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that_o we_o must_v forsake_v all_o the_o sinful_a lust_n of_o the_o flesh_n this_o be_v that_o which_o make_v baptism_n to_o be_v baptism_n indeed_o to_o we_o the_o other_o thing_n require_v be_v that_o we_o forsake_v all_o rom._n 6.2_o it_o be_v not_o confine_v to_o the_o very_a act_n but_o it_o have_v a_o perpetual_a effect_n all_o the_o day_n of_o thy_o life_n i_o add_v it_o never_o have_v its_o full_a effect_n till_o the_o day_n of_o our_o death_n the_o abolition_n of_o the_o whole_a body_n of_o sin_n that_o which_o we_o seal_v be_v not_o complete_a till_o then_o till_o we_o have_v final_a grace_n the_o water_n of_o baptism_n quench_v the_o fire_n of_o purgatory_n for_o it_o be_v not_o accomplish_v till_o final_a grace_n be_v receive_v we_o be_v now_o under_o the_o physician_n hand_n then_o shall_v we_o be_v cure_v baptism_n be_v not_o do_v only_o at_o the_o font_n which_o be_v a_o thing_n deceive_v many_o for_o it_o run_v through_o our_o whole_a life_n nor_o have_v it_o 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in_o every_o one_o self-love_n and_o in_o these_o last_o and_o worst_a time_n man_n be_v apt_a to_o think_v better_o of_o themselves_o than_o they_o deserve_v if_o there_o be_v any_o beginning_n of_o goodness_n in_o they_o they_o think_v all_o be_v well_o when_o there_o be_v no_o great_a danger_n in_o the_o world_n then_o be_v but_o half-christians_a he_o think_v the_o half-christian_a i_o mean_v that_o if_o he_o have_v escape_v the_o outward_a pollution_n of_o the_o world_n through_o lust_n and_o be_v not_o so_o bad_a as_o former_o he_o have_v be_v and_o not_o so_o bad_a as_o many_o man_n in_o the_o world_n be_v therefore_o he_o be_v well_o enough_o whereas_o his_o end_n prove_v worse_a than_o his_o beginning_n this_o superficial_a repentance_n be_v but_o like_o the_o wash_n of_o a_o hog_n wrought_v the_o outside_n be_v only_o wash_v the_o swinish_a nature_n be_v not_o take_v away_o there_o may_v be_v in_o this_o man_n some_o outward_a abstain_v from_o the_o common_a gross_a sin_n of_o the_o world_n or_o those_o which_o he_o himself_o be_v subject_a unto_o but_o his_o disposition_n to_o sin_n be_v the_o same_o his_o nature_n be_v nothing_o change_v there_o be_v no_o renovation_n no_o cast_n in_o a_o new_a mould_n which_o must_v be_v in_o we_o for_o it_o be_v not_o a_o little_a reform_v will_v serve_v the_o turn_n no_o nor_o all_o the_o morality_n in_o the_o world_n nor_o all_o the_o common_a grace_n of_o god_n spirit_n nor_o the_o outward_a change_n of_o the_o life_n they_o will_v not_o do_v unless_o we_o be_v quicken_v and_o have_v a_o new_a life_n wrought_v in_o we_o unless_o there_o be_v a_o supernatural_a work_n of_o god_n spirit_n we_o can_v never_o enter_v into_o heaven_n therefore_o in_o this_o case_n it_o behoove_v every_o man_n to_o prove_v his_o own_o work_n gal._n 6.4_o a_o thing_n man_n be_v hardly_o draw_v unto_o to_o be_v exact_a examiner_n of_o themselves_o coelo_fw-la discendit_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o heathen_a himself_o can_v say_v to_o know_v a_o man_n self_n be_v a_o heavenly_a say_n and_o it_o be_v a_o heavenly_a thing_n indeed_o if_o we_o have_v a_o heavenly_a master_n to_o teach_v we_o the_o devil_n teach_v socrates_n a_o lesson_n that_o bring_v he_o from_o the_o study_n of_o natural_a to_o moral_a philosophy_n whereby_o he_o know_v himself_o yet_o the_o devil_n know_v morality_n