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58._o three_o hear_v you_o indeed_o but_o understand_v not_o and_o see_v you_o indeed_o but_o perceive_v not_o here_o be_v hear_v but_o no_o understanding_n and_o see_v but_o no_o perception_n hear_v and_o not_o hear_v see_v and_o not_o see_v the_o sense_n and_o meaning_n whereof_o i_o take_v to_o be_v this_o since_o by_o your_o wilful_a and_o constant_a oppose_v of_o my_o word_n you_o have_v most_o just_o provoke_v i_o to_o withdraw_v my_o spirit_n whereby_o it_o may_v have_v be_v effectual_a unto_o your_o conversion_n hereafter_o i_o will_v not_o send_v my_o word_n unto_o you_o to_o convert_v and_o save_v you_o but_o to_o convince_v and_o condemn_v you_o the_o sound_n whereof_o hereafter_o shall_v but_o astonish_v you_o and_o the_o glorious_a ray_n of_o its_o light_n shall_v be_v of_o no_o other_o use_n unto_o you_o but_o to_o dazzle_v your_o eye_n into_o a_o great_a degree_n of_o blindness_n from_o whence_o it_o be_v evident_a in_o the_o three_o place_n that_o 3._o obs_n 3._o it_o 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â—e_v suspect_v to_o receive_v hiâ—_n employâ—…nt_a 12._o 1_o cor._n 3._o 12._o from_o the_o envious_a man_n mention_v mat._n 13._o 28._o and_o he_o that_o shall_v build_v hay_n and_o wood_n and_o stubble_n upon_o a_o evangelical_n foundation_n shall_v certain_o expose_v his_o work_n unto_o the_o fire_n though_o perhaps_o his_o person_n may_v be_v preserve_v for_o the_o manner_n of_o your_o hear_n three_o cantioâ—s_n may_v be_v necessary_a to_o reinforce_v and_o explain_v our_o saviour_n counsel_n take_v heed_n how_o you_o hear_v that_o be_v take_v heed_n 1._o how_o you_o be_v prepare_v before_o you_o hear_v 2._o how_o you_o be_v dispose_v when_o you_o hear_v 3._o how_o you_o be_v resolve_v and_o reform_v when_o you_o hear_v first_o how_o prepare_v the_o word_n of_o god_n be_v compare_v to_o seed_n and_o man_n heart_n to_o ground_n now_o the_o husbandman_n will_v tell_v you_o there_o go_v more_o to_o the_o reap_v of_o a_o harvest_n than_o the_o bare_a sow_v of_o the_o seed_n there_o 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