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please_v thou_o for_o thou_o be_v my_o god_n psalm_n 143.10_o if_o i_o regard_v wickedness_n in_o my_o heart_n the_o lord_n will_v not_o hear_v i_o psal_n 66.18_o the_o lord_n be_v near_o unto_o all_o that_o call_v upon_o he_o even_o to_o all_o that_o call_v upon_o he_o in_o truth_n psal_n 145.18_o enemy_n to_o devotion_n first_o sinful_a lust_n he_o that_o have_v a_o aguish_a fit_n upon_o he_o can_v taste_v nothing_o well_o but_o all_o thing_n even_o the_o most_o sweet_a and_o wholesome_a meat_n be_v unsavoury_a to_o he_o he_o can_v find_v no_o relish_n in_o they_o so_o it_o be_v with_o the_o man_n who_o soul_n be_v distemper_v through_o sin_n he_o find_v no_o sweetness_n no_o savour_n in_o the_o thing_n of_o god_n yea_o his_o soul_n do_v loath_a and_o abhor_v they_o though_o they_o be_v sweet_a than_o manna_n itself_o o_o lord_n keep_v i_o from_o this_o spiritual_a distemperature_n which_o of_o all_o other_o be_v most_o dangerous_a and_o grant_v that_o i_o may_v always_o delight_v 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never_o rest_v but_o seek_v incessant_o to_o cast_v ill_a motion_n and_o suggestion_n into_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n and_o to_o draw_v away_o their_o mind_n from_o every_o good_a thing_n which_o they_o enterprise_n and_o take_v in_o hand_n he_o use_v all_o mean_n to_o make_v they_o faint_v in_o the_o service_n of_o god_n to_o cool_v their_o zeal_n to_o quench_v their_o spiritual_a devotion_n to_o hinder_v they_o in_o the_o performance_n of_o all_o good_a duty_n and_o religious_a exercise_n which_o may_v make_v for_o the_o increase_n of_o grace_n in_o they_o and_o to_o cause_v they_o if_o it_o be_v possible_a to_o fall_v from_o that_o purpose_n of_o heart_n and_o godly_a resolution_n which_o heretofore_o they_o have_v have_v to_o continue_v in_o the_o lord_n and_o to_o walk_v in_o the_o way_n which_o he_o have_v command_v yea_o no_o soon_o shall_v the_o good_a spirit_n inspire_v into_o they_o any_o good_a motion_n any_o holy_a desire_n but_o that_o wicked_a and_o envious_a one_o stand_v ready_a at_o hand_n will_v labour_v present_o to_o strangle_v they_o so_o that_o they_o shall_v never_o come_v to_o any_o effect_n but_o vanish_v away_o and_o leave_v the_o heart_n more_o hearden_v and_o less_o capable_a of_o goodness_n and_o of_o any_o spiritual_a and_o heavenly_a grace_n than_o ever_o it_o be_v before_o oh_o how_o close_o and_o how_o sly_o do_v he_o insinuate_v himself_o into_o the_o mind_n of_o man_n and_o deceive_v and_o delude_v they_o in_o this_o manner_n when_o they_o think_v little_a he_o be_v so_o near_o they_o or_o so_o busy_a in_o work_v they_o so_o great_a a_o mischief_n even_o that_o which_o if_o it_o be_v not_o careful_o prevent_v in_o time_n will_v be_v their_o utter_a ruin_n in_o the_o end_n o_o lord_n let_v i_o never_o give_v ear_n unto_o the_o deceitful_a enchantment_n and_o to_o the_o entice_a &_o dangerous_a charm_n of_o that_o subtle_a and_o wily_a serpent_n who_o be_v always_o hiss_v about_o i_o let_v i_o not_o once_o listen_v unto_o he_o 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