can_v never_o teach_v he_o the_o lesson_n indeed_o all_o the_o morality_n in_o the_o world_n can_v teach_v a_o man_n to_o escape_v hell_n we_o must_v have_v a_o better_a instructor_n herein_o than_o the_o devil_n or_o ourselves_o the_o lord_n of_o heaven_n must_v do_v it_o if_o ever_o we_o will_v be_v bring_v to_o know_v ourselves_o aright_o st._n paul_n be_v bring_v up_o at_o the_o foot_n of_o gamaliel_n one_o of_o the_o learn_a doctor_n of_o the_o pharisee_n and_o yet_o he_o can_v not_o teach_v he_o this_o when_o he_o study_v the_o law_n he_o think_v himself_o unblameable_a but_o come_v to_o a_o high_a and_o better_a master_n he_o know_v that_o in_o he_o that_o be_v in_o his_o flesh_n dwell_v no_o good_a thing_n rom._n 7._o by_o self-examination_n a_o man_n may_v find_v many_o fault_n in_o himself_o but_o to_o find_v that_o which_o the_o apostle_n afterward_o find_v in_o himself_o to_o see_v the_o flesh_n a_o rottenness_n the_o sink_n of_o iniquity_n that_o be_v within_o he_o and_o to_o find_v himself_o so_o bad_a as_o indeed_o he_o be_v unless_o it_o please_v the_o lord_n to_o open_v his_o eye_n and_o to_o teach_v he_o he_o can_v never_o attain_v it_o now_o we_o come_v to_o this_o place_n of_o the_o apostle_n wherein_o we_o see_v the_o true_a glass_n of_o ourselves_o the_o spirit_n know_v what_o we_o be_v better_a than_o ourselves_o and_o the_o spirit_n show_v we_o that_o every_o man_n of_o we_o either_o be_v or_o be_v such_o as_o we_o be_v here_o set_v down_o to_o be_v we_o be_v first_o natural_a before_o we_o can_v be_v spiritual_a there_o be_v not_o a_o man_n but_o have_v be_v or_o be_v yet_o 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speak_v then_o follow_v the_o predicate_a or_o 2._o what_o that_o ill_a news_n be_v which_o he_o deliver_v of_o they_o we_o begin_v with_o the_o first_o 1._o who_o they_o be_v of_o who_o this_o be_v speak_v and_o that_o be_v you_o you_o have_v he_o quicken_v who_o be_v dead_a and_o you_o in_o the_o word_n follow_v that_o in_o time_n past_o walk_v after_o the_o course_n of_o the_o world_n and_o in_o the_o three_o verse_n more_o particular_o among_o who_o also_o we_o all_o have_v our_o conversation_n in_o time_n past_a he_o speak_v now_o in_o the_o first_o person_n as_o before_o in_o the_o second_o so_o that_o the_o subject_n be_v we_o all_o and_o you_o all_o not_o a_o man_n in_o
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he_o say_v it_o shall_v be_v unclean_a then_o answer_v haggai_n so_o be_v this_o people_n so_o be_v this_o nation_n before_o i_o say_v the_o lord_n and_o so_o be_v every_o work_n of_o their_o hand_n it_o be_v unclean_a a_o man_n may_v nor_o say_v prayer_n be_v a_o sin_n because_o it_o it_o be_v so_o in_o they_o no_o it_o be_v a_o good_a duty_n but_o spoil_v in_o the_o carriage_n he_o mar_v it_o in_o the_o carriage_n and_o therefore_o instead_o of_o do_v a_o good_a work_n he_o spoil_v it_o and_o so_o in_o stead_n of_o a_o reward_n must_v look_v for_o punishment_n 1_o tim._n 15._o the_o end_n of_o the_o commandment_n be_v love_n out_o of_o a_o â—ure_a heart_n a_o good_a conscience_n and_o faith_n unfeigned_a let_v the_o thing_n thou_o do_v be_v according_a to_o the_o commandment_n look_v what_o thou_o do_v be_v in_o the_o middle_n end_n and_o beginning_n according_a to_o the_o commandment_n if_o wrong_v in_o all_o these_o then_o though_o the_o work_n be_v never_o so_o material_o good_a 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