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mountain_n there_o shall_v their_o fold_n be_v etc._n etc._n verse_n 13.14_o of_o this_o we_o speak_v in_o the_o last_o discourse_n i_o will_v seek_v that_o which_o be_v lose_v and_o will_v bring_v again_o that_o which_o be_v drive_v away_o ay_o even_o i_o say_v god_n my_o friend_n shall_v the_o lord_n god_n make_v it_o his_o own_o great_a business_n to_o seek_v thy_o lose_a soul_n and_o shall_v it_o not_o be_v thou_o the_o lord_n forbid_v i_o will_v have_v thou_o know_v if_o thy_o soul_n be_v lose_v and_o god_n seek_v it_o and_o thou_o do_v not_o thyself_o seek_v it_o he_o and_o thy_o neglect_n a_o despite_n to_o he_o if_o thou_o do_v not_o cooperate_v thou_o offere_v despite_n unto_o the_o lord_n god_n when_o god_n look_v for_o lose_a soul_n and_o they_o will_v not_o be_v find_v but_o the_o language_n of_o thy_o heart_n be_v as_o ahab'_v to_o the_o prophet_n 1_o king_n 21.20_o have_v thou_o find_v i_o o_o my_o enemy_n poor_a soul_n count_v god_n their_o enemy_n when_o his_o word_n 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mother_n bring_v thou_o forth_o there_o she_o bring_v thou_o forth_o that_o bear_v thou_o this_o premise_a you_o see_v my_o work_n be_v topographical_n to_o draw_v out_o the_o map_n of_o the_o wilderness_n in_o the_o text_n the_o wilderness_n of_o unconversion_n the_o first_o thing_n will_v be_v to_o assign_v it_o a_o inscription_n inscription_n inscription_n before_o we_o give_v it_o a_o description_n you_o may_v find_v the_o title_n of_o this_o map_n exod._n 17.1_o so_o numb_a 33.12_o the_o israelite_n if_o they_o intend_v for_o canaan_n must_v journey_n from_o the_o wilderness_n of_o sin_n you_o will_v say_v that_o name_n be_v accidental_a i_o grant_v it_o but_o if_o canaan_n represent_v grace_n why_o may_v not_o the_o wilderness_n represent_v sin_n it_o will_v be_v our_o wisdom_n to_o warm_v our_o affection_n with_o every_o scripture_n even_o historical_a though_o they_o do_v not_o all_o alike_o strong_o bind_v our_o judgement_n i_o mean_v when_o the_o allusion_n be_v nothing_o 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wind_n turn_n returning_n cross_n wander_n of_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n in_o the_o wilderness_n before_o they_o can_v get_v to_o canaan_n and_o this_o engage_v to_o describe_v the_o soul_n wander_n while_o in_o this_o wilderness_n of_o sin_n 3._o you_o have_v moses_n describe_v upon_o pisgah_n turn_v his_o back_n upon_o the_o wilderness_n and_o point_v towards_o canaan_n this_o engage_v i_o to_o discover_v what_o concernment_n lie_v upon_o the_o sin-bewildred_n soul_n to_o turn_v its_o back_n upon_o sin_n and_o set_v its_o face_n towards_o heaven_n 4._o you_o have_v joshua_n succeed_v moses_n and_o lead_v the_o israel_n of_o god_n quite_o from_o the_o wilderness_n into_o canaan_n and_o that_o engage_v i_o to_o tell_v you_o that_o what_o the_o law_n can_v not_o do_v in_o that_o it_o be_v
the_o soul_n need_v be_v when_o the_o lord_n shall_v thus_o forsake_v it_o there_o be_v none_o to_o plant_v prune_n or_o protect_v it_o no_o word_n or_o spirit_n to_o water_v it_o it_o must_v needs_o follow_v that_o it_o shall_v be_v lay_v waste_n and_o eat_v up_o and_o tread_v down_o and_o nothing_o but_o briar_n and_o thorn_n shall_v grow_v there_o how_o sad_a instance_n hereof_o have_v we_o in_o some_o that_o have_v live_v long_o under_o gospel-mean_n but_o be_v not_o thereby_o become_v as_o a_o garden_n be_v they_o not_o as_o a_o