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command_n of_o christ_n prove_v ineffectual_a and_o he_o go_v away_o sorrowful_o while_o a_o man_n retain_v the_o love_n of_o any_o darling_n sin_n he_o be_v apt_a to_o come_v with_o a_o settle_a resolution_n let_v the_o preacher_n say_v what_o he_o will_v show_v he_o the_o nature_n danger_n and_o guilt_n of_o such_o or_o such_o a_o sin_n to_o go_v on_o still_o as_o it_o be_v jer._n 2._o 25._o ii_o as_o it_o disaffect_v they_o to_o the_o preacher_n that_o do_v disaffect_v the_o pharisee_n so_o much_o against_o christ_n his_o reprove_v their_o darling_n sin_n of_o hypocrisy_n this_o cause_v felix_n to_o dismiss_v paul_n his_o touch_v upon_o his_o darling_n sin_n of_o intemperance_n and_o injustice_n and_o hence_o proceed_v the_o ebbing_n and_o flow_n of_o man_n affection_n to_o the_o same_o minister_n you_o shall_v have_v some_o who_o will_v constant_o attend_v upon_o a_o minister_n and_o afford_v he_o a_o very_a fair_a aprobation_n till_o he_o come_v powerful_o to_o search_v his_o 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shall_v hide_v i_o in_o his_o pavilion_n in_o the_o secret_a of_o his_o 5._o psal_n 27._o 5._o tabernacle_n shall_v he_o hide_v i_o he_o shall_v set_v i_o upon_o a_o rock_n and_o so_o elsewhere_o he_o say_v thou_o shall_v hide_v they_o in_o the_o secret_a of_o thy_o presence_n from_o 9_o psal_n 31._o 20._o psal_n 143._o 9_o the_o pride_n of_o man_n and_o deliver_v i_o o_o lord_n from_o my_o enemy_n i_o fly_v unto_o thou_o to_o hide_v i_o god_n hide_v good_a josiah_n lay_v he_o up_o under_o ground_n as_o many_o do_v their_o plate_n and_o jewel_n in_o time_n of_o war_n safe_a from_o 30._o 2_o king_n 22._o 30._o the_o evil_a to_o come_v he_o hide_v jonah_n in_o the_o whale_n belly_n from_o the_o rage_n and_o fury_n of_o the_o water_n observe_v deut._n 32._o 9_o 10._o for_o the_o lord_n portion_n be_v his_o people_n he_o find_v he_o in_o a_o desert_n land_n in_o the_o waste_a bowl_a wilderness_n he_o lead_v he_o about_o he_o instruct_v he_o he_o keep_v he_o as_o the_o apple_n of_o his_o 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