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your_o salvation_n with_o his_o own_o hand_n the_o first_o motion_n spring_v out_o of_o his_o breast_n if_o god_n have_v not_o design_v the_o redeemer_n for_o you_o the_o world_n have_v never_o see_v he_o he_o have_v never_o leave_v that_o sweet_a bosom_n for_o you_o it_o be_v the_o act_n of_o the_o father_n to_o give_v you_o to_o the_o son_n to_o be_v redeem_a and_o then_o to_o give_v the_o son_n to_o be_v a_o redeemer_n to_o you_o both_o of_o they_o stupenduous_a and_o astonish_a act_n of_o grace_n and_o in_o both_o god_n act_v as_o a_o most_o free_a agent_n when_o he_o give_v you_o to_o christ_n before_o the_o begin_n of_o time_n there_o be_v nothing_o out_o of_o himself_o that_o can_v in_o the_o least_o move_v he_o to_o it_o when_o the_o father_n son_n and_o spirit_n sit_v as_o i_o may_v say_v at_o the_o counsel_n table_n contrive_v and_o lay_v the_o design_n for_o the_o salvation_n of_o a_o few_o out_o of_o many_o of_o adam_n degenerate_a offspring_n there_o be_v none_o come_v 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one_o encourage_v from_o christ_n prophetical_a office_n p._n 106._o weak_a christian_n assist_v may_v out_o act_v the_o strong_a p._n 514._o weanedness_n from_o the_o world_n how_o effect_v p._n 188_o 189._o will_n and_o testament_n of_o christ_n what_o p._n 536._o will_v of_o christ_n what_o it_o contain_v for_o believer_n p._n 537._o wisdom_n of_o god_n what_o a_o monument_n it_o have_v raise_v to_o itself_o in_o our_o redemption_n p._n 60._o witness_n suborn_v against_o christ_n and_o that_o by_o a_o court_n of_o judicature_n p._n 314._o work_v the_o work_n christ_n finish_v a_o most_o difficult_a work_n p._n 480._o a_o precious_a work_n ibid._n how_o christ_n finish_v this_o work_n open_v in_o four_o particular_n p._n 481._o christ_n work_n in_o we_o will_v be_v finish_v and_o how_o that_o can_v be_v evidence_v p._n 486._o how_o necessary_a be_v a_o work_a life_n for_o god_n p._n 487._o christian_n must_v finish_v their_o work_n as_o christ_n do_v his_o p._n 488_o 489._o three_o rouse_a consideration_n to_o such_o who_o work_n be_v not_o finish_v when_o they_o die_v as_o christ_n be_v p._n 490._o world_n what_o a_o potent_a conqueror_n p._n 307._o wrath_n of_o god_n how_o dreadful_a p._n 288_o 293._o christ_n soul_n feel_v the_o wrath_n of_o god_n the_o aggravate_v wrath_n of_o god_n p._n 497_o 468._o how_o christ_n deliver_v the_o elect_a from_o it_o p._n 524._o y._n young_a one_o exhort_v to_o begin_v with_o god_n betimes_o p._n 445._o six_o argument_n to_o persuade_v to_o religion_n in_o youth_n p._n 446._o z._n zaleucus_n his_o famous_a example_n of_o justice_n mix_v with_o mercy_n p._n 175._o finis_fw-la finis_fw-la doct._n thomson_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pag_n 91._o ep._n s.r._n mr._n baxter_n direction_n to_o the_o convert_v for_o their_o establishment_n p._n 96._o ordo_fw-la est_fw-la mater_fw-la memoriae_fw-la memoriae_fw-la mr._n wall_n be_v none_o but_o christ._n christ._n mr._n isaac_n aâ—bros_n hâ—s_n look_v to_o jesus_n seneca_n quam_fw-la multi_fw-la saptissent_fw-la nisi_fw-la se_fw-la prius_fw-la sâ—pere_fw-la pâ—tassent_v seneca_n ☞_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mr._n s._n r._n dabiâ—_n posterior_n aetas_fw-la tractabiliores_fw-la fortè_fw-la animas_fw-la mitiâ—ra_fw-la pectora_fw-la quam_fw-la nostra_fw-la habent_fw-la secula_fw-la arit_fw-la probl._n serm._n 2._o serm._n 3_o serm._n 4._o serm._n 5._o serm._n 6._o serm._n 7._o serm._n 8._o serm._n 9_o serm._n 10._o serm._n 11._o serm._n 12._o serm._n 13._o serm._n 