wilderness_n yea_o of_o all_o other_o the_o most_o sharp_a and_o thorny_a and_o no_o wonder_n since_o they_o be_v leave_v of_o the_o lord_n and_o desert_n be_v it_o so_o then_o that_o the_o wilderness_n of_o sin_n be_v so_o dismal_a because_o fruitless_a moistureless_a companionless_a use_v provisionless_a wayless_a waste_n and_o husbandless_a i_o shall_v only_o improve_v this_o sad_a consideration_n unto_o a_o double_a word_n of_o exhortation_n respect_n be_v have_v unto_o the_o several_a particular_n first_o be_v we_o by_o sin_n become_v barren_a as_o a_o wilderness_n fruitful_a exhortation_n labour_v to_o find_v christ_n as_o a_o gardener_n to_o thy_o barren_a soul_n to_o make_v it_o fruitful_a it_o be_v only_o by_o grace_n that_o we_o can_v be_v make_v like_o eden_n isai_n 51.3_o christ_n be_v the_o gardener_n that_o can_v both_o furnish_v we_o with_o fruit_n and_o make_v we_o bear_v fruit_n for_o this_o end_n he_o choose_v the_o ground_n he_o gard'n_v john_n 15.16_o of_o ourselves_o we_o neither_o have_v fruit_n for_o ourselves_o nor_o bring_v forth_o fruit_n to_o the_o lord_n but_o christ_n give_v fruit_n and_o make_v fruitful_a he_o be_v the_o appletree_n cant._n 2.3_o he_o be_v the_o true_a vine_n john_n 15.1_o and_o yet_o the_o dresser_n of_o the_o vineyard_n luke_n 13.7_o our_o wilderness_n come_v to_o nothing_o till_o it_o become_v his_o husbandry_n 1_o cor._n 3.9_o our_o soul_n be_v not_o comfort_v with_o apple_n till_o we_o 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60.21_o yea_o and_o that_o they_o may_v be_v call_v tree_n of_o righteousness_n the_o plant_n of_o the_o lord_n that_o he_o may_v be_v glorify_v as_o the_o garden_n cause_v the_o thing_n that_o be_v sow_o in_o it_o to_o spring_v forth_o so_o the_o lord_n will_v cause_v righteousness_n and_o praise_n to_o spring_v forth_o before_o they_o isai_n 61.3_o 11._o again_o christ_n can_v replenish_v we_o with_o fruit_n of_o paradise_n alas_o why_o shall_v we_o savour_v those_o fruit_n unto_o death_n rom._n 7_o 5._o from_o i_o say_v the_o lord_n be_v thy_o fruit_n find_v hos_fw-la 14.8_o even_o the_o twelve_o manner_n of_o fruit_n of_o the_o tree_n of_o life_n enough_o for_o all_o the_o tribe_n and_o the_o leaf_n of_o the_o tree_n be_v for_o the_o heal_n of_o the_o nation_n rev._n 22.1_o 2._o 2._o 2._o compare_v ezek._n 47_o 8.12_o with_o rev_n 22.1_o 2._o here_o be_v food_n and_o physic_n life_n and_o heal_a for_o jew_n and_o for_o gentile_a sure_o the_o wilderness_n and_o the_o solitary_a 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its_o very_a humility_n and_o this_o as_o i_o say_v be_v to_o wind_v quite_o round_o now_o as_o soon_o as_o ever_o it_o become_v thus_o wind_v aside_o you_o may_v know_v its_o in_o a_o wilderness_n by_o the_o thorn_n it_o shall_v meet_v with_o 2_o cor._n 12.7_o thorn_n in_o the_o flesh_n there_o must_v and_o will_v be_v when_o the_o heart_n wind_v about_o to_o this_o pride_n in_o the_o spirit_n now_o than_o if_o the_o heart_n be_v so_o capacious_a and_o so_o full_a of_o way_n and_o those_o way_n so_o full_a of_o wind_n you_o can_v but_o conclude_v how_o easy_o the_o heart_n nay_o how_o necessary_o it_o become_v a_o
