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the_o state_n of_o guilt_n and_o cur_n by_o sin_n and_o by_o this_o benefit_n the_o soul_n obtain_n a_o estate_n of_o quietness_n and_o peace_n towards_o god_n and_o that_o by_o a_o clear_n and_o acquit_v she_o at_o his_o tribunal_n as_o if_o she_o have_v never_o offend_v full_o and_o perfect_o which_o i_o add_v for_o a_o difference_n between_o justificaton_n and_o sanctification_n the_o former_a be_v a_o whole_a purge_v we_o from_o all_o our_o sin_n as_o saint_n john_n ep._n 1._o cap._n 1._o 7._o speak_v the_o other_o a_o purge_v we_o in_o part_n of_o which_o read_v heb._n 9_o 14._o for_o purge_v be_v from_o guilt_n and_o cur_n and_o that_o must_v be_v perfect_a by_o imputation_n for_o else_o how_o shall_v sinful_a flesh_n stand_v before_o a_o perfect_a god_n the_o latter_a be_v from_o the_o dominion_n and_o rule_n of_o it_o which_o in_o this_o life_n be_v imperfect_a the_o issue_n and_o effect_n of_o justification_n be_v peace_n and_o quiet_a of_o soul_n a_o most_o peculiar_a 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to_o the_o meek_a for_o look_v how_o one_o sufficient_a witness_n in_o a_o court_n may_v by_o his_o verdict_n settle_v a_o man_n whole_a estate_n upon_o he_o and_o recover_v his_o right_n so_o the_o lord_n jesus_n by_o his_o blood_n bear_n witness_n that_o our_o sin_n and_o cur_n be_v go_v settle_v pardon_n and_o salvation_n upon_o we_o decide_v the_o question_n and_o make_v peace_n and_o in_o this_o since_o we_o read_v heb._n 12._o that_o the_o blood_n of_o the_o covenant_n speak_v better_a thing_n than_o the_o blood_n of_o abel_n that_o cry_v in_o cain_n conscience_n nothing_o save_o revenge_n and_o horror_n but_o this_o cry_v peace_n the_o like_a be_v that_o which_o i_o pet._n 3._o 20._o
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prayer_n 7._o meditation_n 8._o conference_n 1._o fast_v be_v a_o solemn_a ordinance_n of_o god_n attend_v with_o rest_n and_o abstinence_n wherein_o the_o church_n lawful_o assemble_v powre'_v out_o herself_o in_o affliction_n and_o supplication_n with_o importunity_n for_o turn_v away_o of_o some_o great_a present_a or_o imminent_a sin_n &_o danger_n 2._o thanksgive_a be_v a_o solemn_a ordinance_n of_o god_n wherein_o the_o church_n lawful_o assemble_v powre'_v out_o herself_o in_o praise_n and_o thanks_o for_o some_o rare_a blessing_n and_o deliverance_n and_o let_v this_o also_o be_v understand_v of_o private_a in_o both_o extraordinary_a kind_n term_n be_v observe_v 3._o the_o word_n preach_v be_v a_o public_a eminent_a ordinance_n wherein_o the_o minister_n lawful_o depute_v do_v distinct_o and_o sound_o read_v the_o word_n give_v the_o sens_fw-fr ground_n the_o doctrine_n and_o convince_o apply_v it_o by_o instruction_n reproof_n confutation_n exhortation_n and_o admonition_n 4._o baptism_n be_v the_o former_a sacrament_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n wherein_o by_o due_a application_n of_o water_n to_o the_o infant_n all_o christ_n be_v seal_v up_o to_o the_o soul_n for_o regeneration_n 5._o