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be_v salt_v with_o fire_n and_o every_o sacrifice_n shall_v be_v salt_v with_o salt_n serm._n 6_o &_o 7._o pag._n 104._o on_o 2_o thess._n 3._o 5._o and_o the_o lord_n direct_v your_o heart_n into_o the_o love_n of_o god_n and_o into_o the_o patient_a wait_a for_o christ._n serm._n 8._o pag._n 142._o on_o ephes._n 1._o 8._o wherein_o he_o have_v abound_v towards_o we_o in_o all_o wisdom_n and_o prudence_n serm._n 9_o pag._n 157._o on_o mat._n 27._o 46._o and_o about_o the_o nine_o hour_n jesus_n cry_v with_o a_o loud_a voice_n say_v eli_n eli_n lama_fw-la sabacthani_fw-la that_o be_v to_o say_v my_o god_n my_o god_n why_o have_v thou_o forsake_v i_o serm._n 10._o pag._n 175._o on_o rom._n 1._o part_v of_o the_o 29_o &_o 30_o verse_n whisperer_n backbiter_n serm._n 11._o pag._n 192._o on_o gal._n 5._o 16._o this_o i_o say_v then_o walk_v in_o the_o spirit_n and_o you_o shall_v not_o fulfil_v the_o lust_n of_o the_o flesh._n serm._n 12._o pag._n 207._o on_o job_n 19_o 25._o for_o i_o 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in_o another_o though_o we_o will_v not_o take_v notice_n of_o it_o in_o ourselves_o the_o sensuality_n and_o pride_n and_o vanity_n of_o one_o wicked_a man_n be_v hate_v by_o another_o nay_o he_o be_v loathsome_a to_o himself_o why_o because_o he_o can_v endure_v to_o look_v into_o himself_o we_o can_v endure_v ourselves_o when_o we_o be_v serious_a they_o will_v not_o come_v to_o the_o light_n lest_o their_o deed_n shall_v be_v reprove_v and_o we_o be_v shy_a of_o god_n presence_n we_o be_v sensible_a we_o have_v something_o make_v we_o offensive_a to_o he_o and_o we_o hang_v off_o from_o he_o when_o we_o have_v sin_v against_o he_o as_o it_o be_v david_n experience_n psal._n 32._o 3._o that_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o his_o silence_n he_o keep_v off_o from_o god_n have_v sin_v against_o he_o and_o have_v not_o a_o heart_n to_o go_v home_o and_o sue_v out_o his_o pardon_n o_o what_o a_o mercy_n be_v it_o then_o to_o have_v this_o filth_n cover_v that_o we_o may_v be_v free_v from_o this_o bashful_a inconfidence_n and_o not_o be_v ashamed_a to_o look_v god_n in_o the_o face_n and_o may_v come_v with_o a_o holy_a boldness_n into_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o bless_a god_n o_o the_o blessedness_n of_o the_o man_n who_o sin_n be_v cover_v 3._o it_o be_v a_o debt_n that_o bind_v the_o soul_n to_o everlasting_a punishment_n and_o if_o it_o be_v not_o pardon_v the_o judge_n will_v give_v we_o over_o to_o the_o jailor_n and_o the_o jailor_n cast_v we_o into_o prison_n till_o we_o have_v pay_v the_o uttermost_a farthing_n luk._n 12._o 59_o to_o have_v so_o vast_a a_o debt_n lie_v upon_o we_o what_o a_o misery_n be_v that_o augustus_n buy_v that_o man_n bed_n who_o can_v sleep_v sound_o when_o he_o be_v in_o debt_n so_o many_o hundred_o of_o sesterce_n certain_o it_o be_v a_o strange_a security_n that_o possess_v the_o heart_n of_o man_n when_o we_o be_v oblige_v to_o suffer_v the_o vengeance_n of_o the_o wrath_n of_o the_o eternal_a god_n by_o our_o many_o sin_n and_o 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