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a_o sweet_a savour_n to_o make_v it_o please_v not_o so_o much_o to_o the_o nostril_n as_o the_o heart_n and_o mind_n of_o the_o well_o affect_v and_o more_o godly_a sort_n of_o christian_n and_o thus_o commend_v you_o to_o that_o our_o good_a god_n 20.32_o act._n 20.32_o and_o to_o the_o word_n of_o his_o grace_n 6.10_o heb._n 6.10_o that_o be_v not_o unrighteous_a to_o forget_v your_o work_n and_o labour_n of_o love_n which_o you_o have_v show_v towards_o his_o name_n in_o that_o you_o have_v be_v so_o far_o from_o be_v ashamed_a of_o the_o gospel_n of_o his_o christ_n that_o to_o the_o good_a example_n of_o the_o godly_a 1.16_o rom._n 1.16_o and_o the_o shame_n of_o other_o you_o have_v profess_v the_o same_o in_o truth_n and_o sincerity_n 2.15_o phil._n 2.15_o and_o be_v blameless_a and_o harmless_a the_o child_n of_o god_n without_o rebuke_n in_o the_o mid_n of_o a_o crooked_a and_o perverse_a nation_n among_o who_o you_o shine_v as_o light_n in_o the_o world_n i_o take_v my_o 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which_o together_o be_v of_o high_a price_n then_o that_o the_o purse_n of_o every_o one_o that_o be_v trouble_v in_o conscience_n can_v reach_v unto_o they_o and_o next_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o work_n itself_o which_o when_o thou_o have_v peruse_v i_o trust_v thou_o shall_v find_v not_o to_o be_v do_v raw_o and_o slight_o but_o for_o the_o point_n therein_o handle_v and_o the_o matter_n that_o it_o drive_v at_o substantial_o and_o sound_o and_o now_o good_a reader_n since_o i_o know_v that_o it_o satisfy_v thou_o not_o to_o see_v the_o work_n but_o thou_o desire_v withal_o to_o hear_v what_o he_o be_v that_o write_v it_o not_o to_o trouble_v thou_o with_o any_o tedious_a discourse_n i_o will_v acquaint_v thou_o with_o so_o much_o as_o be_v requisite_a for_o thou_o to_o know_v and_o that_o in_o few_o word_n he_o be_v a_o man_n for_o year_n but_o young_a author_n the_o author_n crop_v off_o even_o in_o the_o flower_n of_o his_o age_n as_o more_o fit_a for_o heaven_n then_o the_o 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good_a space_n great_o perplex_v and_o trouble_v in_o mind_n with_o inward_a affliction_n which_o the_o lord_n so_o dispose_v it_o be_v the_o first_o occasion_n that_o move_v he_o to_o frame_v this_o discourse_n of_o which_o his_o conflict_n and_o the_o pang_n and_o torment_n that_o his_o poor_a tender_a heart_n endure_v therein_o more_o sharp_a and_o terrible_a unto_o he_o then_o death_n i_o and_o thou_o good_a reader_n and_o such_o other_o as_o be_v in_o any_o measure_n distress_v as_o he_o be_v shall_v make_v use_n of_o these_o his_o labour_n receive_v the_o benefit_n for_o as_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n make_v mention_n of_o our_o bless_a saviour_n 2.18_o heb._n 2.18_o in_o that_o he_o himself_o do_v suffer_v and_o be_v tempt_v he_o be_v
able_a to_o succour_v those_o that_o be_v tempt_v so_o this_o our_o author_n in_o that_o he_o be_v himself_o afflict_v in_o spirit_n and_o trouble_v in_o conscience_n through_o the_o suggestion_n of_o satan_n and_o the_o temptation_n of_o the_o devil_n doubtless_o he_o be_v enable_v thereby_o as_o well_o out_o of_o his_o more_o vigilant_a and_o careful_a observation_n of_o satan_n practice_n as_o the_o sense_n and_o feel_n of_o his_o own_o extremity_n the_o better_a to_o discern_v and_o discover_v his_o wiles_n and_o stratagem_n neither_o so_o alone_o but_o withal_o to_o apply_v unto_o himself_o and_o to_o prescribe_v to_o other_o such_o comfort_n and_o remedy_n as_o out_o of_o his_o own_o experience_n he_o find_v to_o yield_v most_o ease_n and_o help_v and_o thus_o good_a reader_n to_o detain_v thou_o no_o long_o from_o the_o perusal_n of_o the_o same_o beseech_v the_o lord_n to_o bless_v it_o unto_o thou_o i_o cease_v and_o shall_v ever_o rest_v thou_o in_o the_o lord_n jesus_n i._o m._n the_o content_n of_o the_o several_a