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course_n and_o not_o to_o tell_v they_o of_o it_o it_o be_v the_o most_o cruel_a pity_n of_o all_o it_o be_v betray_v of_o they_o to_o eternal_a torment_n for_o sin_n as_o i_o say_v it_o must_v be_v judge_v and_o censure_v here_o or_o hereafter_o if_o it_o be_v not_o here_o there_o be_v more_o reserve_v for_o the_o time_n to_o come_v when_o god_n will_v open_v the_o treasure_n of_o his_o wrath_n we_o put_v into_o his_o treasury_n fast_o enough_o and_o the_o time_n will_v come_v of_o open_v all_o the_o treasury_n of_o his_o vengeance_n when_o he_o will_v pour_v out_o the_o vial_n of_o his_o wrath_n upon_o sinner_n that_o be_v not_o reform_v so_o much_o for_o that_o point_n i_o call_v god_n for_o a_o record_n upon_o my_o soul._n s._n paul_n to_o purge_v himself_o from_o suspicion_n seal_v all_o this_o with_o a_o oath_n herein_o he_o do_v show_v his_o great_a love_n to_o they_o and_o his_o care_n over_o they_o that_o he_o will_v so_o serious_o purge_v himself_o to_o gain_v their_o love_n 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see_v hope_n opinion_n confidence_n certain_a account_n of_o and_o look_v for_o death_n be_v a_o not_o able_a mean_n to_o draw_v we_o from_o self_n confidence_n p._n 136_o god_n child_n prone_a to_o self_n confidence_n p._n 137_o see_v trust._n conformity_n a_o threefold_a conformity_n with_o christ_n p._n 118_o conscience_n conscience_n what_o p._n 219_o 220_o etc._n etc._n three_o thing_n join_v with_o conscience_n p._n 221_o god_n have_v set_v up_o a_o court_n in_o man_n wherein_o conscience_n be_v 1._o register_n 2._o witness_n 3._o accuser_n 4._o judge_n 5._o executioner_n p._n 222_o conscience_n god_n hall_n wherein_o he_o keep_v his_o assize_n ibid._n judgement_n of_o conscience_n a_o forerunner_n of_o the_o great_a and_o general_a judgement_n ibid._n conscience_n bear_v witness_v p._n 223_o what_o manner_n of_o witness_n conscience_n be_v viz._n 1._o faithful_n 2._o inward_a ibid._n how_o to_o have_v conscience_n witness_v well_o p._n 224_o 227_o a_o ignorant_a man_n can_v have_v a_o good_a conscience_n p._n 225_o why_o man_n have_v bad_a conscience_n ibid._n papist_n can_v have_v a_o good_a conscience_n why_o p._n 226_o the_o witness_n of_o a_o good_a conscience_n the_o ground_n of_o joy_n why_o p._n 227_o 235_o a_o good_a conscience_n breed_v joy_n 1._o in_o life_n p._n 228_o to_o 232_o 2._o in_o death_n 3._o at_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n a_o good_a conscience_n comfort_v in_o all_o estate_n and_o condition_n whatsoever_o p._n 228_o 229_o 230_o why_o a_o good_a conscience_n do_v not_o always_o witness_v comfort_n p._n 231_o 232_o mean_n how_o to_o joy_v and_o rejoice_v in_o the_o witness_n of_o conscience_n p._n 233_o nothing_o worse_a than_o a_o bad_a conscience_n p._n 236_o 237_o 238_o 239_o labour_n for_o a_o good_a conscience_n ibid._n commenâ—…atior_fw-la of_o a_o good_a conscience_n ibid._n how_o to_o have_v a_o good_a conscience_n p._n 240_o god_n child_n have_v place_n in_o the_o conscience_n of_o other_o p._n 320_o contrary_n god_n be_v able_a to_o raise_v comfort_n out_o of_o contrary_n p._n 42_o 43_o god_n carry_v on_o the_o work_n of_o our_o salvation_n by_o contrary_n why_o p._n 146_o conversation_n conversation_n what_o p._n 266_o christianity_n