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enough_o of_o our_o own_o man_n woman_n thy_o own_o pride_n will_v damn_v thou_o if_o thou_o do_v not_o repent_v and_o thy_o own_o hypocrisy_n and_o formality_n and_o worldliness_n and_o hardness_n of_o heart_n thou_o have_v no_o need_n to_o take_v the_o sin_n of_o other_o say_v the_o daughter_n of_o zelophehad_n our_o father_n die_v in_o his_o own_o sin_n numb_a 27_o 3._o aye_o that_o be_v enough_o to_o kill_v a_o man_n and_o damn_v a_o man_n his_o own_o sin_n 2._o consider_v it_o be_v a_o most_o monstrous_a sin_n it_o be_v a_o most_o dreadful_a sin_n to_o partake_v of_o other_o man_n sin_n the_o apostle_n speak_v of_o commit_v iniquity_n with_o greediness_n ephes_n 4.19_o sir_n there_o be_v no_o such_o greedy_a sin_v as_o this_o for_o a_o man_n to_o lick_v up_o and_o swallow_v down_o and_o devour_v other_o man_n sin_n naturalist_n tell_v we_o that_o serpens_fw-la serpentem_fw-la devorans_fw-la sit_fw-la draco_n if_o a_o serpent_n swallow_v down_o another_o serpent_n it_o become_v a_o 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pure_a take_v heed_n of_o infectious_a place_n and_o infectious_a practice_n and_o infectious_a company_n antid_v 3._o pray_v against_o they_o pray_v against_o profaneness_n pray_v augustine_n prayer_n lord_n deliver_v i_o from_o other_o man_n sin_n antid_v 4._o mourn_v for_o they_o mourn_v for_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o nation_n and_o mourn_v for_o the_o sin_n of_o thy_o relation_n for_o the_o sin_n of_o thy_o brethren_n in_o their_o obstinacy_n that_o they_o will_v not_o be_v reform_v christ_n come_v to_o sinful_a jerusalem_n with_o weep_a eye_n and_o with_o a_o mourn_a heart_n oh_o jerusalem_n david_n mourn_v for_o the_o wickedness_n of_o the_o time_n that_o he_o see_v psal_n 119.136_o many_o walk_v say_v paul_n of_o who_o i_o tell_v you_o weep_v thus_o do_v god_n people_n of_o old_a free_a themselves_o from_o national_a sin_n and_o particular_a man_n sin_n when_o they_o can_v not_o be_v reformer_n they_o turn_v mourner_n jer._n 13.17_o and_o see_v how_o prevalent_a this_o be_v with_o 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〈◊〉_d epictetus_n epictetus_n if_o you_o mingle_v bright_a and_o rusty_a armour_n together_o the_o rusty_a will_v not_o be_v make_v bright_a but_o the_o bright_a will_v be_v make_v rusty_a he_o who_o make_v religion_n his_o business_n like_v not_o to_o be_v near_o they_o who_o nearness_n set_v he_o further_o off_o from_o god_n and_o who_o embrace_n like_o those_o of_o the_o spider_n be_v to_o suck_v out_o the_o precious_a life_n the_o godly_a man_n ingraft_n into_o the_o communion_n of_o saint_n and_o hereby_o as_o the_o scion_n he_o partake_v of_o the_o sap_n and_o virtue_n of_o their_o grace_n he_o who_o make_v it_o his_o business_n to_o get_v to_o heaven_n associate_n only_o with_o those_o who_o may_v make_v he_o better_o or_o who_o he_o may_v make_v better_o character_n 7_o 7._o he_o who_o make_v religion_n his_o business_n keep_v his_o spiritual_a watch_n always_o by_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1._o he_o watch_v his_o eye_n job_n 31.1_o i_o have_v make_v a_o 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that_o our_o religion_n may_v not_o be_v a_o dull_a languid_a lethargic_a principle_n but_o may_v render_v we_o fit_a and_o prompt_v for_o all_o the_o action_n of_o a_o spiritual_a life_n and_o now_o this_o life_n of_o religion_n the_o case_n suppose_v the_o person_n to_o have_v who_o needs_o advice_n and_o than_o you_o will_v quick_o perceive_v that_o there_o be_v two_o thing_n in_o danger_n 1._o the_o life_n of_o religion_n in_o a_o religious_a person_n 2._o the_o life_n of_o a_o religious_a person_n and_o so_o the_o case_n do_v resolve_v itself_o into_o these_o two_o query_n 1._o what_o shall_v believe_v christian_n do_v to_o support_v the_o life_n and_o vigour_n of_o religion_n in_o their_o soul_n when_o they_o want_v the_o ordinary_a mean_n of_o public_a ordinance_n and_o be_v endanger_v by_o the_o leaven_n society_n of_o wicked_a man_n 2._o how_o shall_v they_o preserve_v their_o life_n among_o persecute_v enemy_n without_o hazard_v the_o life_n of_o their_o religion_n for_o 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