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my_o faith_n this_o be_v the_o way_n to_o be_v justify_v as_o it_o be_v not_o the_o make_v and_o prepare_v of_o a_o plaster_n that_o cure_v but_o the_o apply_v it_o so_o that_o this_o conclude_v this_o point_n that_o the_o true_a object_n of_o faith_n be_v christ_n crucify_v and_o god_n the_o father_n in_o and_o by_o he_o here_o then_o be_v the_o point_n thou_o must_v not_o look_v for_o any_o comfort_n in_o faith_n till_o thou_o have_v christ_n and_o to_o think_v thou_o shall_v ever_o have_v any_o benefit_n by_o god_n till_o thou_o have_v christ_n thou_o deceive_v thyself_o it_o be_v impossible_a for_o a_o man_n to_o receive_v nourishment_n by_o his_o bread_n and_o drink_n till_o he_o partake_v of_o it_o in_o the_o substance_n so_o thou_o must_v partake_v of_o christ_n before_o thou_o can_v receive_v any_o nourishment_n by_o he_o christ_n say_v not_o thou_o must_v have_v forgiveness_n of_o sin_n or_o thou_o must_v have_v my_o father_n favour_n but_o take_v my_o body_n and_o blood_n 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preach_v before_o the_o gospel_n p._n 80_o *_o 366_o man_n be_v under_o the_o law_n till_o they_o come_v to_o christ_n p._n 84_o how_o fearful_a a_o thing_n it_o be_v to_o be_v under_o the_o law_n p._n 84_o 85._o the_o difference_n between_o the_o law_n and_o the_o gospel_n in_o three_o particular_n p._n 86._o love_n of_o god_n twofold_n p_o 415._o no_o temporary_a believer_n love_v god_n p._n *_o 396._o to_o be_v give_v up_o to_o our_o own_o lust_n a_o more_o fearful_a thing_n then_o to_o be_v give_v up_o to_o satan_n p._n 108_o 109_o m_o want_n of_o meditation_n one_o cause_n why_o most_o believer_n have_v so_o little_a joy_n in_o god_n p._n 430_o 431._o mistake_v in_o judge_v our_o spiritual_a estate_n see_v judge_v morality_n too_o much_o trust_v to_o p._n 49._o it_o be_v insufficient_a to_o bring_v man_n to_o heaven_n ibid._n n_o natural_a reason_n not_o to_o be_v trust_v to_o p._n 49_o too_o short_a to_o convince_v of_o sin_n thorough_o p._n 51_o man_n condition_n by_o nature_n 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security_n p._n *_o 449_o self-examination_n necessary_a to_o conversion_n p._n 39.57_o a_o mark_n of_o a_o sound_a believer_n p._n *_o 407_o self-flattery_n see_v flattery_n self-love_n how_o it_o deceive_v man_n in_o judge_v their_o estate_n p._n 43._o sin_n continue_v in_o hasten_v god_n judgement_n p._n 3_o 4_o 5._o sin_n compare_v to_o a_o weight_n p._n 26._o to_o cord_n p._n 27._o sin_n get_v strength_n by_o continuance_n p._n 28._o the_o sinfulness_n of_o sin_n set_v forth_o in_o 6._o consideration_n p._n 90_o &c_n &c_n the_o dreadful_a fruit_n and_o consequence_n of_o sin_n it_o pollute_v the_o soul_n p._n 100_o it_o make_v man_n loathsome_a to_o god_n p._n 104._o it_o bring_v the_o devil_n into_o the_o heart_n p._n 106._o it_o call_v for_o wage_n p._n 110_o the_o greatness_n of_o sin_n shall_v be_v no_o bar_n against_o believe_v in_o christ_n p._n 401_o 406._o no_o sin_n overtop_n the_o value_n of_o christ_n blood_n ibid._n encouragemet_n for_o sinner_n to_o come_v to_o christ_n page_n 401_o etc._n etc._n sin_n not_o discover_v thorough_o but_o by_o the_o spirit_n p._n *_o 364._o sin_n may_v be_v cast_v away_o and_o yet_o no_o true_a conversion_n p._n *_o 392_o sin_n be_v only_o a_o privation_n and_o no_o positive_a be_v p._n *_o 399_o *_o 400_o sin_v not_o pardon_v before_o they_o be_v commit_v p._n *_o 403._o the_o guilt_n and_o punishment_n of_o sin_n take_v away_o in_o justification_n p._n *_o 418_o etc._n etc._n spirit_n of_o bondage_n what_o p._n *_o 365_o spirit_n of_o prayer_n see_v prayer_n t_o a_o temporary_a faith_n how_o far_o it_o may_v go_v p._n *_o 388_o etc._n etc._n how_o to_o know_v it_o from_o true_a faith_n p._n ibid._n temporary_a believer_n desire_v christ_n only_o in_o affliction_n p._n *_o 388_o 389_o they_o do_v but_o only_o taste_v of_o christ_n p._n *_o 393._o they_o desire_v mercy_n but_o not_o grace_n p._n *_o 394._o they_o do_v nothing_o out_o of_o love_n to_o god_n p._n *_o 395_o the_o sinfulness_n of_o thought_n p._n 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book_n entitle_v the_o judgement_n