chapter_n chap._n i._o of_o the_o extremity_n and_o grief_n of_o a_o trouble_a conscience_n folly_n 1_o chap._n ii_o wherein_o be_v contain_v the_o principal_a cause_n of_o a_o trouble_a conscience_n folly_n 12_o chap._n iii_o of_o the_o second_o or_o assistant_n cause_n of_o a_o trouble_a conscience_n folly_n 23_o chap._n four_o a_o cordial_n against_o the_o assault_n of_o sin_n folly_n 28_o chap._n v._o sovereign_a remedy_n against_o the_o wound_n of_o sin_n folly_n 41_o chap._n vi_o against_o the_o assault_n of_o the_o weakness_n and_o want_n of_o faith_n folly_n 60_o chap._n vii_o of_o special_a thing_n in_o man_n conversion_n folly_n 81_o chap._n viii_o of_o another_o person_n trouble_v with_o the_o doubt_n of_o faith_n folly_n 101_o chap._n ix_o against_o the_o assault_n of_o the_o weakness_n of_o repentance_n folly_n 123_o chap._n x._o of_o the_o mark_n of_o true_a repentance_n folly_n 127_o chap._n xi_o a_o admonition_n to_o the_o sorrowful_a soul_n folly_n 141_o chap._n xii_o of_o loathe_v of_o sin_n the_o second_o mark_n of_o repentance_n folly_n 145_o chap._n xiii_o of_o the_o application_n of_o the_o former_a thing_n to_o the_o comfort_n of_o the_o sorrowful_a soul_n folly_n 153_o chap._n xiiii_o how_o the_o man_n disquiet_v in_o conscience_n shall_v in_o the_o same_o behave_v himself_o folly_n 168_o chap._n xv._o against_o affliction_n and_o outward_a event_n folly_n 188_o chap._n xvi_o of_o the_o first_o position_n and_o the_o objection_n against_o the_o same_o folly_n 119_o chap._n xvii_o satan_n objection_n against_o the_o former_a doctrine_n answer_v folly_n 204_o chap._n xviii_o of_o the_o second_o position_n and_o the_o objection_n against_o the_o doctrine_n thereof_o folly_n 214_o chap._n xix_o satan_n objection_n against_o necessity_n of_o affliction_n overthrow_v folly_n 128_o chap._n xx._n other_o objection_n of_o satan_n against_o the_o former_a doctrine_n confute_v folly_n 243_o chap._n xxi_o of_o the_o three_o position_n folly_n 251_o chap._n xxii_o of_o the_o four_o position_n folly_n 269_o chap._n xxiii_o of_o the_o five_o position_n folly_n 292_o chap._n xxiiii_o against_o the_o fear_n of_o death_n and_o unwillingness_n to_o die_v folly_n 301_o chap._n xxv_o of_o the_o first_o part_n of_o the_o preparation_n unto_o death_n folly_n 316_o chap._n xxvi_o of_o the_o second_o part_n of_o the_o preparation_n unto_o death_n folly_n 326_o chap._n xxvii_o of_o the_o preparation_n concern_v the_o time_n of_o sickness_n and_o death_n folly_n 343_o chap._n xxviii_o that_o the_o elect_a in_o time_n be_v assure_v of_o their_o election_n and_o how_o folly_n 352_o chap._n xxix_o of_o the_o second_o argument_n whereby_o the_o certainty_n of_o a_o man_n election_n be_v prove_v folly_n 359_o chap._n xxx_o of_o the_o three_o argument_n whereby_o the_o certainty_n of_o man_n election_n be_v prove_v folly_n 366_o chap._n xxxi_o of_o the_o objection_n against_o this_o doctrine_n of_o assurance_n and_o knowledge_n of_o our_o election_n folly_n 370_o chap._n xxxii_o of_o the_o essect_v whereby_o the_o truth_n of_o faith_n may_v be_v know_v folly_n 379_o chap._n xxxiii_o how_o the_o faithful_a shall_v know_v that_o they_o have_v the_o spirit_n of_o adoption_n folly_n 397_o chap._n xxxiiii_o of_o the_o true_a mark_n whereby_o the_o spirit_n of_o adoption_n may_v be_v know_v folly_n 405_o chap._n xxxv_o of_o the_o outward_a fruit_n of_o regeneration_n folly_n 415_o chap._n xxxvi_o of_o the_o second_o objection_n folly_n 423_o a_o sovereign_a comfort_n for_o a_o trouble_a conscience_n chap._n i._n of_o the_o extremity_n and_o grief_n of_o a_o trouble_a conscience_n infinite_a and_o intolerable_a for_o the_o time_n seem_v the_o extremity_n of_o a_o trouble_a and_o distress_a mind_n that_o be_v thorough_o humble_v and_o abase_v by_o reason_n of_o sin_n in_o so_o much_o that_o be_v it_o possible_a that_o all_o temporal_a grief_n whatsoever_o and_o pain_n arise_v from_o 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