the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o supper_n be_v the_o second_o in_o order_n in_o which_o by_o due_a give_v and_o receive_v of_o bread_n and_o wine_n the_o lord_n jesus_n be_v whole_o give_v and_o take_v by_o the_o believe_a soul_n to_o be_v nourish_v to_o eternal_a life_n 6._o prayer_n be_v a_o lift_v up_o of_o the_o heart_n to_o god_n in_o the_o name_n of_o jesus_n christ_n in_o confession_n and_o supplication_n for_o pardon_n of_o sin_n the_o grant_n of_o all_o good_a thing_n and_o acknowledge_v of_o mercy_n already_o receive_v with_o thankfulness_n 7_o meditation_n be_v a_o serious_a
translate_v we_o from_o this_o our_o poor_a walk_n with_o he_o to_o be_v with_o he_o and_o to_o be_v rid_v of_o all_o our_o clog_n which_o hinder_v we_o from_o so_o do_v and_o go_v from_o this_o our_o do_v god_n will_n as_o it_o be_v in_o heaven_n to_o do_v it_o in_o heaven_n give_v god_n the_o prais_fw-fr finis_fw-la a_o table_n contain_v the_o method_n and_o principal_a head_n of_o the_o whole_a book_n part_n i._o article_n i._o pag._n 1._o ii_o pag._n 7._o iii_o pag._n 12._o iu_o pag._n 18._o v._o pag._n 20._o vi_o pag._n 22._o vii_o pag._n 58._o ii_o article_n i._o pag._n 64._o ii_o pag._n 72._o iii_o pag._n 107._o iu_o pag._n 113._o v._o pag._n 129._o vi_o pag._n 172._o vii_o pag._n 185._o iii_o article_n i._o pag_n 216._o ii_o pag._n 224._o iii_o pag._n 242._o iu_o pag._n 253._o v._o pag._n 272._o vi_o pag._n 291._o vii_o pag._n 302_o part_n i._n artic._n i._o in_o adam_n mankind_n be_v creät_v in_o perfection_n of_o light_n and_o holiness_n pag._n 1._o according_a to_o god_n image_n pag._n 1._o 1._o for_o matter_n p._n 1._o 2._o for_o manner_n p._n 2._o 3._o in_o respect_n of_o endowment_n p._n 2._o 4._o in_o his_o body_n p._n 2._o this_o image_n of_o god_n be_v more_o distinct_o consider_v in_o three_o thing_n i._o in_o the_o body_n 1._o in_o the_o production_n of_o it_o p._n 2._o 2._o in_o the_o frame_n of_o it_o be_v make_v p._n 3._o ii_o in_o the_o soul_n 1._o in_o the_o nature_n of_o it_o p._n 3_o 2._o in_o the_o function_n p._n 3._o iii_o in_o the_o whole_a person_n 1._o in_o his_o reverend_a and_o awful_a behaviour_n p._n 4._o 2._o in_o his_o honourable_a entertainment_n p._n 4._o uses_n pag._n 4._o etc._n etc._n artic._n ii_o adam_n fall_v from_o his_o integrity_n by_o wilful_a transgression_n p._n 7._o this_o sin_n be_v set_v forth_o by_o two_o thing_n 1._o by_o the_o description_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n p._n 7._o 2._o by_o the_o parcel_n of_o the_o sin_n p._n 8._o in_o the_o fall_n consider_v the_o cause_n 1._o remote_a 1_o changeableness_n of_o their_o will_n 2._o unarmedness_n 3._o aptness_n of_o the_o temptation_n p._n 9_o 2._o more_o near_a and_o proper_a 1._o inward_a tickle_a of_o their_o affection_n p._n 9_o 2._o snare_v p._n 9_o secret_a assent_n to_o the_o tentation_n p._n 10._o corruption_n of_o heart_n flow_v from_o this_o fall_n be_v of_o two_o sort_n special_a 1._o pride_n 2._o security_n 3._o vanity_n 4._o sensuality_n 5._o discontent_n 6._o sacrilege_n 7._o cruelty_n and_o injustice_n etc._n etc._n p._n 10._o