wilderness_n thy_o heart_n be_v expose_v yea_o and_o dispose_v too_o to_o all_o the_o way_n and_o wind_n of_o spirit_n that_o ever_o entangle_v any_o soul_n in_o the_o world_n use_v and_o sure_o they_o be_v enough_o to_o bewild_a thou_o oh_o let_v this_o consideration_n to_o purpose_n humble_v thou_o wherever_o thou_o go_v thou_o carry_v thy_o wilderness_n about_o thou_o come_v we_o now_o to_o a_o second_o sort_n of_o satan_n advantage_n that_o he_o have_v from_o we_o to_o bewild_a we_o which_o be_v chap._n ix_o â—pntaines_v the_o second_o advantage_n from_o ourselves_o our_o heart_n be_v tempter_n into_o the_o wilderness_n open_v and_o apply_v wilderness_n 2d_o advant_n our_o heart_n be_v tempt_v into_o the_o wilderness_n second_o our_o heart_n be_v not_o only_o a_o wilderness_n unto_o we_o but_o tempter_n and_o seducer_n into_o the_o wilderness_n natural_o they_o be_v a_o sinful_a wilderness_n and_o as_o natural_o do_v they_o inveigle_v we_o into_o the_o wilderness_n of_o sin_n and_o 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that_o err_v in_o heart_n therefore_o he_o swear_v in_o his_o wrath_n that_o they_o shall_v die_v in_o the_o wilderness_n that_o they_o shall_v not_o enter_v into_o his_o rest_n heb._n 3.10_o 11._o i_o shall_v conclude_v in_o the_o 12_o verse_n take_v heed_n brethren_n lest_o there_o be_v in_o any_o of_o you_o a_o evil_a heart_n for_o the_o reason_n be_v employ_v that_o will_v make_v you_o to_o depart_v from_o the_o live_a god_n and_o thus_o you_o have_v hear_v what_o advantage_n satan_n have_v from_o ourselves_o to_o bewild_a we_o by_o nature_n our_o heart_n be_v a_o wilderness_n by_o nature_n they_o be_v tempter_n into_o the_o wilderness_n of_o sin_n chap._n x._o the_o second_o sort_n of_o advantage_n satan_n have_v from_o himself_o large_o open_v himself_o 2d_o sort_v of_o advantage_n satan_n have_v from_o himself_o come_v we_o now_o to_o the_o second_o sort_n of_o satan_n advantage_n which_o he_o have_v of_o himself_o in_o order_n to_o the_o bewildr_n of_o the_o poor_a soul_n his_o 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that_o any_o heart_n shall_v think_v so_o and_o yet_o if_o many_o a_o heart_n be_v ask_v wherefore_o be_v all_o these_o alm_n that_o thou_o give_v conscience_n must_v answer_v as_o jacob_n in_o his_o course_n compliment_n to_o esau_n gen._n 33.8_o esau_n say_v what_o mean_v thou_o by_o this_o drove_n and_o jacob_n say_v these_o be_v to_o find_v grace_n in_o the_o sight_n of_o my_o lord_n he_o have_v need_n call_v he_o my_o lord_n when_o he_o intimate_v he_o to_o be_v of_o so_o base_a and_o ignoble_a a_o a_o spirit_n that_o a_o bribe_n shall_v purchase_v pardon_n for_o a_o brother_n just_o so_o deal_v soul_n with_o god_n the_o alm_n they_o give_v their_o bounty_n to_o saint_n to_o minister_n etc._n etc._n be_v to_o find_v favour_n in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n but_o if_o esau_n can_v refuse_v his_o present_a tell_v he_o he_o have_v enough_o sure_o god_n may_v much_o more_o despise_v thy_o gift_n be_v they_o what_o they_o will_v be_v because_o all_o thing_n be_v he_o psa_n 50.9_o 10._o i_o will_v take_v no_o bullock_n out_o of_o thy_o house_n nor_o hee-goat_n out_o of_o thy_o fold_n for_o the_o beast_n of_o all_o the_o forest_n etc._n etc._n be_v i_o set_a a_o side_n the_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n and_o peace_n in_o believe_v and_o i_o dare_v say_v it_o will_v beggar_v all_o the_o saint_n and_o angel_n in_o heaven_n and_o earth_n to_o make_v one_o peace-offering_a to_o the_o lord_n for_o any_o lose_a soul_n 2_o you_o think_v god_n 2d_o darkness_n we_o think_v we_o must_v do_v something_o for_o god_n that_o undoubted_o you_o must_v at_o least_o dâ—â—_n something_o as_o a_o bottom_n and_o ground_n to_o your_o reconciliation_n with_o god_n now_o this_o be_v also_o a_o soul-bewildring_a