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be_v build_v again_o 1_o 106_o how_o man_n build_v jericho_n again_o 1_o 114_o 118_o embrace_n faith_n embrace_v what_o it_o have_v 1_o 259_o embrace_v follow_v persuasion_n 1_o 260_o what_o affection_n embrace_v good_a thing_n 1_o 272_o embrace_v how_o wrought_v 1_o 274_o joy._n know_v god_n we_o be_v our_o joy_n 2_o 129_o judgement_n see_v spiritual_a k_o king_n the_o ten_o king_n wherein_o sinful_a 1._o 28_o know_v knowledge_n god_n willing_a to_o be_v know_v 1_o 141_o knowledge_n of_o our_o estate_n sometime_o suspend_v 1_o 238_o l_o life_n christ_n our_o life_n how_o 2_o 11_o to_o improve_v the_o time_n of_o life_n 2_o 75_o life_n 3._o degree_n of_o it_o 2_o 82_o see_v die_v hide_a soul_n love_n god_n know_v to_o be_v we_o by_o our_o love_n 2_o 127_o m_n malice_n see_v reproach_n false_a confidence_n over-turned_n by_o weak_a mean_n 1_o 67_o see_v faith_n bless_v of_o minister_n to_o be_v regard_v 1_o 103_o minister_n duty_n 2_o 176_o god_n the_o only_a monarch_n 1_o 26_o good_a motion_n to_o be_v cherish_v 2_o 99_o n_o 3._o thing_n in_o man_n by_o nature_n 1_o 64_o o_o quality_n of_o obedience_n 1_o 160_o obedience_n suitable_a to_o the_o command_n 1_o 164_o to_o know_v god_n be_v we_o by_o our_o obedience_n 2_o 131_o god_n to_o be_v seek_v in_o his_o ordinance_n 1_o 186_o man_n give_v too_o much_o to_o outward_a worship_n 2_o 172_o why_o man_n be_v prone_a to_o outward_a performance_n 2_o 174_o papist_n work_v their_o own_o overthrow_n 1_o 53_o how_o to_o set_v against_o popery_n 1_o 87_o popery_n how_o it_o spring_v up_o 1_o 117_o covenant_n of_o grace_n peculiar_a 2_o 252_o persuasion_n follow_v sight_n 121_o persuasion_n what_o 1_o 233_o persuasion_n degree_n of_o it_o 1_o 235_o persuasion_n spiritual_a necessary_a 1_o 236_o persuasion_n particular_a sometime_o weak_a 1_o 237_o persuasion_n how_o to_o know_v it_o be_v not_o supernatural_a 2_o 242_o persuasion_n wrought_v by_o the_o spirit_n 1_o 247_o how_o the_o spirit_n do_v persuade_v 1_o 248_o the_o 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all_o of_o our_o trust_n 1_o 65_o how_o to_o know_v god_n we_o by_o trust_n 2_o 129_o truth_n of_o god_n 1_o 150_o faith_n look_v to_o god_n power_n &_o truth_n 1_o 224_o five_o the_o best_a man_n body_n vile_a in_o this_o world_n 2_o 40_o god_n reveal_v to_o man_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d understand_v creature_n 2_o 107_o our_o nature_n prone_a to_o unthankefulnes_n 2_o 116_o w_n to_o go_v to_o christ_n in_o all_o want_n 2_o 15_o degree_n of_o wicked_a man_n 2_o 86_o will_n of_o man_n free_a in_o sin_n 1_o 20_o to_o be_v leave_v to_o our_o owâ—…_n will_v a_o great_a judgement_n 1_o 21_o will_n when_o accept_v for_o