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be_v not_o whole_a and_o sound_n except_o by_o sorrow_n it_o be_v rend_v and_o break_v non_fw-fr est_fw-fr integrum_fw-la nisi_fw-la sit_fw-la scissum_fw-la how_o then_o shall_v we_o discern_v and_o know_v this_o truth_n and_o integrity_n of_o a_o break_a heart_n by_o what_o sign_n shall_v it_o appear_v that_o our_o repentance_n be_v hearty_a and_o true_a 1._o true_a and_o hearty_a repentance_n be_v voluntaria_fw-la poenitentia_fw-la it_o be_v a_o willing_a voluntary_a sorrow_n and_o repentance_n this_o be_v a_o main_a difference_n betwixt_o that_o ingenuous_a christian_a sorrow_n in_o a_o true_a penitent_n and_o those_o hellish_a torment_n in_o the_o afflict_a conscience_n of_o a_o despair_a reprobate_n the_o christian_a penitent_n he_o be_v activus_fw-la in_o poenitentia_fw-la provoke_v and_o stir_v up_o himself_o to_o sorrow_n a_o damn_a reprobate_n he_o be_v passivus_fw-la in_o poenitentia_fw-la sorrow_n eat_v and_o gnaw_v upon_o he_o against_o his_o will_n christian_n in_o their_o 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never_o repent_v that_o they_o have_v repent_v that_o be_v
we_o gain_v by_o god_n presence_n be_v that_o it_o bring_v with_o it_o the_o glory_n of_o a_o nation_n it_o be_v the_o high_a dignity_n and_o renown_n and_o honour_n of_o a_o people_n that_o god_n abide_v with_o they_o as_o s._n paul_n speak_v rom._n iii._o 1._o what_o advantage_n then_o have_v the_o jew_n what_o be_v the_o dignity_n of_o have_v god_n so_o near_o to_o they_o much_o every_o way_n thus_o moses_n set_v out_o the_o dignity_n of_o the_o jew_n from_o this_o near_a reference_n betwixt_o god_n and_o they_o deut._n xxvi_o 18._o the_o lord_n have_v avouch_v thou_o this_o day_n to_o be_v his_o peculiar_a people_n and_o vers_n 19_o to_o make_v thou_o high_a above_o all_o nation_n which_o he_o have_v make_v in_o praise_n and_o in_o name_n and_o in_o honour_n this_o nearness_n of_o god_n presence_n god_n compare_v in_o jor._n xiii_o 11._o to_o a_o girdle_n cleave_v to_o his_o loin_n as_o the_o girdlâ—…_n cleave_v to_o the_o loin_n of_o a_o man_n so_o have_v i_o cause_v to_o cleave_v unto_o i_o the_o whole_a house_n of_o israel_n that_o they_o may_v be_v unto_o i_o for_o a_o people_n and_o for_o a_o name_n and_o for_o a_o praise_n and_o for_o a_o glory_n so_o likewise_o isa._n xliii_o 4._o since_o thou_o be_v precious_a in_o my_o sight_n thou_o have_v be_v honourable_a and_o i_o have_v love_v thou_o when_o god_n reckon_v up_o the_o dignity_n of_o his_o people_n this_o be_v the_o main_a psal._n lxxxvii_o 5._o of_o zion_n it_o shall_v be_v say_v that_o he_o be_v bear_v in_o she_o thus_o moses_n remind_n the_o israelite_n wherein_o their_o dignity_n consist_v deut._n x._o 21._o he_o be_v thy_o praise_n and_o he_o be_v thy_o god_n there_o be_v many_o title_n of_o honour_n among_o man_n but_o this_o above_o all_o be_v the_o true_o honourable_a title_n that_o we_o have_v god_n near_o unto_o we_o deut._n four_o 7._o what_o nation_n be_v there_o so_o great_a who_o have_v god_n so_o nigh_o unto_o they_o as_o the_o lord_n our_o god_n be_v to_o we_o while_o he_o vouchsafe_v 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