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be_v no_o hypocrite_n and_o from_o which_o never_o any_o do_v fall_v off_o and_o prove_v apostate_n oh_o how_o many_o out_o of_o the_o pure_a church_n shall_v increase_v the_o number_n of_o the_o damn_a 2._o this_o be_v against_o too_o great_a experience_n how_o many_o have_v we_o see_v to_o turn_v out_o of_o the_o way_n of_o truth_n into_o error_n many_o that_o after_o they_o have_v seem_v to_o be_v wash_v from_o their_o sin_n and_o have_v escape_v the_o pollution_n that_o be_v in_o the_o world_n through_o lust_n by_o the_o knowledge_n of_o our_o lord_n and_o saviour_n jesus_n christ_n be_v again_o entangle_v and_o turn_v with_o the_o dog_n unto_o the_o vomit_n 2_o pet._n 2.20_o 21_o 22._o how_o many_o be_v there_o that_o the_o unclean_a spirit_n do_v but_o go_v out_o of_o and_o after_o return_n again_o and_o take_v a_o great_a possession_n than_o ever_o so_o that_o the_o last_o end_n be_v worse_a than_o the_o beginning_n mat._n 12.43_o 44_o 45._o let_v i_o apply_v myself_o unto_o you_o my_o brethren_n of_o the_o anabaptist_n persuasion_n have_v you_o no_o revolter_n among_o you_o none_o that_o fall_v from_o truth_n to_o error_n from_o strictness_n to_o looseness_n from_o a_o outward_a holy_a conversation_n to_o profaneness_n have_v you_o never_o any_o occasion_n to_o exert_v your_o authority_n in_o excommunication_n have_v you_o never_o any_o rot_a member_n to_o cut_v off_o i_o be_o misinform_v if_o my_o good_a neighbour_n be_v not_o something_o good_a and_o frequent_a at_o this_o work_n after_o he_o have_v lay_v his_o hand_n upon_o he_o convert_v and_o rebaptise_v proselyte_n no_o wonder_n when_o we_o consider_v his_o numerous_a and_o easy_a admission_n but_o what_o i_o do_v speak_v of_o one_o that_o be_v but_o the_o head_n of_o a_o overgrow_a schism_n his_o church_n as_o it_o be_v call_v declare_v to_o be_v so_o not_o only_o by_o congegrational_a but_o also_o by_o anabaptistical_n elder_n when_o the_o antipaedobaptists_a admit_v any_o to_o the_o seal_n of_o 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himself_o wherefore_o have_v the_o lord_n as_o a_o instance_n of_o his_o unsearchable_a grace_n give_v such_o a_o promise_n if_o not_o in_o our_o great_a and_o close_a affliction_n to_o be_v choice_n and_o suitable_a food_n for_o our_o faith_n 〈…〉_o but_o this_o can_v support_v parent_n when_o they_o see_v their_o tender_a infant_n in_o the_o bitter_a bond_n of_o death_n recline_v their_o head_n upon_o their_o dissolve_v pillow_n and_o have_v their_o bowel_n to_o be_v sound_v and_o yearn_v within_o they_o now_o this_o i_o will_v humble_o demand_v what_o they_o can_v build_v their_o hope_n upon_o to_o make_v they_o ready_o to_o comply_v with_o divine_a pleasure_n when_o the_o soul_n of_o their_o little_a one_o sit_v upon_o their_o lip_n to_o take_v their_o flight_n into_o a_o eternal_a ocean_n that_o excludeâ—_n they_o out_o of_o that_o covenant_n they_o be_v confident_a they_o themselves_o be_v in_o and_o upon_o which_o they_o bottom_n and_o centre_n all_o their_o trust_n and_o 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interest_v in_o the_o same_o stand_v possess_v with_o the_o free_a fruition_n of_o they_o be_v the_o proper_a object_n of_o the_o peculiar_a and_o special_a providential_a watch_n of_o god_n psal_n 121.4_o behold_v he_o that_o keep_v israel_n shall_v neither_o slumber_v nor_o sleep_n this_o denote_v the_o careful_a and_o the_o diligent_a keep_n of_o the_o church_n the_o lord_n be_v ever_o in_o the_o exercise_n of_o as_o one_o say_v curam_fw-la solicitudinem_fw-la &_o diligentiam_fw-la can_v at_z nec_fw-la dormit_fw-la nec_fw-la dormitat_fw-la he_o neither_o sleep_v nor_o slumber_n the_o lord_n set_v a_o peculiar_a fence_n about_o his_o church_n isa_n 5._o â—2_n and_o he_o fence_v it_o after_o he_o plant_v it_o he_o set_v the_o fence_n of_o his_o peculiar_a providence_n round_o about_o it_o to_o preserve_v it_o isa_n 27.3_o i_o the_o lord_n do_v keep_v it_o i_o will_v water_v it_o every_o moment_n lest_o any_o hurt_n it_o i_o will_v keep_v it_o night_n and_o day_n thus_o we_o see_v 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