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christ_n be_v despise_v 1._o hence_o see_v why_o the_o gospel_n prosper_v not_o viz._n because_o of_o the_o hardness_n of_o our_o heart_n because_o that_o we_o neither_o feel_v our_o own_o misery_n nor_o trust_v in_o god_n mercy_n 1._o some_o so_o confident_a and_o close_v up_o in_o themselves_o that_o they_o trample_v the_o word_n and_o christ_n under_o foot_n 2._o other_o know_v and_o comprehend_v it_o but_o hard_a and_o bind_v at_o the_o bottom_n 3._o other_o dispute_v and_o talk_v of_o it_o from_o a_o hard_a heart_n no_o faith_n no_o bowel_n of_o mercy_n but_o talk_v as_o lord_n and_o master_n of_o the_o scripture_n and_o so_o nothing_o but_o unprofitable_a find_v and_o pride_n and_o vain_a glory_n be_v the_o bellows_n that_o blow_v it_o and_o in_o all_o these_o we_o see_v 1._o they_o seek_v themselves_o in_o all_o thing_n their_o own_o glory_n and_o good_a 2._o they_o have_v no_o mercy_n nor_o pity_n for_o other_o misery_n except_o partial_a in_o respect_n of_o their_o own_o way_n and_o glory_n 3._o they_o censure_v judge_n and_o condemn_v all_o but_o themselves_o 4._o the_o world_n and_o the_o loss_n thereof_o stick_v deep_a but_o not_o the_o word_n for_o our_o own_o misery_n and_o mercy_n in_o christ_n only_o break_v the_o heart_n 2._o we_o see_v then_o who_o only_o the_o word_n profit_v viz._n tender_a heart_n that_o lie_v low_a melt_v in_o misery_n and_o love_n these_o pity_n other_o these_o be_v kill_v and_o make_v alive_a by_o the_o word_n as_o in_o christ_n who_o mourn_v for_o the_o people_n hardness_n be_v partaker_n of_o man_n misery_n and_o yet_o see_v mercy_n