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a_o christian_n journal_n or_o brief_a direction_n for_o devotion_n and_o conversation_n brevis_fw-la praedicatio_fw-la long_fw-mi comminatio_fw-la actio_fw-la perpetua_fw-la denique_fw-la quid_fw-la verbis_fw-la opus_fw-la est_fw-la spectemur_fw-la agendo_fw-la london_n print_a for_o the_o author_n and_o sell_v by_o r._n bentley_n in_o russel-street_n 1684._o to_o the_o right_n honourable_a the_o lady_n philippa_n mohun_v baroness_n of_o oakhampton_n madam_n i_o humble_o present_a to_o your_o ladyship_n these_o few_o glean_n which_o i_o have_v gather_v and_o tie_v up_o into_o this_o little_a sheaf_n i_o be_o not_o ashamed_a to_o acknowledge_v that_o much_o of_o it_o be_v none_o of_o my_o own_o in_o divinity_n all_o man_n must_v be_v borrower_n and_o no_o man_n know_v more_o than_o what_o be_v reveal_v the_o ambition_n of_o discovery_n have_v be_v one_o of_o the_o chief_a ground_n of_o those_o many_o heresy_n and_o schism_n with_o which_o the_o world_n be_v at_o this_o day_n overrun_v 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and_o thing_n to_o come_v in_o their_o due_a time_n 22._o matth._n 8.13_o and_o 21_o 22._o so_o also_o this_o faith_n obtain_v all_o the_o benefit_n by_o christ_n as_o deliverance_n from_o the_o reign_v power_n of_o sin_n sanctification_n and_o grace_n 6.14_o rom._n 6.14_o as_o well_o as_o salvation_n dependence_n on_o god_n patience_n contentedness_n and_o sufficiency_n in_o he_o if_o we_o obtain_v these_o thing_n our_o faith_n be_v true_a or_o else_o it_o be_v false_a and_o counterfeit_n for_o how_o can_v we_o know_v that_o our_o believe_a salvation_n shall_v bring_v we_o salvation_n when_o as_o our_o believe_a sanctification_n do_v not_o make_v we_o holy_a or_o how_o shall_v our_o faith_n prove_v true_a for_o another_o world_n that_o prove_v false_a for_o
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to_o retire_v themselves_o and_o will_v it_o not_o be_v a_o most_o grateful_a spectacle_n to_o the_o envious_a and_o malignant_a spirit_n and_o lay_v thou_o open_a to_o their_o power_n and_o malice_n who_o have_v get_v thou_o within_o their_o territory_n unless_o god_n in_o mercy_n restrain_v they_o consider_v the_o heinousness_n of_o the_o least_o sin_n it_o be_v against_o god_n infinite_a majesty_n and_o the_o riches_n of_o his_o bounty_n in_o give_v his_o son_n for_o we_o also_o against_o his_o honour_n and_o the_o love_n and_o loyalty_n we_o profess_v to_o owe_v unto_o he_o for_o all_o his_o goodness_n and_o mercy_n and_o likewise_o against_o our_o covenant_n with_o he_o the_o vileness_n of_o which_o be_v see_v in_o the_o fearful_a punishment_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o angel_n adam_n the_o old_a world_n lot_n wife_n saul_n and_o so_o of_o moses_n vzzah_n david_n josiah_n and_o chief_o that_o inflict_v on_o the_o son_n of_o god_n for_o our_o sin_n 3.26_o numb_a 20.24_o deut._n 3.26_o 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