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not_o find_v any_o need_n of_o christ._n p._n 202_o 2._o he_o will_v not_o hold_v out_o to_o entertain_v christ._n p._n 203_o 3._o he_o will_v not_o for_o sake_n all_o thing_n for_o christ._n p._n 204_o 4._o he_o will_v not_o whole_o depend_v on_o he_o p._n 205_o 5._o he_o will_v not_o undergo_v any_o thing_n for_o christ_n sake_n 206_o mean_n to_o attain_v humiliation_n of_o spirit_n be_v i._o a_o rectify_v judgement_n p._n 207_o from_o a_o rectify_v judgement_n proceed_v sorrow_n for_o sin_n in_o respect_n 1._o sin_n be_v evil_a of_o its_o own_o nature_n p._n 208_o 2._o it_o be_v the_o great_a evil_n because_o it_o deprive_v we_o 1._o of_o the_o best_a outward_a good_a which_o be_v god_n ibid._n 2._o of_o the_o chief_a good_a within_o we_o for_o 1._o it_o deform_v the_o beauty_n and_o strength_n of_o the_o inward_a man_n 2._o it_o weaken_v grace_n within_o we_o p._n 209_o 3._o it_o produce_v evil_a effect_n ibid._n 4._o it_o need_v the_o great_a medicine_n to_o beale_v it_o even_o christ_n himself_o ibid._n ii_o humility_n of_o heart_n p._n 210_o the_o way_n to_o get_v our_o heart_n humble_v be_v 1._o to_o labour_v for_o some_o sense_n of_o holiness_n p._n 211_o 2._o to_o consider_v the_o punishment_n of_o sin_n ibid._n iii_o application_n p._n 213_o iu._n bring_v thing_n to_o a_o propinquity_n p._n 216_o v._n the_o removal_n of_o all_o excuse_n p._n 818_o excuse_n or_o deceit_n be_v 1_o we_o do_v as_o well_o as_o the_o best_a p._n 219_o 2_o we_o have_v as_o good_a meaning_n as_o the_o best_a p._n 221_o 3_o it_o be_v our_o nature_n to_o be_v thus_o and_o thus_o p._n 222_o 4_o our_o condition_n privilege_v we_o p._n 223_o the_o better_a the_o condition_n the_o more_o reason_n to_o serve_v god_n 1_o because_o a_o great_a account_n be_v to_o be_v render_v p._n 224_o 2_o because_o their_o knowledge_n be_v the_o more_o p._n 225_o 3_o because_o a_o great_a judgement_n will_v be_v inflict_v p._n 226_o vi_o the_o obtain_n of_o the_o spirit_n ibid._n vii_o a_o join_v the_o word_n with_o the_o spirit_n p._n 228_o the_o word_n will_v effectual_o humble_v we_o 1_o if_o we_o get_v save_v knowledge_n of_o the_o word_n ibid._n 2_o if_o we_o receive_v it_o as_o the_o word_n of_o god_n p._n 229_o 3_o if_o we_o bring_v it_o home_o to_o the_o conscience_n p._n 231_o three_o rule_n that_o the_o word_n by_o application_n may_v be_v effectual_a to_o humble_v we_o 1_o not_o to_o defer_v or_o put_v off_o the_o work_n of_o the_o spirit_n p._n 232_o 2_o not_o to_o make_v too_o much_o haste_n out_o of_o humiliation_n p._n 233_o 3_o to_o proportion_n humiliation_n to_o the_o sin_n p._n 235_o use_v ii_o to_o exhort_v we_o to_o get_v ourselves_o thorough_o humble_v p._n 236_o motive_n hereunto_o be_v 1._o all_o we_o do_v till_o we_o be_v humble_v be_v but_o lose_a labour_n p._n 237_o reason_n hereof_o be_v because_o 1_o a_o break_a heart_n be_v the_o altar_n on_o which_o we_o must_v offer_v ib._n 2_o a_o humble_a soul_n be_v a_o fit_a habitation_n for_o god_n spirit_n 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see_v in_o christ_n be_v you_o if_o you_o be_v he_o p._n 248_o ii_o to_o tremble_v at_o the_o word_n preach_v p._n 249_o iii_o to_o be_v affect_v with_o the_o word_n when_o it_o come_v in_o the_o edence_n of_o the_o spirit_n p._n 251_o in_o the_o word_n two_o thing_n 1_o meat_n ibid._n 2_o medicine_n p._n 253_o iu._n to_o be_v little_a in_o one_o own_o eye_n p._n 254_o v._n to_o yield_v a_o general_a obedience_n unto_o christ._n p._n 255_o humiliation_n fit_v the_o soul_n for_o obedience_n because_o 1_o it_o make_v a_o man_n see_v god_n in_o his_o holiness_n and_o power_n 256_o 2_o it_o make_v he_o desire_v the_o favour_n of_o god_n ibid._n 3_o it_o make_v he_o choose_v god_n
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