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such_o drowsy_a soul_n out_o of_o all_o their_o ease_n and_o slothfulness_n friend_n consider_v thou_o know_v what_o a_o life_n it_o be_v thou_o ordinary_o live_v be_v not_o thou_o one_o of_o those_o that_o art_n at_o ease_n in_o zion_n be_v not_o thou_o the_o man_n that_o dwell_v careless_a that_o be_v quiet_a and_o secure_a have_v not_o thou_o leave_v thy_o soul_n like_o that_o city_n that_o have_v neither_o gate_n nor_o bar_n be_v not_o that_o heart_n of_o thy_o left_a open_a night_n and_o day_n let_v the_o tempter_n come_v when_o he_o will_v he_o may_v find_v easy_a entrance_n be_v not_o thy_o heart_n open_a to_o temptation_n yea_o and_o open_a
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child_n and_o will_v not_o be_v comfort_v because_o they_o be_v not_o 4._o fear_v the_o cross_n or_o affliction_n you_o will_v say_v this_o be_v strange_a counsel_n the_o scripture_n give_v the_o quiet_a contrary_n fear_v none_o of_o those_o thing_n which_o thou_o shall_v suffer_v rev._n 2.10_o fear_v not_o they_o that_o kill_v the_o body_n luk._n 12.4_o i_o shall_v therefore_o show_v 1._o how_o we_o be_v not_o to_o fear_v the_o cross_n 2._o how_o we_o be_v to_o fear_v the_o cross_n 1._o how_o we_o be_v not_o to_o fear_v the_o cross_n now_o the_o cross_n must_v not_o be_v fear_v either_o 1._o out_o of_o tenderness_n to_o the_o flesh_n or_o 2._o out_o of_o faintness_n of_o spirit_n 1._o the_o cross_n be_v not_o to_o be_v fear_v out_o of_o tenderness_n to_o the_o flesh_n by_o the_o flesh_n understand_v both_o our_o body_n of_o flesh_n and_o out_o fleshly_a lust_n 1._o not_o out_o of_o tenderness_n to_o our_o body_n it_o be_v this_o which_o make_v we_o shrink_v from_o and_o shun_v the_o cross_n that_o it_o be_v such_o a_o trouble_n to_o our_o outward_a man_n that_o it_o put_v it_o to_o so_o much_o pain_n and_o hardship_n the_o soul_n suffer_v not_o immediate_o by_o any_o thing_n that_o man_n can_v do_v unto_o we_o but_o as_o it_o partake_v in_o the_o suffering_n of_o the_o body_n if_o our_o body_n can_v bear_v with_o ease_n their_o own_o infirmity_n the_o soul_n can_v not_o feel_v they_o what_o the_o body_n can_v endure_v make_v the_o soul_n sick_a because_o of_o its_o tenderness_n towards_o it_o upon_o this_o account_n it_o be_v that_o we_o fear_v bodily_a affliction_n but_o thus_o it_o must_v not_o be_v a_o christian_a be_v a_o soldier_n and_o soldier_n must_v not_o fear_v but_o endure_v hardness_n 2_o tim._n 2.3_o endure_v hardness_n as_o a_o good_a soldier_n of_o jesus_n christ_n it_o be_v not_o for_o tender_a person_n to_o be_v soldier_n hunger_n and_o thirst_n cold_a and_o weariness_n be_v their_o ordinary_a lot_n and_o their_o hardness_n must_v be_v their_o 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