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magnify_v he_o with_o thanksgiving_n this_o shall_v please_v the_o lord_n better_o than_o a_o ox_n or_o a_o bullock_n second_o consider_v what_o a_o intolerable_a hypocrisy_n it_o be_v to_o be_v more_o earnest_a suitor_n for_o mercy_n than_o thankful_o acknowledger_n of_o mercy_n receive_v three_o consider_v we_o how_o god_n prevent_v we_o with_o mercy_n and_o be_v first_o in_o goodness_n and_o free_a in_o bounty_n which_o will_v make_v we_o think_v upon_o some_o return_n as_o the_o saint_n have_v do_v before_o us._n four_o acquaint_v we_o ourselves_o with_o the_o life_n of_o heaven_n and_o hereby_o begin_v life_n eternal_a which_o when_o the_o saint_n be_v deprive_v of_o how_o do_v they_o lament_v their_o estate_n psal._n 84._o five_o must_v we_o praise_v god_n for_o evil_n and_o for_o affliction_n and_o
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have_v mannah_n think_v base_o of_o it_o and_o be_v so_o far_o from_o give_v thanks_n for_o it_o as_o they_o murmur_v and_o say_v we_o see_v nothing_o but_o this_o man_n and_o so_o man_n speak_v at_o this_o day_n of_o the_o spiritual_a mannah_n the_o word_n of_o god_n we_o think_v it_o a_o ordinary_a thing_n to_o dispatch_v our_o ordinary_a business_n as_o a_o journey_n or_o the_o like_a and_o esteem_v not_o of_o god_n success_n and_o blessing_n upon_o it_o as_o abraham_n servant_n do_v gen._n 24._o 27._o saying_n bless_a be_v the_o lord_n god_n of_o my_o master_n i_o be_v in_o the_o way_n the_o lord_n lead_v i_o to_o the_o house_n of_o my_o master_n brethren_n we_o think_v it_o a_o slight_a thing_n to_o be_v carry_v day_n by_o day_n through_o our_o way_n and_o not_o to_o be_v surprise_v by_o satan_n or_o temptation_n but_o david_n otherwise_o esteem_v of_o it_o as_o 1._o sam._n 25._o 32._o bless_a be_v the_o lord_n and_o bless_v be_v thy_o counsel_n and_o bless_v be_v thou_o that_o have_v keep_v i_o from_o do_v this_o thing_n we_o count_v it_o no_o great_a matter_n to_o be_v draw_v out_o of_o weakness_n or_o sickness_n of_o body_n oh_o it_o be_v but_o a_o ordinary_a thing_n whereas_o if_o we_o do_v esteem_v right_o of_o it_o with_o the_o leper_n we_o will_v glorify_v god_n with_o a_o loud_a voice_n we_o think_v it_o a_o common_a thing_n and_o never_o prize_v the_o benefit_n to_o be_v feed_v and_o clothe_v every_o day_n to_o be_v able_a to_o enjoy_v these_o creature_n to_o our_o life_n health_n and_o strength_n whereas_o if_o a_o man_n bid_v we_o to_o supper_n or_o meat_n once_o in_o a_o year_n or_o quarter_n we_o will_v then_o thank_v he_o and_o after_o meet_v he_o again_o thank_v he_o for_o our_o kind_a welcome_n or_o check_v ourselves_o if_o we_o forget_v it_o and_o will_v be_v ashamed_a to_o make_v no_o neighbourly_a requital_n but_o god_n get_v not_o so_o much_o thanks_n for_o his_o continual_a spread_n of_o our_o table_n and_o furnish_v it_o and_o fill_v 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themselves_o and_o keep_v the_o ground_n barren_a or_o else_o they_o do_v much_o hurt_v with_o their_o learning_n oppose_v the_o truth_n and_o goodness_n and_o good_a man_n defend_v corruption_n maintain_v corrupt_a opinion_n and_o make_v bridge_n to_o popery_n or_o profaneness_n or_o else_o they_o corrupt_v other_o by_o make_v filthy_a poem_n and_o such_o like_a some_o have_v receive_v wealth_n and_o a_o large_a estate_n of_o earthly_a thing_n some_o honour_n favour_n and_o authority_n of_o who_o god_n may_v look_v for_o more_o because_o they_o have_v receive_v more_o but_o how_o for_o mercy_n return_v they_o rebellion_n in_o all_o their_o life_n and_o dissoluteness_n in_o
