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as_o to_o obstruct_v thy_o seasonable_a and_o serious_a close_n with_o god_n upon_o a_o covenant-accompt_n and_o with_o jesus_n christ_n as_o lord_n and_o saviour_n so_o shall_v thou_o break_v off_o that_o great_a sin_n of_o gospel-refusing_a and_o escape_v that_o great_a damnation_n that_o be_v due_a to_o it_o and_o attain_v unto_o that_o great_a salvation_n which_o be_v here_o faithful_o commend_v and_o hearty_o wish_v to_o thou_o by_o he_o who_o be_v thy_o soul_n friend_n richard_n eede_v to_o the_o reader_n reader_n it_o be_v the_o glory_n and_o happiness_n of_o the_o age_n and_o country_n in_o which_o thou_o live_v to_o have_v the_o plain_a and_o plentiful_a teach_n of_o the_o lord_n that_o while_o we_o see_v not_o god_n or_o the_o life_n to_o come_v with_o open_a face_n by_o immediate_a intuition_n to_o our_o full_a satisfaction_n we_o may_v yet_o see_v he_o in_o a_o glass_n by_o reason_n sanctify_v and_o guide_v and_o elevate_v by_o faith_n so_o far_o as_o to_o quicken_v our_o desire_n after_o more_o and_o to_o cheer_n and_o strengthen_v we_o as_o a_o foretaste_a and_o earnest_a of_o the_o everlasting_a inheritance_n though_o the_o invisible_a thing_n of_o god_n may_v be_v so_o far_o see_v in_o the_o thing_n that_o be_v make_v as_o to_o leave_v all_o those_o without_o excuse_n that_o know_v not_o god_n or_o glorify_v he_o not_o as_o god_n rom._n 1.20_o 21._o yet_o be_v the_o gospel_n the_o much_o clear_a glass_n though_o not_o as_o to_o the_o sensible_a manner_n of_o revelation_n yet_o as_o to_o the_o fullness_n and_o cleverness_n of_o discovery_n in_o this_o glass_n thou_o may_v certain_o see_v on_o earth_n the_o thing_n that_o will_v be_v do_v in_o heaven_n and_o hell_n to_o all_o eternity_n thou_o may_v know_v if_o thou_o can_v but_o know_v thy_o heart_n both_o where_o and_o in_o what_o case_n thou_o must_v live_v for_o ever_o whether_o with_o god_n or_o devil_n whether_o in_o joy_n or_o torment_n whether_o in_o the_o end_n i_o less_o sense_n of_o the_o 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