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not_o david_n woeful_o lie_v and_o dissemble_v to_o ahimeleoh_n at_o nob_n 1_o sam._n 21._o and_o to_o achish_n chap_n 23._o yea_o he_o be_v almost_o get_v into_o a_o way_n of_o it_o whence_o he_o pray_v against_o it_o psal_n 119_o 29._o and_o how_o much_o of_o hypocrisy_n be_v a_o sensible_a believer_n acquaint_v with_o in_o himself_o attend_v on_o his_o best_a duty_n how_o many_o wry_a glance_n and_o sinister_a aim_n in_o his_o prayer_n and_o hear_v and_o whole_a conversation_n whence_o else_o be_v it_o that_o he_o be_v so_o often_o at_o a_o loss_n what_o to_o judge_v of_o himself_o as_o to_o any_o thing_n he_o do_v 4._o in_o the_o work_n of_o conversation_n there_o be_v a_o new_a nature_n put_v into_o the_o man_n the_o man_n that_o be_v here_o say_v to_o be_v without_o guile_n be_v to_o be_v suppose_v a_o true_a convert_n for_o there_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o guile_n in_o a_o unconverted_a man_n he_o be_v whole_o act_v by_o a_o delve_v heart_n which_o pervert_v he_o isa_n 44_o 20._o but_o when_o god_n come_v to_o convert_v a_o sinner_n to_o himself_o he_o than_o make_v a_o powerful_a and_o thorough_a change_n in_o he_o 2_o cor._n 5._o 17._o this_o be_v that_o which_o be_v call_v the_o new_a man_n in_o opposition_n to_o natural_a corruption_n which_o be_v call_v the_o old_a man_n eph._n 4._o 22_o 24._o this_o be_v call_v the_o new_a heart_n which_o god_n have_v say_v he_o will_v give_v to_o man_n in_o this_o work_n ezek._n 36._o 26._o and_o what_o else_o be_v the_o new_a nature_n but_o a_o body_n of_o sanctify_a grace_n infuse_v into_o the_o man_n by_o which_o he_o be_v regenerate_v or_o bear_v again_o 5._o in_o this_o new_a nature_n there_o be_v no_o guile_n at_o all_o the_o new_a creature_n be_v altogether_o void_a of_o sinful_a hypocrisy_n it_o have_v nothing_o in_o it_o but_o what_o be_v pure_a and_o sincere_a and_o without_o guile_n we_o read_v 1_o joh._n 3._o 9â—_n whosoever_o be_v bear_v of_o god_n do_v not_o commit_v sin_n i_o e._n according_a to_o 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love_n be_v without_o dissimulation_n rom._n 12._o 9_o and_o such_o be_v all_o the_o grace_n which_o flow_v from_o these_o two_o which_o be_v the_o root_n grace_n in_o a_o child_n of_o god_n 6._o the_o new_a nature_n set_v itself_o against_o the_o guile_n of_o the_o law_n in_o the_o member_n in_o a_o child_n of_o god_n it_o do_v not_o only_a exert_n none_o itself_o nor_o consent_n to_o that_o which_o the_o corrupt_a part_n be_v act_v but_o it_o dissent_v from_o and_o withstand_v it_o there_o be_v the_o lust_a of_o the_o spirit_n mention_v gal._n 5._o 17._o and_o there_o be_v two_o thing_n wherein_o it_o discover_v this_o 1._o in_o the_o reluctancy_n of_o it_o against_o the_o corrupt_a part_n in_o we_o seek_v to_o suppress_v and_o prevent_v it_o so_o far_o as_o grace_n be_v active_a in_o the_o heart_n of_o a_o child_n of_o god_n when_o it_o meet_v with_o a_o temptation_n to_o guile_n or_o hypocrisy_n it_o resist_v it_o bear_v its_o testimony_n against_o it_o influence_v the_o 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they_o will_v fain_o be_v entertain_v by_o he_o how_o solemn_a a_o moan_n do_v christ_n make_v over_o jerusalem_n luk._n 19_o 41_o 42._o and_o what_o mean_v those_o fearful_a expression_n ezek._n 24_o â—_o 13._o isa_n 27._o 11._o in_o which_o god_n give_v man_n to_o understand_v that_o for_o neglect_v their_o time_n they_o shall_v be_v reject_v for_o ever_o 4._o that_o death_n which_o finish_v the_o creature_n time_n put_v a_o end_n to_o all_o such_o business_n it_o be_v the_o man_n that_o must_v seek_v god_n but_o man_n consist_v of_o a_o soul_n and_o a_o body_n and_o it_o be_v while_o these_o be_v in_o union_n that_o he_o be_v capable_a of_o this_o affair_n whereas_o death_n dissolve_v his_o union_n and_o so_o utter_o end_v the_o opportunity_n the_o body_n can_v no_o long_o be_v use_v as_o a_o instrument_n of_o this_o if_o we_o shall_v preach_v to_o it_o it_o can_v hear_v 〈◊〉_d the_o soul_n be_v now_o separate_v from_o the_o body_n and_o can_v no_o long_o perform_v its_o function_n 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