to_o perform_v our_o vow_n while_o our_o heart_n be_v warm_a with_o these_o flame_n for_o to_o morrow_n we_o shall_v be_v less_o able_a and_o perhaps_o less_o willing_a and_o if_o we_o go_v not_o forward_o we_o shall_v go_v backward_o 36._o backward_o vnum_fw-la è_fw-la duobus_fw-la necesse_fw-la erit_fw-la aut_fw-la semper_fw-la proficere_fw-la aut_fw-la prorsus_fw-la deficere_fw-la bern._n divers_a 36._o and_o by_o do_v act_n of_o religion_n and_o virtue_n that_o will_v be_v pleasant_a and_o easy_a which_o be_v think_v difficult_a 104._o difficult_a quem_fw-la unquam_fw-la ista_fw-la destituêre_fw-la tentantem_fw-la cvi_fw-la non_fw-la faciliora_fw-la in_o actu_fw-la apparuêre_fw-la non_fw-la quia_fw-la difficilia_fw-la sunt_fw-la non_fw-la audemus_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la audemus_fw-la difficilia_fw-la senec._n ep_v 104._o only_o because_o we_o have_v not_o try_v it_o beside_o by_o deny_v our_o desire_n once_o or_o twice_o we_o shall_v perceive_v how_o much_o easy_o and_o sweet_a it_o be_v to_o deny_v a_o lust_n than_o to_o satisfy_v it_o and_o by_o the_o success_n of_o these_o first_o attempt_n we_o shall_v both_o give_v experiment_n of_o the_o grace_n receive_v and_o have_v somewhat_o wherewith_o to_o upbraid_v our_o soul_n afterward_o if_o we_o grow_v remiss_a 4._o when_o we_o feel_v our_o zeal_n to_o cool_v our_o devotion_n to_o decay_v when_o we_o find_v ourselves_o less_o sensible_a of_o former_a sin_n and_o that_o we_o begin_v to_o abate_v of_o our_o watchfulness_n and_o care_n we_o must_v renew_v our_o 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