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have_v a_o more_o forcible_a impulse_n do_v a_o little_a seem_o but_o be_v like_o the_o stony_a ground_n mat._n 13._o they_o be_v often_o too_o violent_a to_o be_v permanent_a and_o by_o this_o discover_v that_o they_o be_v act_v by_o external_a force_n and_o not_o a_o inward_a principle_n 3._o the_o whole_a man_n be_v go_v away_o from_o god_n by_o sin_n and_o therefore_o the_o whole_a must_v return_v by_o repentance_n not_o only_o the_o heart_n be_v defile_v but_o the_o life_n be_v pollute_v not_o the_o inward_a man_n alone_o but_o the_o outward_a too_o be_v go_v away_o from_o god_n and_o must_v return_v to_o he_o now_o true_a repentance_n be_v not_o a_o partial_a but_o a_o whole_a turn_n we_o owe_v god_n the_o whole_a man_n soul_n body_n and_o spirit_n 1_o thess_n 5._o 23._o 4._o the_o declarative_a glory_n of_o god_n be_v the_o great_a thing_n which_o all_o our_o do_n shall_v aim_v at_o in_o conversion_n therefore_o we_o be_v not_o only_o to_o praise_v he_o but_o to_o show_v forth_o 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