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and_o thy_o hope_n the_o fire_n that_o must_v warm_v thou_o be_v in_o heaven_n and_o thou_o must_v come_v near_o it_o or_o open_v thyself_o to_o its_o influence_n if_o thou_o will_v feel_v its_o powerful_a efficacy_n it_o be_v night_n and_o winter_n with_o carnal_a mind_n when_o it_o be_v day_n and_o summer_n with_o those_o that_o set_v their_o face_n heavenward_o §_o 21._o ii_o but_o though_o all_o my_o receiving_n will_v be_v from_o god_n they_o will_v not_o be_v from_o he_o alone_o we_o must_v live_v in_o perfect_a union_n also_o with_o one_o another_o and_o with_o all_o the_o heavenly_a society_n and_o therefore_o as_o we_o must_v love_v they_o all_o so_o shall_v we_o be_v belove_v by_o they_o all_o and_o this_o will_v be_v a_o subordinate_a part_n of_o our_o blessedness_n god_n there_o will_v make_v use_n of_o second_o cause_n even_o in_o communicate_v his_o love_n and_o glory_n §_o 22._o 1._o the_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n will_v not_o only_o be_v the_o object_n of_o our_o 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elias_n discourse_n of_o the_o suffering_n and_o death_n of_o christ_n §_o 13._o sure_o it_o be_v not_o true_a that_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o father_n before_o christ_n come_n do_v not_o enter_v into_o heaven_n but_o lay_v in_o some_o inferior_a limbus_n for_o moses_n and_o elias_n come_v from_o heaven_n their_o shine_a glory_n show_v that_o and_o their_o discourse_n with_o christ_n and_o the_o voice_n and_o glory_n that_o go_v with_o they_o and_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v think_v that_o they_o be_v separate_v from_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o faithful_a and_o with_o henoch_n be_v in_o heaven_n by_o themselves_o alone_o and_o the_o rest_n elsewhere_o though_o it_o be_v say_v that_o god_n house_n have_v many_o mansion_n and_o there_o be_v various_a degree_n of_o glory_n yet_o the_o bless_a be_v all_o fellow-citizen_n of_o one_o society_n and_o child_n in_o one_o family_n of_o god_n and_o they_o that_o come_v from_o east_n and_o west_n shall_v sit_v down_o with_o abraham_n 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so_o tempt_v with_o pleasure_n to_o torment_v himself_o even_o his_o own_o flesh_n as_o that_o for_o many_o year_n together_o in_o a_o partial_a melancholy_n at_o divers_a fit_n he_o be_v not_o able_a though_o conscience_n also_o torment_v he_o for_o it_o to_o forbear_v many_o by_o animmode_a look_n or_o touch_v have_v give_v satan_n such_o a_o power_n upon_o their_o fantasy_n as_o no_o reason_n conscience_n or_o resolution_n can_v of_o a_o long_a time_n overcome_v few_o man_n i_o think_v that_o observe_v themselves_o have_v not_o at_o sometime_o have_v experience_n of_o such_o inward_a temptation_n as_o show_v that_o the_o author_n of_o they_o be_v a_o invincible_a enemy_n all_o which_o tell_v we_o 1._o that_o there_o be_v individual_a spirit_n 2._o yea_o devil_n that_o seek_v man_n misery_n 3._o and_o that_o by_o the_o way_n of_o sin_n and_o consequent_o that_o a_o future_a happiness_n or_o misery_n must_v be_v expect_v by_o we_o all_o §_o 1._o x._o but_o the_o great_a and_o sure_a pregnostick_n of_o our_o immortal_a happiness_n be_v from_o the_o renew_n operation_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o holiness_n on_o the_o soul_n 1._o that_o such_o a_o renew_v work_n there_o be_v all_o true_a believer_n in_o some_o measure_n feel_v 2._o and_o that_o it_o be_v the_o earnest_n of_o heaven_n be_v prove_v thus_o §_o 2._o 1._o if_o it_o be_v a_o change_n of_o great_a benefit_n to_o man._n 2._o and_o if_o heaven_n be_v the_o very_a sum_n and_o end_v of_o it_o 3._o and_o if_o it_o overcome_v all_o fleshly_a worldly_a opposition_n 4._o and_o can_v be_v wrought_v by_o none_o but_o god_n 5._o and_o be_v before_o promise_v by_o jesus_n christ_n to_o all_o sound_a believer_n 6._o and_o be_v universal_o wrought_v in_o they_o all_o either_o only_o or_o eminent_o above_o all_o other_o 7._o and_o be_v promise_v they_o as_o a_o pledge_n and_o earnest_n of_o glory_n than_o it_o can_v be_v no_o less_o than_o such_o a_o pledge_n and_o earnest_n but_o the_o former_a be_v all_o true_a etc._n etc._n §_o 3._o 1._o that_o the_o change_n be_v of_o grand_a importance_n unto_o man_n appear_v in_o that_o it_o be_v the_o renovation_n of_o his_o mind_n and_o will_v and_o life_n it_o repair_v his_o deprave_a faculty_n it_o cause_v man_n to_o live_v as_o man_n who_o be_v degenerate_v to_o a_o life_n too_o like_a to_o bruit_n by_o god_n permit_v many_o to_o live_v in_o blindness_n wickedness_n and_o confusion_n and_o to_o be_v tormentor_n of_o themselves_o and_o one_o another_o by_o temptation_n injury_n war_n and_o cruelty_n we_o the_o fullier_n see_v what_o it_o be_v that_o grace_n do_v save_o man_n from_o and_o what_o a_o difference_n it_o make_v in_o the_o world_n those_o that_o have_v live_v unho_o in_o their_o youth_n do_v easy_o find_v the_o difference_n in_o themselves_o when_o they_o be_v renew_v but_o to_o