may_v stand_v with_o converse_v abroad_o in_o the_o world_n p._n 267_o keligion_n make_v a_o man_n converse_v abroad_o in_o the_o world_n untainted_a ibid._n a_o christian_n conversation_n be_v best_a where_o he_o be_v best_o know_v p._n 273_o corinth_n corinth_n a_o very_a wicked_a city_n yet_o ever_o there_o god_n have_v a_o church_n p._n 4_o what_o be_v now_o become_v of_o the_o church_n of_o corinth_n p._n 5_o corinth_n the_o metropolis_n or_o mother-city_n of_o achaia_n p._n 6_o see_v achaia_n d._n danger_n god_n suffer_v his_o child_n sometime_o to_o fall_v into_o extreme_a peril_n and_o danger_n why_o p._n 125_o 126_o etc._n etc._n day_n christ_n have_v a_o day_n p._n 339_o there_o be_v two_o special_a day_n of_o christ_n ibid._n the_o measure_n of_o a_o christian_n joy_n be_v as_o it_o will_v be_v esteem_v at_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n p._n 340_o we_o shall_v often_o think_v of_o the_o day_n of_o the_o lord_n jesus_n p._n 341_o see_v judgement_n death_n god_n child_n be_v sometime_o very_o sensible_a and_o much_o afraid_a of_o death_n why_o p._n 130_o 131_o how_n and_o in_o what_o respect_n the_o saint_n desire_v death_n p._n 133_o christ_n be_v afraid_a of_o death_n and_o yet_o thirst_v after_o it_o how_o p._n 132_o 133_o god_n child_n be_v often_o deceive_v concern_v the_o time_n â—…f_fw-mi their_o death_n why_o p._n 134_o death_n uncertain_a how_o ibid._n the_o time_n of_o death_n uncertain_a why_o p._n 134_o 135_o certain_a account_n of_o and_o look_v for_o death_n be_v a_o mean_n to_o draw_v we_o from_o selfconfidence_n and_o from_o the_o world_n and_o to_o make_v we_o trust_v in_o god_n p_o 136_o physician_n fault_n in_o flatter_v the_o sick_a and_o feed_v they_o with_o false_a hope_n â—…f_o long_a life_n at_o the_o point_n of_o death_n tax_v ibid._n affliction_n call_v death_n p._n 171_o deliver_v god_n do_v not_o deliver_v his_o child_n at_o the_o first_o but_o suffer_v they_o to_o be_v bring_v to_o a_o low_a ebb_n to_o a_o very_a sad_a condition_n and_o why_o p._n 171_o 172_o god_n deliver_v after_o he_o have_v do_v his_o work_n p._n 172_o god_n time_n to_o deliver_v when_o p._n 173_o god_n child_n always_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o deliverance_n p._n 175_o god_n deliver_v both_o outward_o and_o inwrd_o p._n 176_o 180_o christian_n have_v deliverance_n from_o trouble_n p._n 177_o a_o double_a deliverance_n of_o god_n p._n 178_o experience_n of_o god_n deliverance_n in_o time_n past_a a_o ground_n of_o confidence_n to_o expect_v the_o like_a for_o time_n to_o come_v p._n 172_o 178_o 182_o objection_n against_o the_o doctrine_n of_o god_n deliver_v his_o people_n from_o trouble_n answer_v p._n 179_o deliverance_n various_a or_o manifold_a p._n 180_o god_n will_v deliver_v his_o people_n out_o of_o all_o trouble_n p._n 181_o dispense_v no_o dispense_n with_o god_n law_n p._n 399_o dissemble_v dissimulation_n ground_n of_o dissimulation_n p._n 244_o a_o threefold_a dissimulation_n 1._o before_o the_o project_n p._n 224_o 2._o in_o 3._o after_o objection_n for_o dissemble_v answer_v pag._n 247_o man_n natural_o prone_a to_o dissemble_v p._n 244_o 250_o dissemble_v to_o be_v avoid_v and_o decline_v p._n 371_o 372_o a_o christian_n be_v no_o dissembler_n p._n 317_o see_v simulation_n dominion_n no_o man_n have_v dominion_n