general_n 1._o distrust_v of_o god_n p._n 10._o 2._o rebellion_n against_o god_n 3._o unthankfulness_n 4._o apostasy_n p._n 10._o use_v pag._n 10._o etc._n etc._n artic._n iii_o adam_n sin_n make_v he_o miserable_a pag._n 12._o this_o misery_n have_v two_o branch_n misery_n of_o sin_n original_a p._n 13._o actual_a p._n 14._o misery_n of_o punishment_n of_o soul_n of_o bolie_n p._n 15._o use_v pag._n 16._o etc._n etc._n artic._n iu._n the_o whole_a race_n of_o mankind_n be_v guilty_a of_o adam_n sin_n p._n 16._o use_v pag._n 19_o etc._n etc._n artic._n v._o there_o be_v no_o possibility_n for_o man_n of_o himof_n himself_o to_o escape_v this_o misery_n p._n 20._o use_v pag._n 20_o etc._n etc._n artic._n vi_o the_o convince_a ministry_n of_o the_o moral_a law_n reveal_n our_o misery_n p._n 22._o etc._n etc._n the_o work_n of_o the_o law_n be_v of_o two_o sort_n 1._o to_o the_o godly_a it_o be_v a_o pattern_n and_o direction_n of_o righteousness_n p._n 22._o 2._o in_o the_o wicked_a it_o work_n be_v two_o thing_n 1._o knowledge_n 2._o conviction_n p._n 22._o the_o law_n discover_n sin_n 1._o by_o dispel_v ignorance_n p._n 23._o 2._o by_o remove_v the_o bar_n against_o it_o viz._n 1._o prejudice_n 2._o custom_n in_o darkness_n p._n 23._o 3._o hardness_n of_o heart_n p._n 23._o 4._o dulness_n 5._o slightness_n 6._o self-love_n p._n 24._o 7._o error_n ibid._n the_o law_n enlighten'_v to_o discern_v actual_a sin_n both_o 1._o in_o themselves_o sundry_a way_n by_o she_o 1._o authority_n p._n 24._o 2._o harmony_n p._n 24._o 3._o royalty_n p._n 25._o 4._o integrity_n ibid._n 5._o extent_n p._n 27._o ii_o in_o the_o penalty_n p._n 28._o the_o lord_n discover_n original_a sin_n to_o the_o soul_n 1._o by_o the_o special_a term_n of_o his_o word_n 2._o by_o comparison_n 3._o by_o the_o property_n of_o original_a sin_n 1._o it_o be_v eminent_o sinful_a p._n 29._o 2._o predominant_o ibid._n 3._o perpetual_o p._n 30._o 4._o it_o be_v a_o overflow_a sin_n p._n 30._o 5._o it_o be_v a_o enslave_a sin_n ibid._n 6._o unlimited_a p._n 30._o use_v pag._n 30._o etc._n etc._n conviction_n be_v twofold_a 1._o of_o the_o judgement_n which_o the_o law_n effect_n by_o remove_v three_o letts_n 2._o of_o the_o whole_a soul_n call_v terror_n and_o bondage_n p._n 37._o 1._o deadness_n of_o spirit_n p._n 33._o 2._o loose_a incogitancie_n and_o carelessness_n ibid._n 3._o subtlety_n and_o slieness_n ibid._n this_o legal_a terror_n be_v explain_v by_o the_o the_o consideration_n of_o three_o thing_n 1._o the_o difference_n p._n 30._o 2_o the_o nature_n effect_n and_o end_n of_o it_o ibid._n 3._o the_o extremity_n and_o abuse_n of_o it_o which_o be_v two_o 1._o legal_a presumption_n p._n 45._o 2._o final_a despair_n p._n 46._o use_v pag._n 53._o etc._n etc._n artic._n vii_o the_o lord_z leav'_v not_o the_o soul_n of_o his_o child_n in_o this_o misery_n but_o uphold_n they_o by_o the_o hope_n of_o the_o gospel_n p._n 58._o reason_n of_o the_o point_n p._n 59_o etc._n etc._n part_n ii_o artic._n i._o that_o there_o be_v a_o deliverance_n ordain_v and_o grant_v to_o miserable_a man_n out_o of_o this_o