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the_o holy_a ghost_n when_o thou_o go_v against_o those_o conviction_n of_o thy_o conscience_n those_o taste_n of_o approbation_n which_o sometime_o thy_o heart_n take_v in_o the_o good_a word_n and_o way_n of_o god_n for_o by_o this_o backslide_n thou_o be_v in_o the_o ready_a way_n to_o run_v upon_o that_o rock_n this_o be_v that_o which_o help_v paul_n the_o possibility_n of_o mercy_n 1_o tim._n 1._o 14._o but_o i_o obtain_v mercy_n because_o i_o do_v it_o ignorant_o it_o be_v his_o zeal_n that_o he_o persecute_v the_o church_n i._n e._n his_o blind_a zeal_n but_o shall_v he_o have_v do_v so_o against_o the_o dictate_v of_o his_o conscience_n and_o the_o evidence_n of_o truth_n in_o his_o own_o heart_n he_o can_v hardly_o have_v see_v a_o way_n for_o mercy_n so_o the_o apostle_n to_o the_o
utter_a insufficiency_n in_o what_o he_o have_v or_o do_v for_o to_o procure_v the_o least_o spiritual_a relief_n unto_o his_o soul_n now_o the_o coast_n be_v clear_a that_o faith_n may_v come_v to_o we_o and_o we_o by_o that_o be_v enable_v to_o come_v to_o christ._n we_o be_v now_o to_o pursue_v these_o two_o according_a to_o the_o order_n propound_v and_o first_o of_o the_o former_a the_o sum_n of_o which_o work_n may_v thus_o be_v describe_v contrition_n be_v that_o preparative_a disposition_n of_o heart_n when_o by_o the_o sight_n of_o sin_n and_o the_o punishment_n due_a to_o the_o same_o the_o soul_n be_v bring_v to_o sound_a sorrow_n for_o it_o and_o so_o bring_v to_o detest_v it_o and_o to_o sequester_v itself_o from_o it_o the_o description_n stand_v upon_o two_o passage_n main_o i._o the_o cause_n which_o bring_v in_o this_o contrition_n 1._o sight_n of_o sin_n 2._o sorrow_n for_o sin_n ii_o the_o effect_n which_o next_o discover_v this_o and_o whereby_o it_o come_v to_o be_v know_v 1._o detestation_n of_o sin_n 2._o sequestration_n from_o sin_n and_o here_o i_o desire_v that_o still_o may_v be_v remember_v which_o i_o mention_v and_o discover_v before_o that_o all_o these_o be_v thing_n rather_o wrought_v upon_o we_o by_o the_o impression_n and_o motion_n of_o the_o spirit_n than_o perform_v by_o any_o inward_a principle_n and_o habitual_a power_n of_o grace_n receive_v and_o this_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o expression_n in_o the_o word_n of_o the_o description_n plain_o intimate_v the_o soul_n bring_v to_o see_v his_o sin_n bring_v to_o forrow_n for_o they_o bring_v to_o detest_v they_o and_o sequester_v itself_o from_o they_o for_o the_o sinner_n will_v not_o look_v upon_o the_o loathsomeness_n of_o his_o soul_n and_o the_o filth_n of_o his_o sinful_a distemper_n but_o the_o lord_n lay_v it_o before_o he_o and_o hold_v his_o apprehension_n to_o it_o follow_v he_o with_o the_o remembrance_n of_o it_o and_o force_v his_o thought_n to_o give_v 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