over_o another_o faith_n p._n 519_o what_o be_v no_o domineer_a over_o the_o faith_n of_o other_o p._n 520_o what_o be_v domineer_a over_o the_o faith_n of_o other_o ibid._n who_o be_v guilty_a of_o domineer_a over_o other_o man_n faith_n p._n 521_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n guilty_a of_o domineer_a over_o the_o faith_n of_o other_o how_o and_o wherein_o ibid._n ground_n from_o whence_o this_o domineer_a over_o other_o man_n faith_n arise_v p._n 527_o double_n double_v a_o great_a sin_n p._n 247_o man_n by_o nature_n be_v prone_a to_o double_v and_o the_o ground_n of_o it_o p._n 250_o some_o person_n and_o calling_n be_v more_o prone_a to_o double_v then_o other_o ibid._n a_o christian_a be_v no_o double_a p._n 317_o e._n earnest_n what_o the_o spirit_n be_v a_o earnest_a of_o p._n 486_o the_o spirit_n resemble_v to_o a_o earnest_a in_o fiv_n e_o particular_n p._n 486_o 487_o how_o to_o know_v whether_o we_o have_v the_o earnest_a of_o the_o spirit_n p._n 493_o 494_o 495_o how_o to_o get_v this_o earnest_n of_o the_o spirit_n pag._n 501_o 502_o 503_o motive_n to_o labour_n for_o this_o earnest_n pag._n 504_o 505_o end_n holy_a man_n work_v for_o holy_a end_n p._n 347_o equivocation_n popish_a equivocation_n odious_a and_o abominable_a p._n 246_o 372_o 516_o error_n how_o prophet_n and_o apostle_n be_v subject_a to_o error_n and_o mistake_n and_o how_o not_o p._n 374_o see_v infallible_a mistake_v experience_n former_a experience_n a_o ground_n to_o expect_v like_o mercy_n for_o the_o future_a p._n 182_o to_o 188_o extremity_n god_n sometime_o suffer_v his_o child_n to_o fall_v into_o great_a extremity_n and_o why_o p._n 126_o 127_o god_n people_n be_v sensible_a of_o their_o extremity_n p._n 129_o see_v affliction_n suffering_n tribulation_n f._n faith_n difference_n between_o faith_n and_o presumption_n p._n 441_o a_o double_a act_n of_o faith_n 1._o direct_v pag._n 488_o 2._o reflect_v of_o stand_v by_o faith_n see_v stand_v to_o have_v dominion_n over_o the_o faith_n of_o other_o see_v dominion_n the_o foundation_n of_o faith_n must_v be_v out_o of_o a_o man_n self_n p._n 544_o true_a faith_n be_v build_v upon_o the_o word_n or_o the_o scripture_n not_o upon_o unwritten_a tradition_n p._n 544_o 545_o 546_o popish_a faith_n not_o build_v upon_o the_o scripture_n but_o upon_o tradition_n p._n 545_o 546_o faith_n sure_a and_o certain_a p._n 546_o true_a faith_n will_v persevere_v and_o hold_v out_o to_o the_o end_n ibid._n it_o be_v by_o faith_n that_o we_o stand_v and_o withstand_v all_o opposition_n whatsoever_o ibid._n i'faith_o a_o christian_n victory_n by_o it_o he_o conquer_v all_o adversary_n power_n ibid._n the_o sacrament_n a_o mean_n of_o strengthen_v faith_n p._n 550_o falsehood_n falsehood_n to_o be_v decline_v p._n 371_o 372_o father_n god_n as_o the_o father_n of_o christ_n to_o be_v praise_v p._n 21_o see_v praise_n god_n the_o father_n of_o christ_n our_o father_n and_o the_o father_n of_o mercy_n how_o pag._n 21_o 22_o why_o god_n be_v call_v the_o father_n of_o mercy_n p._n 23_o why_o not_o the_o father_n of_o mercy_n but_o of_o mercy_n ibid._n use_v to_o be_v make_v of_o this_o title_n of_o god_n the_o father_n of_o mercy_n p._n 25_o 26_o 27_o 28_o 29_o 30_o see_v mercy_n flesh._n flesh_n what_o 276_o 364_o carnal_a wisdom_n why_o call_v