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unto_o himself_o his_o give_a himself_o unto_o they_o do_v breed_v a_o reciprocal_a return_v of_o they_o unto_o he_o quest_n now_o it_o may_v be_v demand_v how_o do_v the_o lord_n take_v abraham_n and_o his_o seed_n to_o be_v his_o people_n answ_n by_o a_o double_a act_n as_o 1_o of_o preparation_n not_o on_o abraham_n part_n or_o on_o his_o seed_n part_v but_o on_o his_o own_o part_n the_o lord_n prepare_v they_o 2_o the_o lord_n do_v invest_v he_o with_o the_o blessing_n of_o this_o covenant_n 1_o for_o preparation_n the_o lord_n prepare_v they_o by_o a_o double_a work_n of_o his_o spirit_n which_o be_v manifest_a in_o all_o the_o seed_n of_o abraham_n elect_v of_o god_n 1_o by_o a_o spirit_n of_o bondage_n whereby_o he_o cut_v off_o the_o seed_n of_o abraham_n from_o all_o worldly_a entanglement_n and_o delight_n thus_o god_n take_v abraham_n and_o bring_v he_o from_o beyond_o the_o flood_n and_o so_o do_v he_o take_v man_n off_o from_o their_o country_n and_o father_n house_n he_o 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grace_n by_o lead_v man_n first_o into_o a_o covenant_n of_o work_n as_o it_o be_v his_o constant_a manner_n to_o work_v by_o contrary_n and_o so_o to_o thrust_v man_n out_o of_o door_n that_o they_o may_v have_v fellowship_n with_o himself_o at_o length_n i_o have_v a_o gracious_a father_n will_n the_o poor_a soul_n say_v but_o now_o i_o may_v go_v and_o shake_v my_o ear_n like_o a_o poor_a wretch_n for_o so_o indeed_o he_o be_v cast_v out_o of_o the_o covenant_n and_o favour_n of_o god_n to_o his_o sense_n and_o feeling_n but_o thus_o the_o lord_n do_v even_o shut_v he_o out_o of_o door_n that_o he_o may_v open_v to_o he_o another_o and_o a_o better_a way_n 2_o the_o lord_n also_o prepare_v his_o people_n by_o a_o spirit_n of_o burn_v which_o upon_o a_o spirit_n of_o bondage_n he_o do_v shed_v abroad_o into_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n this_o we_o read_v of_o mal._n 4.1_o it_o be_v speak_v of_o the_o ministry_n of_o john_n the_o baptist_n which_o do_v burn_v like_o a_o oven_n against_o all_o the_o scribe_n and_o pharisee_n and_o leave_v they_o neither_o the_o root_n of_o abraham_n covenant_n nor_o the_o branch_n of_o their_o own_o good_a work_n he_o cut_v they_o off_o from_o the_o covenant_n of_o abraham_n mat._n 3.9_o think_v not_o to_o say_v that_o you_o have_v abraham_n to_o be_v your_o father_n etc._n etc._n and_o so_o by_o cut_v they_o off_o from_o the_o root_n he_o leave_v they_o no_o ground_n to_o trust_v on_o from_o their_o good_a work_n the_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n also_o cut_v they_o off_o mat._n 6.2.5.16_o this_o be_v a_o spirit_n of_o burn_v which_o the_o lord_n convey_v by_o the_o m_n nistry_n of_o christ_n and_o of_o john_n baptist_n to_o burn_v up_o all_o the_o hypocrite_n like_o stubble_n and_o the_o beauty_n of_o their_o work_n be_v blast_v by_o it_o and_o this_o be_v god_n usual_a manner_n of_o deal_n now_o there_o be_v many_o under_o a_o spirit_n of_o bondage_n that_o never_o come_v under_o a_o spirit_n of_o burn_a yet_o many_o under_o a_o spirit_n of_o bondage_n do_v fear_v the_o lord_n with_o some_o kind_n of_o reverence_n unto_o his_o ordinance_n for_o as_o a_o angel_n of_o god_n they_o receive_v paul_n and_o yet_o for_o many_o of_o they_o they_o be_v but_o under_o the_o law_n and_o therefore_o the_o apostle_n say_v he_o be_v afraid_a of_o they_o lest_o he_o have_v bestow_v his_o labour_n in_o vain_a gal._n 4.9,10,11_o compare_v with_o ver_fw-la 21._o where_o he_o say_v tell_v i_o you_o that_o desire_v to_o be_v under_o the_o law_n etc._n etc._n a_o sign_n that_o this_o bondage_n under_o which_o they_o be_v do_v not_o only_o bind_v they_o under_o fear_n of_o wrath_n but_o do_v bind_v they_o also_o to_o obey_v the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n with_o some_o kind_n of_o devout_a reverence_n now_o you_o have_v many_o man_n that_o rest_v there_o but_o when_o the_o lord_n do_v carry_v man_n further_o than_o he_o send_v a_o spirit_n of_o burn_a thereby_o to_o blast_v all_o the_o fruit_n and_o branch_n of_o their_o 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