of_o the_o late_a arch_a bishop_n of_o armagh_n etc._n etc._n etc._n 2_o sam._n 1.22_o 1.22_o isa._n 50.4_o 50.4_o 2_o cor._n 3.2_o 3.2_o act_n 11.21_o 11.21_o dan_n 12.3_o 12.3_o heb._n 2.13_o 2.13_o tim._n 4.12_o 4.12_o mark_v 6.20_o 6.20_o act_n 1.1_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mat_n 7.29_o 7.29_o 1_o cor._n 2.4_o 5._o 1_o cor_fw-la 14.24_o 25._o 25._o act_n 18.24_o collatis_fw-la scripturae_fw-la locis_fw-la probans_fw-la nempe_fw-la sicuti_fw-la solent_fw-la artifices_fw-la aliquid_fw-la compacturi_fw-la singulas_fw-la part_n inter_fw-la se_fw-la comparare_fw-la ut_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la alia_fw-la aliis_fw-la ad_fw-la amussim_fw-la quadrent_fw-la bez._n in_o act._n 9.22_o efficere_fw-la condescensionem_fw-la ut_fw-la sic_fw-la dicam_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la argumentis_fw-la propositis_fw-la efficere_fw-la ut_fw-la aliquis_fw-la tecum_fw-la in_o eandem_fw-la sententiam_fw-la descendat_fw-la mr._n leigh_n critic_n sacr_n in_o verb._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ser._n before_o k._n james_n wansted_n june_n 20._o 1629_o page_n 34_o 35._o 35._o ecl._n 12.10_o 11_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d john_n 16.5_o 16.5_o psal._n 16.3_o 16.3_o act_n 13.12_o 13.12_o psal._n 119.63_o 119.63_o math._n 11_o 29._o 29._o mal._n 2.4.5_o 6_o 7_o 8_o 9_o 9_o isaiah_n 43.27.28_o 43.27.28_o 1_o sam._n 2_o 30._o 30._o deut._n 33_o 11._o 11._o math._n 5.12_o and_o 10.25_o 10.25_o math_n 21.44_o 21.44_o rev._n 11.11_o 11.11_o 2_o sam_n 6.22_o 6.22_o calvino_n illustri_fw-la viro_fw-la nec_fw-la unquam_fw-la sine_fw-la summi_fw-la honoris_fw-la prefatione_fw-la nominando_fw-la non_fw-la assentior_fw-la bp_o andrews_n de_fw-fr vsuris_fw-la vsuris_fw-la 3_o john_n 12._o 12._o declarat_fw-la what_o book_n be_v he_o what_o not_o dr._n ber._n page_n 20_o l_o 21._o 21._o see_v dr._n ber._n loc._n citat_fw-la citat_fw-la see_v their_o epist_n to_o the_o reader_n ibidem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la see_v mr._n cotton_v epist._n to_o mr._n hildersams_n book_n on_o john_n 4._o 4._o see_v capt._n bell._n narat_n before_o luth._o mensal_n colloq_fw-la colloq_fw-la libre_fw-la ille_fw-la â—onvivalium_fw-la sermonum_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la lutheri_fw-la nec_fw-la luthero_n approbante_fw-la aut_fw-la etiam_fw-la vivente_fw-la editus_fw-la sed_fw-la est_fw-la rapsodia_fw-la sine_fw-la judicio_fw-la &_o intellectu_fw-la consarcinata_fw-la polan_n syntag_n de_fw-fr canonic_a authorit_fw-fr script_n page_n fol._n 45._o 45._o heb_n 11.4_o 11.4_o bp._n andrews_n serm_n 7._o of_o rep._n and_o fast._n fast._n john_n 3.10.19_o obs._n obs._n obs._n obj._n sol._n obj._n sol._n 1._o order_n of_o outward_a thing_n 2._o the_o nature_n of_o sin_n sin_n be_v compare_v to_o cord_n to_o defer_v repentance_n harden_v the_o more_o the_o folly_n of_o those_o that_o defer_v their_o repentance_n till_o death_n obj._n sol._n impediment_n to_o repentance_n on_o our_o deathbed_n trust_v not_o to_o deathbed_n repentance_n it_o will_v be_v hard_a to_o 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forgive_v thus_o alas_o no_o forgiveness_n be_v without_o a_o man_n i_o have_v a_o action_n against_o you_o perhaps_o a_o action_n at_o law_n i_o will_v let_v fall_v my_o suit_n my_o charge_n i_o will_v forgive_v this_o be_v forgiveness_n god_n justify_v who_o shall_v condemn_v though_o god_n have_v just_a cause_n to_o proceed_v against_o i_o as_o a_o rebel_n yet_o he_o be_v content_a to_o let_v fall_v his_o action_n to_o fasten_v it_o upon_o the_o cross_n of_o his_o son_n there_o to_o fix_v the_o chirographum_fw-la the_o hand-writing_n against_o we_o he_o will_v let_v fall_n that_o which_o be_v the_o ground_n of_o a_o suit_n against_o we_o all_o that_o he_o can_v say_v against_o we_o that_o you_o may_v understand_v the_o thing_n the_o better_a there_o be_v two_o thing_n two_o kind_n of_o righteousness_n the_o one_o of_o justification_n the_o other_o of_o sanctification_n the_o holy_a ghost_n distinguish_v they_o by_o several_a term_n 1_o cor._n 1._o ult_n of_o he_o be_v you_o in_o 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