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unto_o i_o all_o you_o that_o travel_n and_o be_v heavy_a lade_v 11.28_o mat._n 11.28_o and_o i_o will_v refresh_v you_o if_o thou_o can_v run_v to_o jesus_n christ_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o thy_o grief_n and_o misery_n by_o true_a repentance_n and_o earnest_a prayer_n than_o he_o will_v become_v a_o bless_a simon_n to_o bear_v thy_o cross_n for_o thou_o he_o will_v put_v under_o his_o own_o shoulder_n he_o will_v take_v thy_o sin_n and_o the_o anger_n of_o god_n and_o bear_v they_o on_o his_o own_o back_n and_o if_o we_o can_v but_o fling_v ourselves_o into_o the_o bless_a arm_n of_o his_o mercy_n he_o will_v give_v everlasting_a rest_n unto_o our_o soul_n and_o last_o whereas_o many_o of_o god_n child_n complain_v 1.12_o lam._n 1.12_o as_o jeremy_n see_v if_o there_o be_v ever_o any_o sorrow_n like_o my_o sorrow_n and_o as_o the_o prophet_n david_n complain_v have_v god_n forget_v to_o be_v gracious_a and_o have_v he_o shut_v up_o his_o love_a kindness_n in_o displeasure_n yet_o they_o must_v know_v and_o confess_v that_o god_n do_v in_o a_o short_a time_n comfort_v his_o child_n and_o that_o his_o affliction_n be_v neither_o troublesome_a nor_o tedious_a for_o though_o they_o last_o for_o the_o space_n of_o a_o man_n life_n what_o be_v a_o man_n life_n but_o a_o span_a long_a and_o a_o thousand_o year_n with_o god_n be_v but_o as_o a_o day_n again_o when_o they_o be_v past_a and_o go_v though_o they_o last_v many_o year_n it_o seem_v but_o a_o short_a time_n and_o what_o be_v twenty_o year_n affliction_n in_o comparison_n of_o eternal_a joy_n and_o happiness_n in_o heaven_n who_o have_v not_o rather_o lead_v their_o life_n in_o misery_n here_o then_o in_o eternal_a torment_n in_o hell_n fire_n in_o the_o life_n to_o come_v well_o see_v the_o affliction_n of_o god_n child_n be_v use_v 2_o but_o light_n and_o moment_n any_o and_o last_v but_o for_o a_o few_o day_n we_o must_v learn_v that_o lesson_n which_o saint_n paul_n teach_v we_o namely_o to_o rejoice_v in_o affliction_n know_v 5.3_o rom._n 5.3_o that_o affliction_n bring_v forth_o patience_n patience_n in_o suffering_n bring_v forth_o experience_n of_o god_n love_n and_o favour_n and_o experience_n hope_v and_o hope_n make_v we_o rest_v ourselves_o whole_o content_a to_o wait_v the_o lord_n leisure_n and_o be_v it_o not_o for_o this_o hope_n that_o god_n will_v one_o day_n ease_v we_o the_o heart_n of_o god_n child_n will_v burst_v in_o sunder_o and_o his_o hope_n make_v we_o not_o ashamed_a see_v that_o such_o be_v the_o love_n of_o god_n that_o he_o never_o fail_v nor_o forsake_v his_o child_n many_o indeed_o be_v our_o infirmity_n fear_n care_n sorrow_n and_o trouble_n here_o yet_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o they_o all_o we_o must_v say_v with_o the_o prophet_n 42.5_o psal_n 42.5_o why_o be_v thou_o cast_v down_o oh_o my_o soul_n and_o why_o be_v thou_o disquiet_v within_o i_o wait_v on_o god_n for_o i_o will_v yet_o give_v he_o thanks_o he_o be_v my_o present_a help_n and_o my_o god_n let_v we_o not_o therefore_o despair_v in_o the_o time_n of_o trouble_n 16.20_o rom._n 16.20_o the_o god_n of_o peace_n shall_v tread_v satan_n under_o your_o foot_n short_o he_o be_v faithful_a which_o have_v promise_v affliction_n must_v be_v our_o portion_n here_o we_o must_v then_o get_v faith_n and_o patience_n into_o our_o soul_n that_o so_o we_o may_v hold_v out_o unto_o the_o end_n the_o three_o general_a observation_n be_v the_o deliverance_n itself_o with_o the_o several_a fruit_n and_o benefit_n thereof_o in_o these_o word_n he_o will_v revive_v we_o he_o will_v raise_v we_o up_o itself_o the_o deliverance_n itself_o and_o we_o shall_v live_v in_o his_o sight_n 2.1_o eph._n 2.1_o which_o word_n be_v expound_v by_o the_o apostle_n paul_n when_o he_o say_v you_o that_o be_v dead_a in_o trtspass_n