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heart_n will_v pour_v out_o as_o it_o be_v a_o day_n of_o his_o suffering_n or_o triumph_n so_o tune_v your_o soul_n to_o it_o in_o suspiration_n or_o hosanna_n elegy_n or_o doxology_n use_v such_o psalm_n &c_n &c_n as_o be_v chief_o pen_v for_o these_o time_n as_o for_o the_o one_o viz._n time_n of_o sorrow_n psal_n 22._o 69._o 35._o 38._o esa_n 53._o alter_v to_o a_o speak_n of_o they_o to_o our_o saviour_n as_o psal_n 22.1_o thy_o god_n thy_o god_n why_o have_v he_o forsake_v thou_o etc._n etc._n for_o the_o other_o time_n of_o joy_n psal_n 45._o 39_o 72._o etc._n etc._n prefer_v to_o god_n some_o special_a petition_n with_o respect_n to_o the_o day_n see_v a_o example_n in_o the_o collect_v of_o these_o day_n 3._o on_o the_o festival_n of_o the_o saint_n the_o former_a leader_n of_o our_o faith_n see_v heb._n 13.7_o 12.1_o perform_v the_o duty_n of_o a_o honourable_a commemoration_n of_o that_o saint_n to_o who_o memory_n the_o day_n be_v dedicate_v see_v luk._n 1.48_o matt._n 16.13_o and_o say_v and_o do_v something_o in_o honour_n of_o they_o remember_v the_o intimate_a communion_n and_o spiritual_a consanguinity_n you_o have_v with_o they_o so_o as_o you_o will_v do_v for_o one_o of_o near_a relation_n to_o you_o in_o the_o flesh_n and_o this_o not_o as_o to_o they_o dead_a but_o now_o live_v in_o glory_n with_o christ_n and_o as_o to_o those_o by_o the_o uncessant_a and_o most_o compassionate_a prayer_n of_o who_o our_o fellow-member_n triumphant_a we_o receive_v continual_o great_a advantage_n whilst_o we_o be_v yet_o in_o the_o fight_n where_o if_o dive_v remember_v his_o brethren_n much_o more_o do_v they_o meditate_v on_o the_o life_n of_o that_o saint_n and_o propose_v some_o one_o thing_n therein_o for_o your_o imitation_n in_o that_o day_n bege_v of_o god_n some_o one_o of_o those_o grace_n and_o virtue_n which_o god_n have_v more_o eminent_o bestow_v upon_o he_o see_v example_n in_o the_o collect_v §._o 134._o digr_n that_o those_o who_o more_o 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who_o seem_v to_o have_v follow_v it_o yet_o have_v not_o be_v excuse_v from_o sin_n or_o else_o at_o lest_o no_o power_n they_o have_v to_o shake_v off_o the_o band_n of_o their_o lust_n and_o follow_v their_o reason_n when_o right_a be_v destitute_a of_o grace_n see_v rom._n 8.7_o 8._o so_o every_o one_o have_v less_o or_o more_o rom._n 2.15_o a_o inward_a man_n war_a against_o the_o law_n of_o his_o member_n by_o which_o mind_n also_o he_o serve_v i._n e._n delight_n in_o the_o law_n of_o god_n consent_v unto_o it_o that_o it_o be_v good_a and_o so_o hate_v that_o evil_a which_o the_o tyranny_n and_o power_n of_o the_o habit_n of_o sin_n rule_v in_o he_o force_v he_o still_o to_o practice_n which_o be_v the_o expression_n in_o this_o chapter_n such_o be_v her_o case_n in_o the_o tragedy_n video_fw-la meliora_fw-la proboque_fw-la such_o the_o heathen_n rom._n 2.15_o such_o the_o jew_n rom._n 10.2_o 2.17_o 18._o such_o st._n paul_n when_o a_o pharisee_fw-mi act._n 22.3_o gal._n 1.14_o rom._n 8.3_o and_o this_o interpretation_n seem_v more_o proper_a to_o the_o place_n than_o to_o expound_v it_o of_o the_o state_n of_o the_o regenerate_v as_o may_v be_v see_v by_o compare_v the_o contradiction_n between_o some_o passage_n in_o this_o seven_o chapter_n and_o other_o in_o the_o 5_o 6_o and_o 8_o chapter_n where_o the_o state_n of_o the_o regenerate_v be_v describe_v as_o the_o contradiction_n between_o rom._n 7._o chap._n 14._o ver_fw-la and_o 8._o chap._n 9_o ver_fw-la between_o 7.24_o and_o 7.6.6.6_o between_o 7.23.7.5_o and_o 8.2_o 3_o 4._o 5.15_o 6.2.14_o between_o 7.25.18_o and_o 6.13.12.1_o and_o therefore_o these_o text_n speak_v not_o of_o the_o same_o but_o several_a person_n §._o 5._o par._n 3._o or_o if_o this_o chapter_n be_v understand_v as_o describe_v the_o state_n of_o the_o regenerate_v it_o must_v be_v explain_v as_o speak_v only_o of_o lesser_a sin_n of_o infirmity_n which_o all_o the_o regenerate_v less_o or_o more_o remain_z still_o liable_a to_o or_o of_o concupiscence_n still_o remain_v as_o st._n austin_n expound_v it_o but_o this_o concupiscence_n not_o consented-to_a as_o to_o the_o commit_n of_o any_o great_a or_o mortal_a sin_n see_v st._n austin_n contraduas_fw-la epistolas_fw-la pelagii_fw-la 1._o l._n 10._o ch_n in_o jo._n tract_n 41._o de_fw-fr tempore_fw-la serm._n 43._o for_o there_o be_v indeed_o a_o strife_n in_o the_o regenerate_v also_o and_o this_o not_o only_o between_o their_o appetite_n and_o reason_n but_o between_o their_o appetite_n or_o flesh_n and_o the_o spirit_n of_o grace_n and_o this_o sometime_o to_o the_o do_v evil_a what_o they_o will_v not_o and_o to_o the_o commit_n of_o sin_n of_o infirmity_n see_v jam._n 3_o 2._o 1._o jo._n 1.8_o gal._n 5.17_o in_o the_o reform_a translation_n so_o that_o you_o can_v do_v but_o the_o original_a be_v so_o that_o you_o do_v not_o do_v the_o thing_n that_o you_o will_v sometime_o and_o most_o frequent_o to_o the_o do_v good_a so_o as_o according_a to_o the_o spirit_n they_o will_v not_o that_o be_v to_o have_v their_o action_n mix_v with_o some_o imperfection_n and_o faultiness_n see_v jam._n 3.2_o 1._o jo._n 1.8_o either_o peccant_a in_o the_o substance_n or_o in_o some_o circumstance_n or_o in_o some_o mixture_n of_o a_o contrary_a velleity_n gal._n 5.17_o but_o the_o expression_n of_o this_o chapter_n may_v not_o be_v apply_v to_o the_o regenerate_n commit_v or_o consent_v to_o any_o great_a sin_n whilst_o they_o remain_v regenerate_v and_o still_o in_o the_o friendship_n and_o favour_n of_o god_n or_o have_v any_o more_o than_o sin_n of_o only_o total_o unavoidable_a infirmity_n this_o digression_n i_o have_v make_v to_o prevent_v the_o patronise_a of_o your_o fault_n under_o the_o imagine_a like_o fail_n of_o a_o apostle_n but_o that_o if_o you_o find_v the_o law_n in_o your_o member_n so_o powerful_a as_o to_o produce_v your_o commission_n of_o or_o consent_v to_o any_o great_a sin_n you_o may_v as_o suspect_v such_o a_o condition_n 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