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A95609 A Scripture-map of the wildernesse of sin, and vvay to Canaan. Or The sinners way to the saints rest. Wherein the close bewildring sleights of sin, wiles of the Devill, and windings of the heart, as also the various bewildrings of lost sinners, yea, even of saints, before, in, and after conversion; the necessity of leaning upon Christ alone for salvation, with directions therein: as also, the evident and eminent danger of false guides, false wayes, false leaning-stocks, are plainly, and practically discovered. Being the summe of LXIV lecture sermons preached at Sudbury in Suffolk, on Cantic. 8.5. / By Faithful Teate, M.A. minister of the Gospel. Teate, Faithful, b. 1621. 1655 (1655) Wing T615; Thomason E839_1; ESTC R203761 372,945 489

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do_v environ_v this_o pharaoh_n know_v well_o enough_o when_o he_o say_v as_o exod._n 14.3_o the_o wilderness_n have_v shut_v they_o in_o and_o this_o last_o add_v as_o much_o as_o all_o the_o rest_n as_o give_v strength_n unto_o the_o rest_n unto_o the_o exceed_a greatness_n of_o the_o difficulty_n of_o come_v out_o of_o the_o wilderness_n be_v the_o wilderness_n ten_o thousand_o mile_n in_o length_n and_o withal_o but_o very_o narrow_a yea_o be_v it_o when_o thou_o come_v to_o any_o part_n of_o it_o open_a to_o the_o east_n though_o it_o be_v wilderness_n ten_o thousand_o mile_n towards_o west_n and_o north_n and_o south_n thy_o recovery_n then_o be_v not_o so_o desperate_a but_o this_o be_v the_o utmost_a and_o it_o be_v enough_o the_o wilderness_n it_o do_v surround_v yea_o the_o wilderness_n have_v shut_v thou_o in_o and_o how_o shall_v thou_o then_o get_v out_o again_o and_o if_o it_o be_v not_o so_o with_o sin_n see_v heb._n 12.1_o let_v we_o lay_v aside_o the_o sin_n that_o 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