darkness_n for_o if_o it_o be_v only_o what_o christ_n have_v give_v than_o it_o be_v only_o what_o christ_n have_v do_v that_o can_v be_v a_o propitiation_n to_o god_n for_o we_o what_o will_v god_n ever_o be_v friend_n with_o i_o that_o give_v he_o nothing_o nor_o do_v any_o thing_n 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upon_o such_o term_n if_o ever_o god_n take_v thou_o as_o solomon_n take_v shimei_n when_o he_o have_v go_v beyond_o his_o limit_n from_o jerusalem_n to_o gath_n after_o his_o runaway_n servant_n 1_o kin._n 2.39_o 40._o the_o lord_n will_v deal_v with_o thou_o if_o ever_o he_o find_v thy_o heart_n run_v after_o the_o world_n or_o after_o sin_n as_o he_o deal_v with_o shimei_n ver_fw-la 44._o god_n will_v call_v thou_o to_o a_o severe_a account_n upon_o every_o old_a score_n and_o return_v all_o thy_o wickedness_n upon_o thy_o own_o head_n judge_v thou_o by_o thy_o own_o mouth_n think_v of_o the_o pharisee_fw-mi who_o come_v and_o tell_v god_n what_o he_o
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as_o he_o can_v despise_v such_o a_o soul_n have_v the_o blood_n of_o pierce_a christ_n for_o the_o do_v away_o of_o the_o leprosy_n and_o plague_n of_o sin_n and_o the_o water_n of_o a_o pierce_a christ_n for_o the_o purge_n of_o pollution_n of_o sin_n away_o from_o it_o and_o it_o want_v not_o the_o hyssop_n of_o bitterness_n if_o you_o look_v to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o verse_n that_o bitter_a but_o purgative_a grace_n of_o godly_a sorrow_n to_o repentance_n never_o to_o be_v repent_v of_o whereby_o that_o blood_n &_o water_n be_v sprinkle_v upon_o it_o unto_o righteousness_n &_o holiness_n whilst_o it_o by_o faith_n continue_v look_v on_o he_o that_o be_v pierce_v or_o in_o the_o language_n of_o our_o text_n lean_v upon_o the_o belove_a but_o and_o if_o we_o shall_v think_v that_o the_o psalmist_n expression_n be_v only_o a_o hebraism_n the_o sacrifice_n that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o best_a or_o chief_a sacrifice_n of_o god_n be_v a_o break_a heart_n we_o must_v yet_o understand_v 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broken-heartedness_n make_v thou_o see_v what_o need_n thou_o have_v of_o &_o make_v thou_o desirous_a according_o to_o take_v hold_n upon_o god_n strength_n that_o he_o may_v make_v peace_n with_o god_n for_o thou_o thy_o humbling_n be_v they_o as_o great_a as_o esau_n be_v no_o better_a sacrifice_n to_o god_n than_o his_o tear_n unless_o thy_o break_a heart_n hold_v up_o a_o break_a christ_n for_o a_o sin-offering_n for_o a_o propitiation_n unto_o god_n query_n if_o you_o say_v then_o how_o shall_v i_o know_v whether_o my_o heart_n be_v sufficient_o break_v solu_fw-la solu_fw-la i_o answer_v if_o thy_o heart_n whether_o it_o be_v harrow_v or_o shatter_v to_o piece_n more_o
or_o less_o according_a to_o the_o different_a fram_a of_o it_o or_o of_o thy_o conversation_n through_o education_n or_o restrain_v grace_n etc._n etc._n i_o say_v if_o thou_o be_v so_o far_o break_v as_o to_o be_v true_o necessitous_a and_o poor_a in_o spirit_n undo_v sensible_o and_o undo_v utter_o without_o a_o christ_n &_o so_o willing_a to_o close_v with_o a_o break_a christ_n absolute_o upon_o his_o own_o term_n let_v they_o be_v what_o they_o will_v yet_o thou_o must_v have_v he_o &_o be_v willing_a to_o come_v up_o to_o any_o term_n rather_o than_o to_o go_v without_o he_o whether_o thy_o sorrowing_n have_v be_v year_n or_o month_n or_o week_n or_o day_n or_o