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give_v to_o christ_n except_o they_o mean_v they_o will_v give_v he_o blessing_n and_o praise_n he_o bid_v we_o come_v free_o take_v free_o and_o tell_v we_o that_o he_o will_v give_v and_o do_v free_o rev._n 22.17_o chap._n 21.6_o let_v he_o have_v that_o which_o be_v his_o own_o to_o wit_n thyself_o for_o thou_o be_v the_o price_n of_o his_o blood._n david_n speak_v very_o strange_o of_o give_v to_o god_n for_o mercy_n bestow_v on_o he_o i_o call_v it_o strange_o because_o indeed_o it_o be_v so_o to_o reason_n what_o say_v he_o shall_v i_o render_v to_o the_o lord_n for_o all_o his_o benefit_n i_o will_v take_v this_o cup_n and_o call_v for_o more_o psal._n 116.12_o
13._o god_n have_v no_o need_n of_o thy_o gift_n nor_o christ_n of_o thy_o bribe_n to_o plead_v thy_o cause_n take_v thankful_o what_o be_v offer_v and_o call_v for_o more_o that_o be_v the_o best_a give_v to_o god._n god_n be_v rich_a enough_o talk_v not_o then_o of_o give_v but_o of_o receive_v for_o thou_o be_v poor_a be_v not_o too_o high_a nor_o think_v thyself_o too_o good_a to_o live_v by_o the_o alm_n of_o heaven_n and_o since_o the_o lord_n jesus_n be_v willing_a to_o serve_v thou_o free_o and_o to_o maintain_v thy_o right_n to_o heaven_n against_o thy_o foe_n to_o the_o save_n of_o thy_o soul_n without_o price_n or_o reward_n let_v the_o peace_n of_o god_n rule_n in_o thou_o to_o the_o which_o thou_o be_v also_o call_v as_o be_v the_o rest_n of_o the_o body_n and_o be_v thou_o thankful_a col._n 3.15_o this_o then_o be_v the_o privilege_n of_o a_o christian_a we_o have_v a_o advocate_n with_o the_o father_n jesus_n christ_n the_o righteous_a one_o that_o plead_v the_o cause_n 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troubler_n so_o also_o he_o plead_v all_o their_o cause_n o_o lord_n say_v the_o church_n thou_o have_v plead_v the_o cause_n of_o my_o soul_n thou_o have_v redeem_v my_o life_n lam._n 3.58_o mark_v trouble_v christian_a thou_o say_v thou_o have_v be_v arrest_v oft_o time_n in_o a_o day_n and_o as_o often_o summon_v to_o appear_v at_o god_n bar_n there_o to_o answer_v to_o what_o shall_v be_v lay_v to_o thy_o charge_n and_o here_o for_o thy_o encouragement_n thou_o read_v that_o the_o church_n have_v a_o advocate_n that_o plead_v the_o cause_n of_o her_o soul_n that_o be_v all_o her_o cause_n to_o deliver_v she_o he_o know_v that_o so_o long_o as_o we_o be_v in_o this_o world_n we_o be_v subject_a to_o temptation_n and_o weakness_n and_o through_o they_o make_v guilty_a of_o many_o bad_a thing_n wherefore_o he_o have_v prepare_v himself_o to_o our_o service_n and_o to_o abide_v with_o the_o father_n a_o advocate_n for_o we_o as_o solomon_n say_v of_o a_o man_n of_o great_a wrath_n 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