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and_o for_o himself_o but_o also_o in_o that_o he_o know_v every_o circumstance_n of_o time_n place_n person_n of_o place_n psal_n 139._o first_o for_o the_o position_n of_o it_o v._o 3._o thou_o compasse_v my_o path_n and_o my_o lie_v down_o and_o be_v accustom_v to_o all_o my_o way_n thou_o hold_v i_o straight_o behind_o and_o before_o and_o lay_v thy_o hand_n upon_o i_o again_o for_o the_o place_n itself_o v._o 7._o whether_o shall_v i_o go_v from_o thy_o spirit_n or_o whether_o shall_v i_o flee_v from_o thy_o presence_n if_o i_o ascend_v into_o heaven_n thou_o be_v there_o if_o i_o lie_v down_o in_o hell_n thou_o be_v there_o let_v i_o take_v the_o wing_n of_o the_o morning_n and_o dwell_v in_o the_o uttermost_a part_n of_o the_o
discretion_n and_o that_o be_v in_o be_v too_o prompt_a and_o ready_a in_o blaze_v abroad_o the_o fault_n of_o other_o especial_o the_o infirmity_n of_o their_o brethren_n we_o see_v the_o lord_n be_v silent_a at_o the_o gross_a sin_n of_o profane_a hypocrite_n and_o therefore_o shall_v not_o we_o pass_v by_o the_o infirmity_n of_o those_o that_o aught_o to_o be_v dear_a unto_o we_o sure_o this_o will_v bring_v we_o to_o communicate_v with_o the_o hypocrite_n psal_n 50.20_o thou_o sit_v and_o speak_v against_o thy_o brother_n and_o slandere_v thy_o mother_n son_n therefore_o my_o brethren_n judge_v yourselves_o lest_o the_o lord_n judge_v you_o with_o the_o hypocrite_n for_o this_o offence_n 2._o use_v instruction_n first_o a_o admonitian_n of_o the_o wicked_a to_o consider_v with_o themselves_o that_o god_n will_v not_o always_o be_v abuse_v he_o will_v not_o always_o keep_v silence_n for_o it_o be_v but_o the_o hold_n of_o the_o tongue_n so_o that_o he_o be_v neither_o dumb_a nor_o 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it_o be_v god_n happiness_n to_o think_v himself_o but_o man_n misery_n as_o long_o as_o he_o flicke_n to_o his_o own_o thought_n and_o therefore_o no_o marvel_n if_o the_o silence_n of_o the_o lord_n take_v no_o better_a impression_n in_o his_o mind_n but_o become_v like_o his_o mind_n a_o wicked_a thought_n yet_o observe_v this_o by_o the_o way_n that_o as_o the_o beam_n of_o the_o sun_n come_v through_o the_o glass_n be_v not_o change_v by_o the_o glass_n into_o another_o nature_n nor_o light_v on_o the_o dunghill_n pollute_v by_o the_o filthiness_n thereof_o so_o the_o beam_n of_o god_n goodness_n pass_v through_o the_o soul_n of_o a_o sinner_n though_o he_o abuse_v they_o yet_o still_o they_o retain_v their_o goodness_n hence_o we_o learn_v three_o kind_n of_o thought_n first_o a_o direct_a thought_n the_o second_o a_o reflexed_a thought_n the_o three_o a_o corrupt_a thought_n which_o be_v mean_v in_o this_o place_n the_o fountain_n of_o corrupt_a thought_n be_v the_o heart_n gen._n 6.5_o who_o conception_n be_v in_o imagination_n the_o very_a form_n and_o lay_v of_o a_o accurse_a birth_n show_v that_o the_o frame_n of_o the_o heart_n be_v full_a of_o corruption_n and_o second_o that_o his_o fruit_n be_v accurse_v as_o the_o conception_n be_v so_o be_v the_o birth_n for_o the_o thought_n come_v from_o the_o corrupt_a frame_n of_o the_o heart_n can_v be_v clean_o but_o must_v needs_o relish_v of_o their_o original_n and_o therefore_o the_o holy_a ghost_n have_v style_v