hour_n whether_o thy_o tear_n have_v be_v many_o or_o few_o whether_o thy_o humbling_n have_v be_v more_o or_o less_o thy_o heart_n be_v enough_o break_v to_o take_v hold_n upon_o and_o by_o christ_n to_o become_v the_o sacrifice_n of_o god_n even_o such_o as_o he_o will_v not_o despise_v illustration_n illustration_n 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not_o to_o use_v christian_a liberty_n as_o a_o occasion_n to_o the_o flesh_n be_v intimate_v to_o be_v their_o practice_n vers_fw-la 19_o whilst_o they_o promise_v they_o liberty_n they_o themselves_o be_v the_o servant_n of_o corruption_n mark_v that_o you_o may_v be_v sure_a that_o principle_n tend_v to_o looseness_n lust_n wantonness_n be_v corrupt_a principle_n and_o out_o of_o those_o bog_n arise_v these_o light_n second_o that_o meteor_n be_v a_o fatty_a viscous_a exhalation_n so_o these_o go_v and_o seduce_a light_n carnal_a 2._o they_o be_v carnal_a be_v sensual_a principle_n carnal_a principle_n flâ—shly_a principle_n and_o such_o be_v the_o man_n themselves_o judas_n 19_o these_o be_v they_o that_o separate_v themselves_o sensual_a have_v not_o the_o spirit_n there_o be_v a_o holy_a separation_n that_o scripture_n call_v for_o but_o among_v we_o there_o be_v a_o vain_a carnal_a separation_n without_o the_o spirit_n but_o not_o without_o sensuality_n these_o separate_a from_o 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the_o youth_n shall_v utter_o faint_v &_o the_o young_a man_n shall_v fall_v but_o they_o that_o wait_v upon_o the_o lord_n shall_v renew_v their_o strength_n yea_o though_o it_o be_v a_o uphil_n way_n they_o shall_v mount_v up_o with_o wing_n as_o eagle_n they_o shall_v run_v and_o not_o be_v weary_a they_o shall_v walk_v and_o not_o faint_a 2_o caution_n take_v heed_n of_o fall_v fall_v 2._o take_v heed_n of_o fall_v be_v it_o a_o uphil_n way_n believe_v it_o it_o be_v very_o ill_o get_v a_o slip_n 1_o cor._n 10._o he_o mind_v we_o of_o the_o fall_v of_o the_o poor_a israelite_n in_o the_o way_n towards_o canaan_n he_o give_v variety_n of_o instance_n from_o the_o 5._o v._n he_o bring_v all_o close_a down_o for_o our_o admonition_n vers_fw-la 11._o wherefore_o let_v he_o that_o think_v he_o stand_v take_v heed_n lest_o he_o fall_v v._o 12._o how_o chary_o do_v man_n go_v up_o a_o hill_n in_o a_o frosty_a day_n when_o the_o way_n be_v slippery_a oh_o this_o be_v the_o danger_n it_o 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lead_v to_o the_o four_o main_a doctrine_n therefore_o we_o shall_v dismiss_v it_o for_o the_o present_a we_o pass_v on_o to_o chap._n ii_o contain_v the_o three_o main_a doctrine_n that_o it_o great_o concern_v lose_v soul_n to_o come_v up_o from_o the_o wilderness_n of_o sin_n discover_v and_o apply_v with_o choice_a direction_n thereunto_o the_o three_o main_a point_n doctrine_n 3d._n main_a doctrine_n viz._n that_o it_o be_v the_o great_a concernment_n of_o lose_a soul_n to_o come_v up_o from_o the_o wilderness_n of_o sin_n the_o spouse_n in_o the_o text_n have_v be_v in_o the_o wilderness_n but_o now_o up_o she_o get_v wilderness_n that_o be_v the_o lose_a soul_n great_a business_n to_o come_v up_o from_o the_o wilderness_n and_o away_o she_o come_v and_o this_o be_v thy_o great_a business_n the_o voice_n of_o the_o lord_n unto_o such_o a_o soul_n be_v like_o the_o voice_n of_o christ_n to_o his_o choose_a once_o in_o babylon_n rev._n 18.4_o come_v out_o of_o she_o my_o people_n 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