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time_n only_o but_o for_o ever_o the_o throne_n and_o bed_n admit_v no_o rival_n and_o christ_n will_v be_v all_o or_o nothing_o a_o lord_n for_o ever_o or_o not_o at_o all_o 1._o then_o they_o be_v much_o mistake_v in_o faith_n that_o think_v it_o be_v no_o more_o than_o a_o bare_a believe_a christ_n to_o be_v the_o saviour_n of_o sinner_n without_o any_o conformity_n of_o their_o life_n to_o he_o to_o make_v the_o conclusion_n more_o than_o the_o premise_n be_v sophistry_n to_o put_v freedom_n from_o sin_n into_o the_o premise_n and_o liberty_n to_o it_o into_o the_o conclusion_n be_v the_o devil_n logic_n the_o premise_n be_v god_n the_o conclusion_n be_v the_o devil_n presumption_n and_o not_o faith_n to_o lay_v claim_n to_o christ_n person_n without_o be_v 4._o 2_o pet._n 1._o 4._o partaker_n of_o his_o nature_n to_o cling_v to_o his_o cross_n and_o cast_v off_o his_o yoke_n to_o challenge_v a_o share_n in_o the_o privilege_n offer_v and_o reject_v the_o duty_n command_v to_o 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of_o slavish_a fear_n or_o through_o the_o want_n of_o a_o supply_n for_o sin_n or_o a_o occasion_n to_o it_o and_o when_o so_o can_v no_o more_o be_v call_v repentance_n than_o that_o can_v be_v say_v to_o be_v a_o merciful_a fire_n that_o go_v out_o through_o want_n of_o fuel_n the_o influence_n of_o the_o sun_n may_v by_o a_o eclipse_n be_v suspend_v and_o yet_o its_o light_n not_o extinguish_v and_o sin_n for_o a_o time_n depress_v and_o yet_o not_o destroy_v 2._o it_o be_v not_o a_o destroy_v the_o be_v bern._n rom._n 7._o 9_o patitur_fw-la non_fw-la facit_fw-la bern._n of_o sin_n it_o be_v true_a when_o penitent_a person_n commit_v sin_n it_o be_v usual_o contrary_a to_o the_o purpose_n of_o their_o will_n but_o to_o some_o particular_a act_n only_o and_o ever_o attend_v with_o shame_n and_o grief_n but_o yet_o commit_v it_o they_o both_o do_v and_o may_v even_o then_o when_o they_o have_v true_o repent_v of_o it_o for_o though_o sin_n by_o repentance_n receive_v its_o death_n 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heart_n more_o hard_a than_o that_o rock_n unless_o they_o be_v smite_v not_o only_o with_o the_o rod_n of_o the_o law_n but_o the_o staff_n of_o the_o 27._o act_n 2_o 27._o gospel_n it_o be_v god_n stand_n upon_o 41._o psal_n 78._o 15_o 16._o 105._o 41._o the_o rock_n more_o than_o moses_n smite_v with_o a_o rod_n that_o cause_v the_o water_n to_o run_v down_o like_o river_n and_o the_o spirit_n more_o than_o the_o staff_n that_o cause_v tear_n the_o blood_n of_o a_o wound_a heart_n to_o flow_v from_o we_o for_o without_o it_o it_o will_v like_o the_o staff_n of_o elisha_n in_o gehazi_n 31._o 2_o king_n 4._o 31._o hand_n prove_v ineffectual_a to_o it_o when_o god_n cause_v the_o wind_n viz._n the_o wind_n of_o his_o spirit_n to_o blow_v then_o 18._o psal_n 147_o 18._o and_o not_o before_o will_v those_o water_n flow_v 2._o that_o work_n of_o the_o spirit_n whereby_o a_o sinner_n be_v make_v sensible_a of_o the_o evil_a of_o sin_n in_o the_o general_n and_o the_o misery_n due_a to_o 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