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and_o be_v clean_a 2_o king_n 5.13_o if_o god_n if_o christ_n have_v bid_v thou_o do_v some_o hard_a work_n will_v thou_o not_o do_v it_o to_o save_v thy_o soul_n for_o ever_o how_o much_o more_o when_o he_o have_v make_v the_o way_n more_o easy_a than_o of_o old_a and_o offer_v and_o assure_v great_a help_n than_o then_o to_o enable_v thou_o to_o do_v it_o last_o compare_v thy_o work_n for_o the_o true_a god_n with_o what_o idolater_n and_o hypocrite_n perform_v to_o false_a one_o or_o to_o the_o true_a one_o false_o that_o you_o may_v be_v move_v to_o jealousy_n with_o those_o which_o be_v not_o a_o people_n and_o provoke_v by_o a_o foolish_a nation_n deut._n 32.21_o how_o do_v the_o worshipper_n of_o baal_n cry_v whole_a day_n and_o cut_v themselves_o with_o knife_n and_o lance_n till_o the_o blood_n gush_v out_o how_o do_v the_o profelyte_n of_o rome_n whip_v themselves_o pour_v out_o their_o money_n to_o their_o wily_a priest_n which_o make_v merchandise_n of_o they_o for_o mass_n 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at_o the_o streight-gate_n withal_o tell_v you_o that_o many_o of_o those_o who_o strive_v shall_v not_o be_v able_a to_o get_v in_o what_o then_o shall_v become_v of_o they_o who_o strive_v not_o the_o violent_a take_v the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n as_o he_o that_o ask_v faint_o bespeak_v a_o denial_n so_o he_o that_o act_v faint_o will_v be_v sure_o disappoint_v beside_o what_o be_v say_v before_o it_o be_v easy_a to_o add_v many_o evidence_n to_o prove_v this_o work_n to_o be_v hard_a and_o that_o it_o be_v very_o reasonable_a it_o shall_v be_v so_o the_o way_n be_v steep_n and_o slippery_a it_o be_v hard_a to_o climb_v it_o the_o enemy_n be_v many_o and_o mighty_a that_o oppose_v thou_o thy_o skill_n and_o strength_n be_v small_a nature_n will_v recoil_v and_o draw_v back_o and_o single_a nature_n be_v hardly_o overcome_v and_o custom_n of_o sin_v be_v a_o second_o nature_n and_o doubtless_o the_o difficulty_n and_o no_o discipline_n be_v so_o hard_a as_o for_o he_o to_o learn_v to_o do_v well_o who_o have_v be_v accustom_v to_o do_v evil._n self_n be_v a_o bold_a competitor_n with_o god_n and_o must_v be_v use_v rough_o or_o it_o will_v be_v serve_v before_o he_o and_o set_v up_o above_o he_o and_o for_o thy_o own_o dear_a sake_n thou_o will_v be_v prone_a to_o cry_v as_o david_n for_o his_o darling_n absolom_n deal_v gentle_o with_o it_o for_o my_o sake_n and_o by_o a_o strange_a fondness_n thou_o will_v spare_v the_o traitor_n which_o watch_v to_o destroy_v thou_o though_o christ_n reject_v the_o temptation_n favour_v thyself_o with_o a_o get_v thou_o behind_o i_o satan_n yet_o when_o such_o sugar_v word_n be_v offer_v thou_o thou_o will_v hardly_o discern_v the_o poison_n that_o be_v mix_v with_o they_o and_o there_o be_v many_o reason_n why_o god_n have_v make_v his_o own_o work_n hard_o that_o those_o who_o wear_v the_o crown_n may_v win_v it_o first_o for_o a_o man_n be_v not_o crown_v unless_o he_o strive_v lawful_o that_o he_o may_v appear_v impartial_a in_o reject_v loiterer_n and_o reward_v labourer_n that_o his_o servant_n may_v have_v opportunity_n to_o exercise_v those_o grace_n which_o else_o there_o will_v be_v no_o occasion_n for_o that_o rest_n may_v be_v sweet_a after_o labour_n and_o that_o god_n grace_n may_v be_v magnify_v in_o assist_v their_o weakness_n and_o satan_n may_v be_v more_o confound_v in_o the_o disappointment_n of_o all_o his_o stratagem_n believe_v therefore_o thy_o work_n to_o be_v hard_o that_o thou_o betray_v not_o thyself_o to_o sloth_n and_o remissness_n to_o thy_o own_o eternal_a ruin_n second_o yet_o run_v not_o into_o the_o other_o extreme_a while_o thou_o avoyde_v this_o and_o dash_v not_o against_o scylla_n while_o thou_o avoyde_v charybdis_n conclude_v not_o it_o be_v impossible_a to_o finish_v it_o by_o labour_n because_o it_o be_v so_o to_o accomplish_v it_o without_o labour_n despair_v of_o success_n kill_v all_o industry_n and_o a_o suppose_a impossibility_n of_o attainment_n natural_o produce_v despair_n when_o once_o we_o say_v there_o be_v no_o hope_n the_o next_o word_n will_v be_v why_o shall_v i_o wait_v any_o long_o why_o shall_v i_o strive_v any_o more_o but_o be_v not_o slothful_a but_o follower_n of_o they_o who_o through_o faith_n and_o patience_n inherit_v the_o promise_n faith_n and_o patience_n will_v do_v that_o which_o sloth_n and_o the_o want_n of_o they_o can_v never_o do_v and_o watch_v careful_o against_o that_o snare_n satan_n lay_v in_o the_o way_n of_o so_o many_o if_o i_o be_v not_o elect_v all_o my_o labour_n will_v be_v in_o vain_a i_o can_v alter_v god_n decree_n vain_a creature_n what_o have_v thou_o to_o do_v with_o god_n decree_n who_o make_v thou_o of_o his_o council_n mind_n thou_o what_o be_v write_v in_o the_o word_n which_o be_v nigh_o thou_o in_o thy_o mouth_n and_o in_o thy_o heart_n not_o what_o be_v write_v in_o the_o secret_a record_n of_o heaven_n read_v deut._n 29.29_o the_o secret_a thing_n belong_v to_o the_o lord_n our_o god_n but_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v reveal_v belong_v to_o we_o and_o to_o our_o child_n for_o ever_o that_o we_o may_v do_v all_o the_o word_n of_o this_o law_n and_o deut._n 30.11_o 12_o 14._o this_o commandment_n which_o i_o command_v thou_o this_o day_n be_v not_o hide_v from_o thou_o neither_o be_v it_o far_o off_o it_o be_v not_o in_o heaven_n that_o thou_o shall_v say_v who_o shall_v go_v up_o for_o we_o to_o heaven_n and_o bring_v it_o to_o we_o that_o we_o may_v hear_v it_o and_o do_v it_o but_o the_o word_n be_v niâ—h_o unto_o thou_o in_o thy_o mouth_n and_o in_o thy_o heart_n that_o thou_o may_v do_v it_o see_v i_o have_v set_v before_o you_o this_o day_n life_n and_o good_a death_n and_o evil_n compare_v rom._n 10.6_o 9_o this_o be_v the_o word_n of_o faith_n which_o we_o preach_v if_o thou_o confess_v with_o thy_o mouth_n and_o believe_v in_o thy_o heart_n thou_o shall_v be_v save_v not_o if_o thou_o be_v elect_v thou_o shall_v be_v save_v whether_o 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