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do_v in_o former_a age_n page_n 105_o religion_n in_o the_o head_n be_v speculation_n in_o the_o heart_n affection_n in_o the_o hand_n action_n page_n 169_o rich_a man_n duty_n to_o the_o poor_a page_n 161_o s._n salvation_n be_v a_o work_n of_o power_n 210._o of_o glory_n ibid._n of_o mercy_n page_n 211_o salvation_n only_o of_o god_n page_n 229_o satan_n suggestion_n that_o god_n be_v merciful_a animate_v sinner_n to_o do_v evil_a page_n 58_o satan_n be_v but_o god_n instrument_n in_o afflict_v of_o the_o church_n page_n 84_o selah_n what_o it_o signify_v page_n 49_o self_n conceit_v man_n how_o they_o ought_v to_o be_v teach_v page_n 32_o self-opinion_n be_v a_o kind_n of_o spiritual_a drunkenness_n page_n 32_o set-prayer_n both_o lawful_a and_o necessary_a to_o be_v use_v page_n 6_o senseless_a and_o liveless_a creature_n be_v subject_a to_o god_n will_v page_n 119_o &_o 133_o sigionoth_n what_o it_o signify_v page_n 2_o sign_n of_o true_a spiritual_a joy_n page_n 201_o &_o 203_o 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45_o the_o church_n of_o god_n have_v a_o special_a interest_n in_o the_o power_n and_o protection_n of_o god_n pag._n 54_o the_o best_a form_n of_o thanksgiving_n be_v that_o which_o make_v particular_a commemoration_n of_o god_n mercy_n pag._n 68_o the_o sense_n of_o scripture_n be_v the_o soul_n thereof_o pag._n 76_o the_o welfare_n of_o the_o church_n be_v the_o grief_n and_o vexation_n of_o her_o enemy_n pag._n 82_o the_o truth_n of_o god_n be_v a_o good_a ground_n because_o the_o word_n of_o god_n be_v a_o sure_a word_n pag._n 112_o the_o devil_n know_v where_o moses_n be_v bury_v pag._n 137_o the_o effectual_a feurent_a prayer_n of_o a_o righteous_a man_n prevail_v much_o pag._n 139_o the_o poor_a be_v under_o god_n protection_n and_o his_o own_o flesh_n pag._n 160_o the_o very_a elect_n be_v shake_v with_o fear_n pag._n 177_o the_o law_n show_v we_o how_o much_o we_o be_v in_o god_n debt_n pag._n 178_o the_o same_o hand_n that_o put_v the_o child_n of_o israel_n in_o possession_n of_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n put_v they_o out_o again_o pag._n 186_o the_o chaldaean_n army_n the_o troop_n of_o god_n pag._n 186_o the_o saint_n of_o god_n have_v their_o sorrow_n on_o earth_n yet_o they_o always_o rejoice_v in_o the_o lord._n pag._n 202_o the_o general_a apprehension_n of_o god_n mercy_n in_o christ_n will_v not_o justify_v a_o man_n in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n pag._n 207_o the_o lord_n will_v loose_v the_o bond_n of_o his_o church_n and_o give_v her_o deliverance_n out_o of_o her_o trouble_n pag._n 220_o they_o that_o joy_n in_o the_o lord_n rest_n in_o the_o lord_n and_o rejoice_v in_o nothing_o otherwise_o then_o as_o a_o mean_n to_o serve_v the_o lord_n 200_o and_o because_o god_n be_v lord._n pag._n 201_o three_o note_n of_o a_o lawful_a promise_n and_o oath_n pag._n 115_o vain_a repetition_n not_o to_o be_v use_v in_o prayer_n pag._n 33_o w_n we_o ought_v to_o give_v the_o whole_a glory_n and_o praise_n for_o all_o good_a to_o god_n 70._o and_o thanks_o to_o creature_n as_o minister_n and_o instrument_n of_o god_n pag._n 71_o we_o must_v search_v out_o and_o confess_v the_o true_a cause_n of_o all_o the_o good_a that_o god_n do_v to_o we_o pag._n 107_o what_o use_n may_v be_v make_v of_o david_n psalm_n in_o our_o frequent_a read_n and_o meditation_n of_o they_o pag._n 19_o what_o be_v mean_v by_o the_o work_n of_o god_n pag._n 19_o what_o be_v mean_v by_o the_o midst_n of_o year_n pag._n 21_o whether_o we_o ought_v to_o swear_v at_o all_o pag._n 114_o whether_o every_o oath_n ought_v to_o be_v keep_v pag._n 115_o wheresoever_o there_o be_v election_n there_o be_v unction_n pag._n 130_o &_o 154_o where_o god_n love_v a_o people_n his_o favour_n run_v in_o a_o full_a stream_n in_o the_o channel_n of_o his_o church_n pag._n 138_o where_o there_o be_v the_o true_a joy_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n no_o temporal_a affliction_n can_v extinguish_v or_o eclipse_v it_o pag._n 195_o x_o xerxes_n angry_a with_o the_o sea_n cause_v 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