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the_o best_a ministry_n mourning_n and_o lament_v and_o confess_v sin_n mat._n 3._o 7._o oh_o generation_n of_o viper_n etc._n etc._n and_o hence_o prize_v of_o favour_n and_o comfort_n psal._n 78._o 34_o 35._o hence_o many_o do_v take_v this_o for_o their_o conversion_n and_o say_v i_o hear_v such_o a_o minister_n at_o such_o a_o time_n and_o then_o i_o cry_v out_o i_o be_v damn_v and_o think_v i_o see_v the_o devil_n yea_o and_o to_o hell_n you_o may_v for_o all_o this_o if_o no_o other_o principle_n indeed_o there_o be_v this_o fear_n in_o the_o elect_a but_o drive_v they_o to_o the_o ark_n as_o noah_n but_o those_o when_o their_o fear_n be_v over_o they_o fall_v to_o fight_v against_o the_o lord_n 7._o those_o who_o principle_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o immediate_a act_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n upon_o they_o for_o sometime_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n come_v upon_o man_n as_o light_n shine_v on_o the_o mud_n wall_n yet_o dwell_v not_o there_o as_o in_o the_o sun_n 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some_o that_o have_v be_v melt_v affect_v with_o the_o patience_n and_o goodness_n of_o god_n towards_o they_o that_o have_v be_v almost_o persuade_v and_o yet_o have_v turn_v almost_o devil_n afterward_o the_o reason_n have_v be_v because_o they_o be_v never_o quite_o take_v off_o their_o own_o bottom_n now_o a_o soul_n who_o christ_n draw_v the_o lord_n in_o draw_v he_o to_o himself_o pull_v he_o from_o his_o sin_n so_o that_o he_o be_v weary_a of_o it_o the_o sight_n of_o christ_n grace_n oh_o this_o draw_v indeed_o that_o now_o not_o only_o it_o dare_v not_o will_v not_o but_o can_v live_v in_o sin_n rom._n 6._o 2._o titus_n 2._o 11_o 12._o grace_n appear_v to_o all_o but_o it_o teach_v we_o say_v the_o apostle_n to_o deny_v ungodliness_n ungodliness_n will_v be_v sue_v and_o seek_v for_o love_n but_o they_o deny_v it_o the_o soul_n thus_o come_v not_o unto_o christ_n without_o feel_v of_o sâ—nne_n in_o it_o but_o that_o the_o lord_n will_v take_v away_o all_o iniquity_n from_o it_o jer._n 3._o 22._o and_o because_o it_o fear_v there_o may_v be_v some_o secret_a evil_n its_o care_n therefore_o be_v that_o the_o lord_n will_v strike_v the_o root_n of_o all_o and_o make_v it_o more_o bitter_a than_o death_n to_o its_o grave_n the_o great_a evil_n of_o all_o be_v sin_n it_o be_v great_a than_o death_n grave_a hell_n hence_o christ_n great_a love_n be_v in_o redeem_v first_o from_o sin_n and_o as_o if_o there_o have_v never_o be_v sin_n grave_n nor_o death_n shall_v never_o hold_v so_o when_o he_o break_v the_o power_n of_o sin_n no_o power_n of_o satan_n world_n death_n shall_v hold_v