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some_o nasty_a prison_n 〈◊〉_d luk._n 12.20_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d even_o so_o do_v great_a multitude_n befool_v themselves_o into_o death_n counter_a never_o to_o be_v deliver_v till_o they_o have_v pay_v the_o utmost_a farthing_n which_o can_v never_o be_v while_o they_o promise_v to_o themselves_o through_o vain_a confidence_n long_a life_n and_o happy_a day_n and_o that_o all_o shall_v be_v well_o with_o they_o at_o the_o last_o though_o one_o foot_n be_v in_o the_o grave_n and_o they_o be_v ready_a to_o drop_v down_o as_o they_o go_v poor_a creature_n who_o boast_v their_o faith_n so_o strong_a and_o their_o hope_n so_o well_o anchor_v 18.11.12_o lu._n 18.11.12_o because_o sometime_o they_o cry_v god_n mercy_n do_v confide_v in_o the_o formality_n of_o some_o duty_n and_o a_o empty_a profession_n of_o religion_n void_a of_o the_o life_n of_o faith_n and_o of_o the_o power_n of_o godliness_n who_o a_o deceive_a heart_n have_v so_o long_o feed_v with_o ash_n 44.20_o isa_n 44.20_o and_o their_o delude_a soul_n with_o a_o lie_n in_o their_o right_a hand_n unto_o all_o who_o i_o must_v say_v in_o the_o word_n of_o the_o prophet_n o_o self-deceiver_n o_o self-destroyer_n the_o lord_n have_v reject_v thy_o confidence_n 7.23_o jer._n 2.37_o mat._n 7.23_o nor_o shall_v thou_o prosper_v in_o they_o for_o the_o lord_n christ_n will_v never_o own_v thou_o but_o will_v profess_v he_o never_o know_v thou_o and_o say_v depart_v from_o i_o you_o worker_n of_o iniquity_n 2._o other_o live_v to_o their_o die_a hour_n in_o a_o state_n of_o unregeneracy_n unbelief_n hardness_n of_o heart_n 8.3.14.16_o mat._n 23.27_o ezek._n 8.3.14.16_o after_o the_o course_n of_o the_o world_n and_o keep_v a_o inside_n as_o corrupt_v as_o the_o sepulchre_n of_o rottenness_n of_o which_o our_o saviour_n speak_v as_o vile_a as_o that_o image_n of_o jealousy_n or_o that_o idol_n tammuz_n say_v to_o be_v that_o idol_n which_o their_o woman_n do_v yearly_o lament_v with_o unseemly_a ceremony_n not_o to_o be_v name_v or_o as_o those_o who_o worship_v the_o sun_n 28._o job_n 31.26_o 27_o 28._o and_o have_v renounce_v god_n and_o his_o worship_n but_o o_o beguiled_a soul_n who_o have_v so_o bewitch_v thou_o that_o thou_o do_v dream_v that_o thou_o may_v live_v a_o slave_n a_o vassal_n to_o base_a lust_n within_o and_o to_o ungodliness_n without_o and_o that_o all_o thy_o day_n and_o be_v save_v at_o last_o that_o thou_o may_v live_v the_o life_n of_o the_o wicked_a 13.10_o numb_a 13.10_o yet_o die_v the_o death_n of_o the_o righteous_a certain_o these_o be_v man_n and_o woman_n of_o no_o understanding_n he_o that_o make_v they_o will_v have_v no_o mercy_n on_o they_o 11._o isa_n 27_o 11._o and_o he_o that_o form_v they_o will_v show_v they_o no_o favour_n do_v not_o the_o minister_n of_o christ_n ordinary_o tell_v thou_o what_o a_o self-deceiver_n thy_o heart_n be_v and_o what_o a_o deceiver_n sin_n be_v worse_o than_o the_o harlot_n and_o that_o the_o way_n of_o 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woman_n boast_v like_o a_o pharisee_n their_o faith_n hope_n and_o great_a expectation_n say_v they_o shall_v die_v in_o the_o arm_n of_o mercy_n because_o god_n make_v they_o and_o they_o have_v live_v under_o and_o profess_v the_o gospel_n have_v be_v take_v and_o repute_v good_a christian_n among_o man_n by_o these_o and_o other_o mere_o external_a work_n and_o insufficient_a ground_n do_v they_o too_o too_o shallow_o conclude_v that_o it_o must_v needs_o go_v well_o with_o they_o at_o the_o last_o 12.14_o joh._n 3.3.5_o 2_o cor._n 5.17_o heb._n 12.14_o o_o let_v such_o lay_v to_o heart_n the_o word_n of_o he_o which_o shall_v stand_v except_o a_o man_n be_v bear_v again_o he_o can_v enter_v into_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n if_o any_o man_n be_v in_o christ_n
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