the_o very_a imagination_n of_o the_o heart_n to_o be_v evil_a only_a and_o continual_a gen._n 8.21_o even_o from_o his_o childhood_n as_o soon_o as_o we_o begin_v to_o use_v reason_n we_o frame_v evil_a in_o our_o heart_n hence_o the_o cause_n plain_o rise_v want_v of_o all_o good_a thought_n or_o want_v of_o all_o consideration_n with_o the_o concourse_n of_o all_o the_o contrary_n want_v of_o consideration_n make_v the_o covetous_a man_n even_o in_o temporal_a thing_n destitute_a of_o all_o the_o comfort_n of_o they_o isa_n 44._o the_o cause_n of_o all_o that_o strange_a idolatry_n be_v v._o 8._o because_o they_o have_v not_o know_v nor_o understand_v and_o v._o 19_o none_o consider_v in_o his_o heart_n neither_o be_v there_o knowledge_n nor_o understanding_n to_o say_v how_o foolish_a have_v i_o be_v to_o burn_v half_a of_o my_o wood_n in_o the_o fire_n for_o to_o bake_v my_o bread_n and_o roast_v my_o flesh_n and_o yet_o of_o the_o residue_n to_o make_v a_o abomination_n to_o bow_v unto_o it_o jer._n 8.4_o 5_o 6._o there_o be_v more_o consideration_n in_o the_o very_a bruit_n beast_n then_o in_o god_n israel_n and_o therefore_o the_o heart_n be_v so_o pollute_v and_o destitute_a of_o all_o good_a consideration_n how_o shall_v it_o possible_o prove_v otherwise_o than_o that_o man_n shall_v become_v full_a of_o all_o evil_a thought_n and_o thus_o much_o of_o the_o fountain_n which_o will_v better_a be_v discover_v in_o the_o other_o point_n for_o the_o second_o thought_n the_o way_n to_o discern_v of_o man_n thought_n there_o be_v two_o way_n of_o know_v man_n thought_n 1._o immediate_a and_o direct_a and_o this_o be_v proper_a unto_o god_n 1._o kin._n 8.39_o 2._o indirect_a and_o by_o mean_n for_o as_o god_n only_o first_o know_v himself_o and_o then_o all_o thing_n by_o himself_o so_o every_o creature_n even_o angel_n themselves_o first_o know_v the_o thing_n and_o then_o themselves_o by_o the_o thing_n this_o make_v their_o knowledge_n indirect_a and_o there_o be_v four_o mean_n to_o help_v in_o the_o knowledge_n of_o thought_n first_o the_o agreement_n of_o nature_n as_o spirit_n with_o spirit_n may_v have_v secret_a familiarity_n and_o a_o communication_n of_o thought_n thus_o the_o devil_n be_v a_o spirit_n can_v come_v more_o near_o our_o soul_n
with_o my_o heart_n and_o for_o my_o spirit_n to_o search_v diligent_o will_v the_o lord_n absent_v himself_o for_o ever_o and_o will_v he_o show_v no_o more_o favour_n be_v his_o mercy_n clean_o go_v for_o ever_o do_v his_o promise_n fail_v for_o evermore_o have_v god_n forget_v to_o be_v merciful_a have_v he_o shut_v up_o his_o tender_a mercy_n in_o displeasure_n what_o will_v this_o do_v unto_o my_o soul_n sure_o it_o will_v prove_v my_o death_n yet_o i_o remember_v thy_o work_n meditate_a in_o they_o devise_v with_o myself_o what_o shall_v be_v the_o end_n of_o they_o and_o i_o find_v thy_o way_n in_o the_o sanctuary_n whither_o i_o must_v ascend_v by_o faith_n if_o i_o mean_v to_o declare_v thy_o power_n among_o the_o people_n to_o wit_n thy_o redemption_n the_o water_n of_o the_o red_a sea_n see_v thy_o power_n be_v afraid_a the_o depth_n tremble_v thou_o rain_v upon_o egypt_n and_o make_v thy_o thunder_n to_o be_v hear_v the_o lightning_n lighten_v the_o world_n the_o earth_n 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