14._o serm._n 15._o serm._n 16._o serm._n 17._o serm._n 18._o serm._n 19_o serm._n 20._o serm._n 21._o serm._n 22._o serm._n 23._o serm._n 24._o serm._n 25._o serm._n 26._o serm._n 27._o serm._n 28._o serm._n 29._o serm._n 30._o serm._n 31._o serm._n 32._o serm._n 33._o serm._n 34._o serm._n 35._o serm._n 36._o serm._n 37._o serm._n 38._o serm._n 39_o serm._n 40._o serm._n 41._o serm._n 42._o serm._n 1_o open_v the_o excellency_n of_o the_o subject_a non_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sed_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d significat_fw-la aestimare_fw-la aut_fw-la eximium_fw-la durâ—â—e_fw-la in_fw-la hoc_fw-la autem_fw-la non_fw-la temnit_fw-la nâ—c_fw-la daâ—â—at_fw-la omnem_fw-la aliam_fw-la scientiam_fw-la nisi_fw-la ut_fw-la opponitu_fw-la scientiae_fw-la christi_fw-la etc._n etc._n wall_n vehementem_fw-la habet_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quod_fw-la adjecit_fw-la &_o hunc_fw-la crucifixum_fw-la pet._n martyr_n in_o loc_n christum_fw-la crucifixum_fw-la stylo_fw-la crucifixo_fw-la predicabat_fw-la doct._n qui_fw-la scientiam_fw-la secularem_fw-la preponit_fw-la study_v aut_fw-la cognitioni_fw-la huiâ—_n sacrae_fw-la be_v thesauro_fw-la quisquilius_fw-la praefect_n daven_n in_o coll_n 2._o v_o 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d multi_fw-la formis_fw-la sapientia_fw-la dei_fw-la caryll_o in_o jâ—b_n 11.6_o omnis_fw-la cognitio_fw-la tuus_fw-la veriâ—atis_fw-la longâ—_n juâ—uâ—dissima_fw-la est_fw-la suavissiâ—a_fw-la &_o amaenissima_fw-la etiam_fw-la quae_fw-la prostat_fw-la pro_fw-la â—oribus_fw-la &_o obviam_fw-la cuique_fw-la seize_v sâ—onte_fw-fr data_fw-la quantuâ—_fw-la deliciarum_fw-la est_fw-la illius_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o intimis_fw-la penetralibus_fw-la reconditam_fw-la apud_fw-la te_fw-la habes_fw-la multisque_fw-la seris_fw-la &_o repagulis_fw-la clausam_fw-la brightman_n in_o cant._n infer_v 1._o pleâ—è_fw-la sapit_fw-la qui_fw-la evangeliuâ—_fw-la didicit_fw-la prorsus_fw-la insaâ—it_fw-la qui_fw-la coâ—nitionem_fw-la salutarem_fw-la alibi_fw-la quaerit_fw-la hiâ—_n enim_fw-la omâ—â—â—_n thesauri_fw-la dau._n in_o coll._n infer_v 2._o infer_v 3._o vide_fw-la zaâ—ch_o in_o eph_n 4._o p._n 161._o the_o dâ—pli_v i_o cognition_n christi_n infer_v 4._o infer_v 5._o i_o be_o sure_a say_v a_o holy_a one_o the_o saint_n at_o their_o best_a be_v but_o stranger_n to_o the_o weight_n and_o worth_n of_o the_o incomparable_a sweetness_n of_o christ_n he_o be_v so_o new_a so_o fresh_a in_o excellency_n every_o day_n to_o those_o that_o search_v more_o and_o more_o into_o he_o as_o if_o heaven_n can_v furnish_v as_o many_o new_a christ_n if_o i_o may_v so_o speak_v as_o there_o be_v day_n betwixt_o he_o and_o we_o and_o yet_o he_o be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o still_o oh_o we_o love_v a_o unknown_a lover_n when_o we_o love_v christ._n infer_v 6._o cavete_fw-la ne_fw-la germinante_fw-la indy_n arbore_fw-la sâ—ientiae_fw-la sola_fw-la sterileseat_a arbour_n aquavitae_fw-la cauâ—te_a â—e_n doâ—is_fw-la spâ—ritus_fw-la contenti_fw-la donum_fw-la spiritum_fw-la nihili_fw-la aestimetis_fw-la s._n ford_n amb_n sacr._n p._n 35._o peritum_fw-la esse_fw-la &_o sine_fw-la doctrina_fw-la pietatis_fw-la periturum_fw-la aug._n melius_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la nos_fw-la reprehendaâ—t_fw-la gramatici_fw-la quam_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la intellegant_fw-la populi_fw-la â—oi_fw-la quanta_fw-la eloquentiâ_fw-la sed_fw-la quanta_fw-la evidentia_fw-la non_fw-la rhetoricè_fw-la sed_fw-la