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temptation_n may_v have_v be_v resist_v but_o his_o execution_n can_v god_n judgement_n may_v have_v be_v prevent_v by_o faith_n and_o prayer_n repentance_n and_o a_o holy_a life_n but_o they_o can_v be_v resist_v when_o they_o be_v not_o prevent_v glad_a will_v the_o miserable_a sinner_n be_v if_o he_o may_v but_o turn_v to_o nothing_o and_o cease_v to_o be_v or_o that_o he_o may_v be_v any_o thing_n rather_o than_o a_o reasonable_a creature_n but_o these_o wish_n be_v all_o in_o vain_a there_o be_v one_o time_n and_o one_o way_n of_o a_o sinner_n deliverance_n if_o he_o fail_v in_o that_o one_o he_o perish_v for_o ever_o all_o the_o world_n can_v help_v he_o after_o that_o 2_o cor._n 6_o 2._o i_o have_v hear_v thou_o in_o a_o time_n accept_v and_o in_o the_o day_n of_o salvation_n have_v i_o succour_v thou_o behold_v now_o be_v the_o accept_a time_n behold_v now_o be_v the_o day_n of_o salvation_n now_o he_o say_v rev._n 3.20_o behold_v i_o stand_v at_o the_o door_n and_o knock_n 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nothing_o but_o thy_o neglect_v or_o wilful_a refuse_v it_o can_v deprive_v thou_o of_o the_o benefit_n settle_v thy_o soul_n in_o this_o belief_n the_o seven_o direction_n understand_v and_o believe_v that_o for_o all_o christ_n satisfaction_n there_o be_v a_o absolute_a necessity_n of_o sound_a faith_n and_o repentance_n to_o be_v in_o thy_o own_o self_n before_o thou_o can_v be_v a_o member_n of_o he_o or_o be_v pardon_v adopt_a or_o justify_v by_o his_o blood_n he_o die_v not_o for_o final_a infidelity_n and_o impenitency_n as_o predominant_a in_o any_o soul_n as_o the_o law_n of_o his_o father_n which_o occasion_v his_o suffering_n require_v perfect_a obedience_n or_o suffer_v so_o his_o own_o law_n which_o he_o have_v make_v for_o the_o conveyance_n of_o his_o benefit_n do_v require_v yet_o true_a faith_n and_o repentance_n of_o man_n themselves_o before_o they_o shall_v be_v pardon_v by_o he_o and_o sincere_a obedience_n and_o perseverance_n before_o they_o shall_v be_v 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present_o snatch_v away_o by_o death_n i_o think_v while_o thou_o aâ—t_fw-la in_o so_o sad_a a_o case_n which_o way_n ever_o thou_o be_v go_v or_o what_o ever_o thou_o be_v do_v it_o shall_v still_o come_v into_o thy_o thought_n oh_o what_o if_o i_o shall_v die_v before_o i_o be_v regenerate_v and_o have_v part_n in_o christ_n the_o nine_o direction_n let_v it_o be_v the_o daily_a care_n of_o thy_o soul_n to_o mortify_v thy_o fleshly_a desire_n and_o overcome_v this_o world_n and_o live_v as_o in_o a_o continual_a conflict_n with_o satan_n which_o will_v not_o be_v end_v till_o thy_o life_n do_v end_n if_o any_o thing_n destroy_v thou_o by_o draw_v away_o thy_o heart_n from_o god_n it_o will_v be_v thy_o carnal_a self_n thy_o fleshly_a desire_n and_o the_o allurement_n of_o this_o world_n which_o be_v the_o matter_n that_o they_o feed_v upon_o this_o therefore_o must_v be_v the_o earnest_a work_n of_o thy_o life_n to_o subdue_v this_o flesh_n and_o set_a light_n by_o this_o world_n and_o resist_v the_o devil_n that_o by_o these_o will_v destroy_v thou_o it_o be_v the_o common_a case_n of_o miserable_a hypocrite_n that_o at_o first_o they_o list_v themselves_o under_o christ_n as_o for_o a_o fight_n but_o they_o present_o forget_v their_o state_n and_o work_n and_o when_o they_o be_v once_o in_o their_o own_o conceit_n regenerate_v they_o think_v themselves_o so_o safe_a that_o there_o be_v no_o further_a danger_n and_o thereupon_o do_v lay_v down_o their_o arm_n and_o take_v that_o which_o they_o miscall_v their_o christian_a liberty_n and_o indulge_v and_o please_v that_o flesh_n which_o they_o promise_v to_o mortify_v and_o close_o with_o the_o world_n which_o they_o promise_v to_o contemn_v and_o so_o give_v up_o themselves_o to_o the_o devil_n who_o they_o promise_v to_o fight_v against_o if_o once_o you_o apprehend_v that_o all_o your_o religion_n lie_v in_o mere_a believe_v that_o all_o shall_v go_v well_o with_o you_o and_o that_o the_o bitterness_n of_o death_n be_v past_a and_o in_o a_o forbearance_n of_o some_o disgraceful_a sin_n and_o be_v much_o in_o the_o exercise_n of_o your_o gift_n and_o in_o external_a way_n of_o duty_n and_o give_v god_n a_o cheap_a and_o plausible_a obedience_n in_o those_o thing_n only_o which_o the_o flesh_n can_v spare_v you_o be_v then_o fall_v into_o that_o deceitful_a hypocrisy_n which_o will_v as_o sure_o condemn_v you_o as_o open_a profaneness_n if_o you_o get_v not_o out_o of_o it_o you_o must_v live_v as_o in_o a_o fight_n or_o you_o can_v overcome_v you_o must_v live_v loose_a from_o all_o thing_n in_o this_o world_n if_o you_o will_v be_v ready_a for_o another_o you_o must_v not_o live_v after_o the_o flesh_n but_o mortify_v it_o by_o the_o spirit_n if_o you_o will_v not_o die_v but_o live_v for_o ever_o rom._n 8.13_o