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in_o this_o life_n may_v acknowledge_v they_o to_o their_o praise_n and_o reward_v they_o for_o their_o comfort_n i_o need_v not_o spend_v time_n in_o example_n ahab_n 1_o king_n 21.29_o humble_v himself_o great_o therefore_o evil_o defer_v jebu_n in_o a_o great_a zeal_n destroy_v the_o worship_n and_o worshipperâ—_n of_o baal_n god_n commend_v the_o act_n for_o good_a in_o 2_o king_n 10.30.31_o thou_o have_v do_v well_o in_o execute_v that_o which_o be_v right_a be_v my_o eye_n but_o he_o condemn_v his_o heart_n to_o be_v bad_a joash_n do_v that_o which_o be_v right_a in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o lord_n yet_o he_o and_o his_o prince_n forsake_v the_o lord_n and_o serve_v idol_n and_o so_o wrath_n come_v upon_o judah_n and_o jerusulem_fw-la for_o this_o their_o trespass_n amaziah_n go_v far_o in_o deny_v his_o own_o credit_n disdeign_v a_o arm_n of_o flesh_n disband_v a_o hundred_o thousand_o mighty_a man_n of_o valour_n at_o the_o voice_n of_o the_o prophet_n 18._o 2_o chron._n 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strong_a he_o permit_v all_o person_n and_o nation_n to_o have_v some_o religion_n he_o care_v not_o who_o have_v the_o mouth_n or_o the_o lip_n so_o he_o possess_v the_o heart_n 2d_o luk._n 11_o 2d_o and_o while_o the_o strong_a man_n keep_v the_o house_n all_o thing_n be_v in_o peace_n 5._o reason_n 5_o from_o worldly_a concurrence_n nothing_o more_o suitable_a to_o carnal_a end_n at_o sometime_o then_o to_o do_v something_o that_o be_v right_a john_n be_v forward_o in_o that_o part_n of_o reformation_n which_o be_v destructive_a to_o baal_n it_o be_v the_o only_a way_n to_o secure_v he_o in_o his_o throne_n but_o in_o the_o positive_a part_n he_o be_v find_v altogether_o defective_a and_o from_o the_o sin_n of_o jeroboam_fw-la that_o make_v israel_n to_o sin_n 10.31_o 2_o king_n 10.31_o do_v not_o he_o depart_v all_o his_o day_n it_o be_v a_o easy_a thing_n to_o reform_v those_o evil_n which_o if_o they_o stand_v up_o will_v keep_v we_o low_o and_o till_o they_o be_v lay_v low_a 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and_o those_o special_a gift_n of_o grace_n when_o man_n be_v effectual_o call_v of_o god_n according_a to_o his_o purpose_n 11.19_o rom._n 11.19_o they_o be_v without_o repentance_n on_o god_n part_n who_o do_v bestrow_v they_o and_o on_o the_o sinner_n part_n that_o do_v receive_v they_o 7.10_o 2_o cor._n 7.10_o for_o repentance_n unto_o salvation_n be_v never_o to_o be_v repent_v of_o because_o the_o soul_n of_o a_o poor_a sinner_n that_o be_v convert_v to_o christ_n find_v more_o good_a in_o christ_n transcendent_o above_o all_o that_o it_o be_v possible_a for_o a_o man_n in_o a_o state_n of_o nature_n to_o imagine_v but_o upright_a man_n though_o they_o can_v fall_v away_o either_o total_o or_o final_o yet_o they_o may_v decline_v in_o many_o particular_n real_o visible_o so_o far_o as_o that_o in_o respect_n of_o gift_n and_o grace_n and_o in_o respect_n of_o use_n and_o service_n to_o other_o and_o of_o comfort_n to_o themselves_o it_o may_v not_o be_v with_o they_o as_o in_o 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