apostoliâ—è_fw-la non_fw-la diserta_fw-la sed_fw-la fortia_fw-la quod_fw-la à _fw-la studiis_fw-la scholasticae_fw-la theologiae_fw-la averteretur_fw-la ferè_fw-la naâ—scâ—bundus_fw-la quoniam_fw-la sicco_fw-it carebant_fw-la liquidae_fw-la pietatis_fw-la fuligat_fw-la in_o vita_fw-la bel._n gildas_n salvianus_n p._n 27._o we_o may_v apply_v to_o minister_n what_o tacitus_n speak_v of_o magistrate_n ita_fw-la nati_fw-la estis_fw-la ut_fw-la bona_fw-la malaque_fw-la vestra_fw-la ad_fw-la rempub_fw-la pertineant_fw-la tacit._n annal._n lib._n 4._o serm._n 2._o set_v forth_o christ_n in_o his_o essential_a and_o primoeval_fw-fr glory_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fidelem_fw-la artificem_fw-la significat_fw-la placuit_fw-la hoc_fw-la nomen_fw-la sibi_fw-la assumere_fw-la ut_fw-la declararet_fw-la tandem_fw-la conversionem_fw-la cordis_fw-la non_fw-la à _fw-la scipsis_fw-la perficisci_fw-la sed_fw-la ab_fw-la hoc_fw-la fideli_fw-la artifice_n brightman_n in_o cant._n 1â—6_n ridere_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ludere_fw-la laetari_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d similem_fw-la se_fw-la facit_fw-la nutricio_fw-la stanti_fw-la apud_fw-la patrem_fw-la luvat_fw-la in_o loc_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d diâ—_n die_v ludens_fw-la doct._n joh._n 1.18_o metaphoricè_fw-la intima_fw-la communio_fw-la silij_fw-la dei_fw-la cum_fw-la patre_fw-la innuitur_fw-la quae_fw-la consistit_fw-la in_o aeternâ—_n generatione_n tum_fw-la iâ—_n arctissima_fw-la unitate_fw-la naturae_fw-la tum_fw-la in_o ardentissima_fw-la dilectione_n denique_fw-la in_o se_fw-la cretissimorum_fw-la communicatione_n glass_n hieron_n quem_fw-la approbat_fw-la pagn_n &_o mont_fw-fr complacuit_fw-la animae_fw-la meae_fw-la sept._n quem_fw-la sâ—scepit_fw-la anima_fw-la mea_fw-la matth._n 8.20_o he_o that_o be_v in_o the_o bosom_n of_o the_o father_n a_o expression_n show_v the_o intimate_a close_a and_o secret_a delight_n and_o love_v he_o have_v from_o the_o father_n how_o unspeakable_a be_v it_o that_o he_o shall_v deprive_v himself_o of_o the_o sense_n of_o it_o to_o put_v himself_o as_o it_o be_v out_o of_o heaven_n into_o hell_n this_o be_v deep_a love_n than_o ever_o we_o can_v imagine_v or_o conceive_v no_o wonder_n the_o apostle_n call_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o unsearchable_a riches_n of_o grace_n we_o be_v never_o able_a to_o go_v to_o the_o bottom_n of_o it_o but_o still_o there_o be_v more_o grace_n and_o love_v behind_o mr._n anth._n bug_n lect._n in_o joh._n 17._o p_o 503._o amo_fw-la te_fw-la domiâ—_n plusquam_fw-la meos_fw-la plusquam_fw-la mea_fw-la plusquam_fw-la i_o bern._n suppose_v say_v one_o there_o be_v a_o hell_n betwixt_o i_o and_o christ_n and_o christ_n shall_v say_v put_v in_o thy_o foot_n and_o come_v through_o or_o thou_o shall_v have_v none_o of_o i_o will_v i_o not_o do_v it_o infer_v 1._o infer_v 2._o it_o be_v admirable_a that_o christ_n shall_v not_o only_o put_v himself_o out_o of_o comfort_n but_o also_o from_o the_o enjoyment_n of_o that_o manifest_a glory_n and_o honour_n he_o may_v have_v retain_v to_o himself_o for_o he_o pray_v here_o for_o that_o glory_n which_o he_o have_v with_o the_o father_n from_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o world_n he_o have_v it_o in_o right_a but_o not_o in_o possession_n he_o voluntary_o divest_v himself_o of_o that_o to_o accomplish_v our_o redemption_n burges_n on_o john_n 17._o v_o 19_o infer_v 3._o infer_v 4._o infer_v 5._o serm._n 3_o open_v the_o covenant_n of_o redemption_n betwixt_o the_o father_n and_o