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and_o unerring_a judgement_n how_o shall_v i_o do_v this_o great_a wickedness_n and_o sin_n against_o god_n say_v conscience_n in_o joseph_n as_o i_o have_v do_v so_o god_n have_v requite_v i_o say_v conscience_n in_o adoni-bezek_a whether_o it_o be_v right_a in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n to_o hearken_v unto_o you_o more_o than_o unto_o god_n judge_v you_o say_v peter_n and_o john_n to_o the_o jewish_a ruler_n when_o they_o will_v set_v conscience_n in_o they_o at_o work_n gen._n 39.9_o judg._n 1.7_o act._n 4.19_o the_o office_n of_o conscience_n then_o in_o general_n be_v to_o judge_v for_o from_z and_o under_o god_n which_o be_v inclusive_a of_o many_o particular_a act_n or_o as_o some_o please_v to_o phrase_n it_o office_n whereof_o i_o shall_v give_v you_o a_o succinct_a view_n in_o open_v a_o six_o question_n q._n 6._o what_o be_v the_o office_n of_o conscience_n and_o how_o may_v we_o so_o order_v she_o and_o ourselves_o in_o they_o as_o to_o come_v off_o with_o more_o 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be_v never_o so_o wicked_a mercy_n have_v a_o wing_n to_o cover_v you_o and_o cluck_v after_o you_o as_o her_o chicken_n 2_o chron._n 36.16_o joh._n 3.20_o heb._n 2.3_o rom._n 2.4_o 5._o isa_n 1.19_o mat._n 23.37_o 7._o once_o more_o who_o be_v the_o object_n of_o omnipotent_a mercy_n but_o such_o as_o be_v in_o misery_n mercy_n be_v a_o attribute_n who_o aspect_n be_v ever_o towards_o the_o creature_n god_n know_v himself_o love_v himself_o but_o be_v not_o merciful_a to_o himself_o and_o it_o be_v misery_n be_v the_o object_n of_o mercy_n as_o the_o sole_a motive_n of_o bestow_v mercy_n be_v his_o own_o free_a mercy_n so_o that_o the_o calamitousness_n of_o thy_o condition_n shall_v not_o be_v abuse_v to_o keep_v thou_o from_o mercy_n but_o use_v as_o a_o argument_n rather_o to_o awaken_v and_o quicken_v thou_o to_o the_o speedy_a close_n with_o mercy_n here_o may_v thou_o unload_v thy_o burden_n and_o ease_v thy_o miserable_a breast_n the_o lord_n be_v very_o pitiful_a and_o of_o 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world_n and_o if_o you_o attend_v his_o own_o say_n he_o assure_v you_o i_o come_v not_o to_o judge_n the_o world_n but_o to_o save_v the_o world_n and_o god_n send_v not_o his_o son_n into_o the_o world_n to_o condemn_v the_o world_n but_o that_o the_o world_n through_o he_o may_v be_v save_v luk._n 2.10_o 1_o joh._n 4.14_o joh._n 12.47_o c._n 3.17_o what_o be_v it_o then_o that_o stick_v with_o you_o do_v you_o think_v he_o either_o 1._o averse_a that_o he_o will_v not_o or_o 2._o not_o able_a and_o so_o can_v save_v so_o vile_a a_o sinner_n as_o thou_o be_v though_o thou_o submit_v unto_o he_o behold_v christ_n be_v able_a to_o save_v they_o to_o the_o uttermost_a that_o come_v unto_o god_n by_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d prorsus_fw-la perpetuo_fw-la &_o perfectè_fw-la as_o 7.25_o as_o ad_fw-la heb._n 7.25_o gryneus_n give_v it_o we_o chap._n v._o quest_n whether_o we_o shall_v direct_v our_o prayer_n only_o to_o god_n the_o father_n or_o may_v also_o to_o the_o son_n and_o 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