out_o of_o this_o obstinacy_n and_o stiffness_n betimes_o lest_o the_o lord_n give_v we_o up_o to_o fall_v away_o 2._o by_o perpetual_a rebellion_n this_o we_o shall_v do_v by_o yield_v ourselves_o tractable_a and_o lay_v aside_o obstinacy_n in_o sin_n and_o by_o give_v up_o ourselves_o to_o be_v rule_v by_o god_n word_n and_o spirit_n this_o point_n be_v so_o much_o the_o more_o necessary_a because_o the_o great_a sin_n of_o these_o day_n be_v obstinacy_n of_o heart_n man_n can_v plead_v ignorance_n nor_o want_v of_o good_a mean_n to_o help_v they_o out_o of_o their_o sin_n and_o yet_o few_o or_o none_o leave_v their_o sin_n but_o wilful_o persevere_v in_o they_o against_o the_o word_n and_o their_o own_o conscience_n beside_o this_o god_n have_v give_v we_o many_o warning_n of_o our_o estate_n by_o many_o plague_n of_o the_o high_a kind_n threaten_v and_o not_o a_o few_o and_o those_o not_o insensible_a execute_v with_o severity_n but_o for_o all_o this_o we_o be_v in_o general_a 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want_n of_o all_o goodness_n in_o himself_o and_o in_o a_o holy_a despair_n of_o himself_o he_o fly_v whole_o to_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n in_o christ_n long_v after_o it_o above_o life_n and_o hunger_a after_o it_o above_o all_o thing_n in_o the_o world_n second_o a_o tremble_a at_o god_n word_n for_o these_o two_o be_v join_v isa._n 66._o 2._o i_o will_v look_v to_o he_o that_o be_v of_o a_o contrite_a heart_n and_o tremble_v at_o my_o word_n and_o yet_o love_v the_o sharp_a reproof_n of_o it_o which_o be_v join_v with_o the_o former_a psal._n 119._o 119._o 120._o i_o love_v thy_o testimony_n my_o flesh_n tremble_v for_o fear_n of_o thou_o and_o i_o be_o afraid_a of_o thy_o judgement_n three_o silent_a submission_n to_o god_n correction_n psal._n 39_o 9_o i_o be_v dumb_a i_o open_v not_o my_o mouth_n because_o thou_o do_v it_o micah_n 7._o 9_o i_o will_v bear_v the_o wrath_n of_o god_n because_o i_o have_v sin_v we_o must_v get_v into_o our_o heart_n a_o patient_a wait_a in_o all_o injury_n and_o wrong_n till_o god_n plead_v our_o cause_n four_o a_o mourning_n under_o the_o grudge_n of_o our_o own_o hardness_n of_o heart_n and_o that_o we_o can_v mourn_v and_o get_v they_o to_o through_o subjection_n so_o do_v the_o church_n return_v to_o god_n isa._n 63._o 17._o o_o lord_n why_o have_v thou_o harden_v our_o heart_n from_o thy_o way_n return_v for_o thy_o servant_n sake_n and_o for_o the_o tribe_n of_o thy_o inheritance_n five_o a_o fear_n of_o the_o occasion_n of_o sin_n and_o hatred_n of_o appearance_n of_o evil_a &_o of_o the_o garment_n spot_v by_o the_o flesh_n who_o mouth_n thou_o do_v bind_v with_o bit_n and_o bridle_n out_o of_o these_o word_n we_o may_v note_v that_o if_o a_o man_n will_v doctr._n continue_v indocible_a and_o intractable_a god_n have_v his_o sinner_n bit_n and_o bridle_n for_o he_o to_o curb_v and_o hamper_v he_o if_o man_n will_v be_v as_o horse_n and_o mule_n god_n will_v deal_v with_o they_o as_o man_n do_v with_o horse_n and_o mule_n 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