and_o sin_n have_v he_o quicken_v mean_v thereby_o that_o until_o such_o time_n as_o we_o be_v quicken_v and_o that_o the_o lord_n do_v revive_v we_o by_o the_o grace_n of_o regeneration_n we_o be_v no_o better_o then_o dead_a man_n howsoever_o we_o walk_v and_o talk_v hear_v and_o perform_v the_o action_n of_o man_n yet_o in_o respect_n of_o any_o spiritual_a life_n or_o any_o spiritual_a action_n alas_o we_o be_v stark_o dead_a till_o the_o lord_n revive_v we_o this_o be_v so_o we_o learn_v hence_o a_o twofold_a doctrine_n first_o that_o by_o nature_n we_o be_v all_o stark_a dead_a in_o trespass_n and_o sin_n and_o second_o that_o our_o regeneration_n be_v as_o hardly_o wrought_v as_o to_o raise_v up_o a_o dead_a man_n and_o to_o restore_v he_o again_o to_o life_n doct._n 3_o for_o the_o first_o of_o these_o we_o be_v teach_v here_o what_o we_o be_v by_o nature_n
life_n all_o man_n by_o nature_n be_v dead_a in_o respect_n of_o any_o spiritual_a life_n namely_o dead_a in_o trespass_n and_o sin_n sin_n be_v the_o bane_n and_o death_n of_o our_o soul_n for_o the_o wage_n of_o sin_n be_v death_n death_n bring_v we_o into_o the_o full_a and_o absolute_a power_n of_o the_o devil_n that_o we_o be_v all_o of_o we_o thus_o servant_n unto_o sin_n it_o be_v plain_a by_o the_o apostle_n complaint_n 2.17_o eph._n 2.1_o rom._n 6.23_o rom._n 7.14_o rom._n 6.16_o gen._n 2.17_o i_o be_o carnal_a sell_v under_o sin_n and_o then_o unto_o who_o soever_o we_o give_v ourselves_o as_o servant_n to_o obey_v his_o servant_n we_o be_v now_o that_o we_o be_v all_o by_o nature_n servant_n unto_o sin_n and_o unto_o death_n it_o can_v be_v deny_v for_o what_o be_v it_o that_o god_n say_v unto_o adam_n in_o the_o day_n that_o thou_o eat_v thereof_o thou_o shall_v die_v the_o death_n as_o soon_o as_o adam_n have_v sin_v present_o the_o sentence_n take_v place_n and_o adam_n be_v now_o become_v the_o child_n of_o death_n and_o eternal_a destruction_n become_v his_o portion_n and_o this_o be_v the_o condition_n of_o all_o adam_n posterity_n there_o be_v not_o the_o great_a the_o noble_a the_o wealthy_a nor_o the_o fair_a among_o the_o son_n of_o man_n but_o we_o be_v thus_o bind_v till_o the_o son_n make_v we_o free_a man_n be_v not_o only_o sick_a with_o sin_n or_o wound_v by_o sin_n or_o half_a dead_a but_o stark_o dead_a bereave_v of_o all_o spiritual_a sense_n and_o motion_n and_o this_o do_v the_o apostle_n most_o lively_a &_o effectual_o set_v out_o unto_o we_o in_o another_o place_n when_o he_o say_v you_o be_v once_o darkness_n 5.8_o eph._n 5.8_o but_o now_o be_v light_a in_o the_o lord_n he_o do_v not_o say_v we_o be_v in_o darkness_n 3.6_o io._n 3.6_o for_o then_o perhaps_o we_o may_v have_v come_v of_o ourselves_o into_o the_o light_n again_o but_o you_o be_v darkness_n darkness_n itself_o yea_o nothing_o else_o but_o darkness_n and_o hence_o again_o be_v it_o that_o natural_a man_n be_v call_v flesh_n not_o fleshly_a but_o flesh_n itself_o and_o the_o wisdom_n that_o be_v 8.7_o rom._n 8.7_o the_o best_a part_n that_o can_v be_v in_o a_o natural_a man_n what_o be_v it_o but_o enmity_n with_o god_n it_o may_v bring_v a_o man_n to_o hell_n but_o it_o can_v lead_v he_o one_o inch_n near_o unto_o heaven_n and_o therefore_o be_v thus_o stark_o dead_a in_o sin_n alas_o what_o can_v a_o dead_a man_n do_v to_o help_v himself_o no_o more_o can_v a_o natural_a man_n move_v so_o much_o as_o one_o finger_n to_o procure_v salvation_n to_o himself_o no_o no_o be_v dead_a in_o sin_n we_o can_v so_o much_o as_o think_v one_o good_a thought_n much_o less_o have_v we_o free_a will_n of_o ourselves_o to_o seek_v for_o salvation_n until_o such_o time_n as_o the_o lord_n have_v reviue_v we_o and_o quicken_v we_o by_o the_o spirit_n of_o grace_n lazarus_n in_o the_o gospel_n have_v lie_v dead_a four_o day_n in_o the_o grave_n so_o as_o he_o 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