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purpose_n we_o have_v in_o the_o prophecy_n of_o isaiah_n what_o they_o shall_v do_v after_o their_o conversion_n in_o the_o case_n of_o hatred_n to_o idolatry_n 30.22_o isa_n 30.22_o you_o shall_v defile_v also_o the_o cover_n of_o thy_o grave_a image_n of_o silver_n and_o the_o ornament_n of_o thy_o melt_a image_n of_o gold_n thou_o shall_v cast_v they_o away_o as_o a_o menstruous_a cloth_n thou_o shall_v say_v unto_o it_o get_v thou_o hence_o there_o be_v a_o hatred_n and_o a_o strong_a loathe_a indignttion_n against_o sin_n when_o it_o be_v discover_v in_o the_o pollution_n and_o vileness_n thereof_o which_o affection_n of_o hatred_n god_n have_v plant_v to_o draw_v the_o soul_n away_o from_o any_o thing_n that_o be_v true_o hurtful_a to_o it_o it_o be_v not_o enough_o to_o leave_v sin_n for_o some_o by_o end_n as_o fear_v of_o punishment_n shame_n and_o the_o like_a but_o we_o must_v loathe_v it_o also_o the_o prophet_n david_n when_o he_o profess_v his_o love_n to_o the_o law_n 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which_o be_v ill_a what_o ill_a we_o leave_v we_o must_v hate_v first_o and_o what_o good_a we_o do_v we_o must_v first_o love_n or_o else_o we_o shall_v never_o do_v either_o of_o they_o acceptable_o to_o purpose_n what_o the_o heart_n do_v not_o be_v not_o do_v in_o religion_n if_o it_o have_v no_o hand_n in_o the_o avoid_n of_o ill_a it_o be_v not_o avoid_v if_o it_o have_v no_o hand_n in_o the_o do_n of_o good_a it_o be_v not_o do_v before_o god_n therefore_o in_o true_a conversion_n there_o must_v be_v a_o loathe_n of_o sin_n reason_n 3_o three_o because_o in_o all_o true_a conversion_n there_o be_v a_o new_a nature_n put_v in_o we_o now_o the_o new_a creature_n which_o partake_v of_o the_o divine_a nature_n whereby_o we_o resemble_v god_n it_o have_v a_o antipathy_n to_o the_o great_a ill_n which_o be_v sin_n the_o cause_n of_o all_o other_o evil_n whatsoever_o which_o make_v we_o opposite_a to_o god_n defile_v the_o soul_n and_o hinder_v our_o sweet_a communion_n with_o he_o a_o 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not_o true_a hatred_n wrought_v by_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n for_o that_o be_v universal_a to_o the_o whole_a kind_n implacable_a 2._o implacable_a then_o also_o wheresoever_o true_a hatred_n be_v it_o be_v unplacable_a and_o unappeasable_a there_o be_v no_o true_a end_n of_o sound_a hatred_n but_o by_o the_o abolish_n altogether_o of_o that_o thing_n it_o hate_v as_o we_o see_v the_o hatred_n of_o satan_n to_o the_o church_n and_o people_n of_o god_n be_v unappeasable_a and_o unquenchable_a nothing_o in_o the_o world_n can_v stay_v satan_n hatred_n nor_o the_o hatred_n of_o his_o instrument_n who_o hate_v the_o remembrance_n of_o god_n people_n therefore_o the_o very_a name_n of_o calvin_n and_o luther_n must_v be_v put_v out_o of_o their_o book_n to_o satisfy_v their_o hatred_n not_o only_a when_o they_o be_v dead_a burn_v their_o bone_n but_o abolish_v their_o memory_n if_o they_o can_v so_o there_o be_v the_o like_a disposition_n in_o god_n people_n to_o that_o which_o be_v ill_a a_o godly_a disposition_n it_o hate_v sin_n even_o to_o the_o death_n and_o be_v not_o quiet_a until_o all_o sin_n be_v abolish_v whereupon_o it_o be_v never_o quiet_a in_o this_o life_n but_o desire_v heaven_n not_o endure_v patient_o the_o least_o relic_n and_o rag_n of_o sin_n desire_v that_o that_o which_o it_o so_o hate_v may_v have_v no_o be_v at_o all_o those_o who_o mince_v and_o cull_v thing_n who_o be_v so_o gentle_a and_o tender_a towards_o their_o sin_n and_o corruption_n in_o themselves_o and_o other_o be_v this_o that_o hatred_n which_o be_v unappeasable_a and_o never_o rest_v till_o it_o see_v either_o a_o through_o reformation_n or_o abolish_n of_o what_o it_o so_o hate_v wherein_o it_o be_v a_o
i_o be_o a_o man_n of_o unclean_a lip_n etc._n etc._n for_o my_o eye_n have_v see_v the_o king_n the_o lord_n of_o host_n thus_o when_o once_o he_o have_v communion_n with_o god_n he_o begin_v to_o loathe_v himself_o so_o if_o we_o will_v hate_v evil_a let_v we_o labour_n more_o and_o more_o to_o be_v holy_a and_o to_o increase_v in_o that_o divine_a affection_n of_o love_n for_o in_o what_o measure_n we_o love_v that_o which_o be_v good_a in_o that_o measure_n we_o hate_v the_o evil_a as_o it_o be_v psal_n 97.10_o you_o that_o love_v the_o lord_n hate_v evil_a insinuate_v that_o all_o that_o love_v the_o lord_n hate_v evil_a all_o those_o that_o be_v near_o unto_o god_n they_o hate_v all_o sin_n the_o more_o they_o grow_v into_o communion_n with_o god_n the_o more_o they_o grow_v in_o the_o hatred_n of_o all_o that_o be_v contrary_a let_v we_o therefore_o never_o talk_v of_o love_n to_o god_n and_o of_o piety_n and_o such_o like_a for_o if_o there_o be_v any_o grace_n or_o communion_n with_o god_n we_o hate_v all_o sin_n in_o that_o measure_n as_o god_n hate_v he_o who_o have_v no_o zeal_n to_o reform_v that_o which_o god_n hate_v he_o have_v no_o love_n at_o all_o itself_o 2._o we_o must_v set_v before_o we_o what_o sin_n be_v in_o itself_o again_o the_o way_n to_o stir_v we_o up_o to_o hate_v sin_n in_o ourselves_o and_o other_o &_o out_o of_o that_o hatred_n to_o reform_v it_o be_v to_o set_v before_o we_o what_o it_o be_v in_o itself_o that_o it_o be_v the_o loathsome_a thing_n in_o the_o world_n worse_a than_o the_o devil_n himself_o for_o it_o be_v sin_n which_o make_v he_o a_o devil_n that_o corruption_n pride_n worldliness_n and_o profaneness_n which_o we_o cherish_v be_v worse_a than_o the_o devil_n himself_o because_o this_o make_v he_o a_o devil_n let_v we_o make_v sin_n therefore_o as_o loathsome_a as_o we_o can_v and_o then_o we_o shall_v hate_v it_o and_o let_v we_o present_v it_o to_o our_o soul_n as_o the_o most_o dangerous_a thing_n of_o all_o the_o 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