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the_o goat_n on_o the_o left_a and_o so_o on_o as_o you_o may_v read_v in_o the_o text._n but_o why_o tremble_v thou_o oh_o humble_a gracious_a soul_n can_v the_o enemy_n and_o slighter_n of_o christ_n be_v foretell_v their_o doom_n but_o thou_o must_v quake_v 19.22_o do_v i_o make_v sad_a the_o soul_n that_o god_n will_v not_o have_v sad_a do_v not_o thy_o lord_n know_v his_o own_o sheep_n who_o have_v hear_v his_o voice_n and_o follow_v he_o he_o that_o will_v not_o lose_v the_o family_n of_o one_o noah_n in_o a_o common_a deluge_n when_o he_o only_o he_o have_v find_v faithful_a in_o all_o the_o earth_n he_o that_o will_v not_o overlook_a one_o lot_n in_o sodom_n nay_o that_o can_v do_v nothing_o till_o he_o be_v forth_o will_v he_o forget_v thou_o at_o that_o day_n thy_o lord_n know_v now_o to_o deliver_v the_o godly_a out_o of_o temptation_n 2.9_o and_o to_o reserve_v the_o unjust_a to_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n to_o be_v punish_v he_o know_v how_o to_o make_v the_o same_o 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be_v 6._o that_o the_o difficulty_n of_o obtain_v show_v the_o excellency_n and_o sure_o if_o you_o consider_v but_o what_o it_o cost_v christ_n to_o purchase_v it_o what_o it_o cost_v the_o spirit_n to_o bring_v man_n heart_n to_o it_o what_o it_o cost_v minister_n to_o persuade_v to_o it_o what_o it_o cost_v christian_n socordia_fw-la after_o all_o this_o to_o obtain_v it_o and_o what_o it_o cost_v many_o a_o half-christian_a that_o after_o all_o go_v without_o it_o you_o will_v say_v that_o here_o be_v difficulty_n and_o therefore_o excellency_n trifle_n may_v be_v have_v at_o a_o trivial_a rate_n and_o man_n may_v have_v damnation_n far_o more_o easy_o it_o be_v but_o lie_v still_o and_o sleep_v out_o our_o day_n in_o careless_a laziness_n it_o be_v but_o take_v our_o pleasure_n and_o mind_n the_o world_n and_o cast_v away_o the_o thought_n of_o sin_n and_o grace_n and_o christ_n and_o heaven_n and_o hell_n out_o of_o your_o mind_n and_o do_v as_o the_o most_o do_v and_o never_o 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viz._n spiritu_fw-la maligno_fw-la quod_fw-la hominis_fw-la superet_fw-la potestatem_fw-la vossius_fw-la epistol_n de_fw-fr samuele_n in_o beverovitii_fw-la epistol_n pag._n 203._o vid._n mercur._n viperam_fw-la de_fw-la prodig_v lib._n 8._o psellum_fw-la thyreus_n de_fw-fr locis_fw-la infestis_fw-la object_n so_o his_o seem_a miracle_n lege_fw-la jo._n bap._n van_n helmont_n de_fw-fr lethiasi_fw-la c._n 9_o §._o 27._o pag._n 168._o §._o 3._o si_fw-mi quando_fw-la nos_fw-la oporteat_fw-la his_fw-la opitulari_fw-la non_fw-la loquamur_fw-la cum_fw-la spiritu_fw-la vel_fw-la adjurando_fw-la vel_fw-la imperando_fw-la quasi_fw-la nos_fw-la audiat_fw-la sed_fw-la tantum_fw-la precibus_fw-la &_o jejuniis_fw-la incumbendo_fw-la perfeveremus_fw-la origen_n in_o math._n 17._o the_o devil_n have_v the_o power_n of_o death_n say_v the_o holy_a ghost_n heb._n 2.14_o vid._n petr._n martyr_n in_o loc._n commun_n class_n 1._o cap._n 8._o §._o 8._o pag._n 39_o 40._o daemoniaci_fw-la semper_fw-la fere_n 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