thraldom_n note_v 1._o there_o be_v a_o deliverance_n p._n 65._o 2._o appoint_a by_o the_o lord_n p._n ibid._n uses_n pag._n 67._o etc._n etc._n artic_a ii_o the_o only_a instrument_n of_o work_v out_o this_o deliverance_n be_v the_o lord_n jesus_n p._n 72._o the_o whole_a work_n of_o his_o mediation_n may_v be_v refer_v to_o two_o head_n 1._o the_o qualification_n of_o his_o person_n p._n 73._o 2._o the_o actual_a performance_n of_o the_o satisfaction_n itself_o p._n 74._o the_o qualification_n of_o he_o person_n have_v two_o part_n 1._o union_n p._n 73._o and_o unction_n p._n 74._o the_o performance_n itself_o stand_v of_o two_o part_n 1._o merit_v this_o price_n for_o all_o the_o flect_v p._n 74._o 2._o apply_v it_o to_o they_o p._n 75._o these_o be_v call_v wâ—â—l-springs_n of_o salvation_n because_o they_o be_v so_o many_o ground_n of_o justify_v faith_n whereof_o there_o be_v seven_o head_n i._o incarnation_n p._n 78._o ii_o divinity_n of_o christ_n p._n 80._o iii_o the_o personal_a union_n p._n 82._o hence_o the_o unction_n of_o 1._o priesthoad_n p._n 84._o 2._o prophecy_n p._n 86._o 3._o kingdom_n p._n 87._o iu._n actual_a obedience_n p._n 91._o v._o passive_a obedience_n p._n 91._o vi_o conquesi_n of_o christ_n p._n 100_o vii_o apply_v of_o christ_n merit_n p._n 104._o artic._n iii_o god_n imputation_n of_o the_o merit_n of_o christ_n righteousness_n to_o a_o sinful_a soul_n be_v the_o formal_a cause_n of_o our_o justification_n express_v by_o divers_a phrase_n p._n 108._o use_v pag._n 109._o etc._n etc._n artic._n iv_o the_o gospel_n and_o the_o offer_n of_o grace_n in_o it_o be_v the_o revealer_n of_o this_o deliverance_n the_o special_a property_n of_o this_o offer_n be_v three_o p._n 120._o 1._o liberty_n 2._o simplicity_n 3._o fidelity_n uses_n pag._n 121._o etc._n etc._n artic._n v._o the_o lord_n offer_n be_v christ_n to_o the_o soul_n furnish_v with_o all_o his_o benefit_n concern_v these_o benefit_n of_o christ_n consider_v three_o thing_n i._n the_o difference_n p._n 140._o ii_o the_o order_n p._n 131._o iii_o the_o nature_n and_o use_v of_o they_o p._n 131._o 1._o vocation_n p._n 132._o 2._o union_n p._n 134._o 3._o regeneration_n p._n 138._o 4._o justification_n p._n 145._o 5._o reconciliatian_n p._n 148._o 6._o adoption_n p._n 153._o 7._o redemption_n p._n 160._o 8._o sanctificatiin_n p._n 167._o 9_o glorification_n p._n 167._o artic._n vi_o the_o church_n of_o god_n be_v the_o true_a and_o only_a object_n of_o all_o the_o former_a good_a thing_n two_o thing_n here_o considerable_a i._n the_o subject_n of_o it_o the_o church_n itself_o distinguish_v into_o 1._o visible_a p._n 172._o 2._o invisible_a p._n 173._o 3._o militant_a p._n ibid._n 4._o triumphant_a ibid._n 5._o malignant_a p._n 174._o ii_o the_o adjunct_n of_o the_o church_n the_o communion_n of_o saint_n in_o which_o consider_v 1._o qualification_n p._n 176._o 2._o due_a exercise_n of_o communion_n p._n 180._o the_o spirit_n of_o communion_n may_v be_v discover_v in_o two_o particular_n 1._o in_o preserve_v communion_n and_o this_o it_o do_v 1._o by_o separation_n of_o false_a