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1._o to_o bring_v forth_o covenant-duty_n as_o a_o return_n for_o covenant-mercy_n ibid._n 2._o to_o lay_v out_o themselves_o in_o the_o suppression_n of_o sin_n and_o wickedness_n 54_o 3._o to_o countenance_n and_o protect_v the_o good_a people_n of_o the_o land_n 55_o 2._o to_o the_o ministry_n who_o be_v desire_v to_o consider_v 1._o our_o share_n in_o national_a preservation_n 56_o 2._o the_o present_a freedom_n we_o now_o enjoy_v 57_o 3._o what_o yoke_n have_v be_v upon_o we_o ibid._n 4._o what_o opposition_n we_o have_v meet_v withal_o ibid._n 5._o what_o short_a allowance_n some_o good_a minister_n have_v have_v for_o their_o great_a pain_n 58_o 6._o how_o not_o only_o minister_n but_o ministry_n have_v be_v shoot_v at_o by_o man_n of_o bold_a and_o dare_a spirit_n 59_o 60_o which_o consideration_n do_v bespeak_v we_o from_o the_o lord_n 1._o to_o pity_n our_o poor_a congregation_n especial_o the_o un-converted_n in_o they_o 62_o 2._o to_o be_v painful_a in_o all_o our_o calling_n ibid._n 3._o to_o carry_v it_o with_o tenderness_n one_o towards_o another_o in_o case_n of_o small_a difference_n 63_o 4._o to_o press_v after_o purity_n in_o doctrine_n and_o whorship_n 64_o 5._o to_o breathe_v after_o unity_n in_o judgement_n and_o affection_n 65_o 3._o to_o military_a man_n 1._o to_o consider_v their_o inexperience_n and_o unskilfulness_n in_o warlike_a matter_n when_o the_o war_n first_o break_v out_o 66_o 2._o to_o consider_v how_o low_o their_o spirit_n be_v at_o their_o first_o take_v up_o arm_n ibid._n 3._o what_o midianitish_a army_n for_o multitude_n they_o have_v encounter_v with_o 67_o 4._o what_o personal_a preservation_n they_o have_v have_v in_o the_o heat_n of_o war_n ibid._n 5._o the_o great_a thing_n which_o the_o lord_n have_v wrought_v for_o they_o and_o by_o they_o 68_o hence_o these_o duty_n be_v commend_v 1._o not_o to_o sacrifice_v to_o their_o own_o net_n 69_o 2._o to_o own_o the_o lord_n people_n who_o have_v own_v they_o 70_o 3._o to_o be_v humble_v for_o act_n of_o violence_n and_o injustice_n permit_v or_o practise_v by_o they_o 71_o 4._o to_o quicken_v up_o their_o first_o zeal_n for_o god_n his_o truth_n way_n ministry_n and_o people_n 72_o 73_o 4._o to_o mariner_n and_o sea-trading_a man_n 74_o psal_n 107.23_o 24._o open_v and_o enlarge_v upon_o 75_o 76_o 5._o to_o the_o recover_v once_o of_o the_o nation_n who_o the_o lord_n have_v bring_v off_o from_o bed_n of_o sickness_n 77_o 78_o 1._o that_o they_o will_v own_v with_o thankfulness_n the_o mercy_n of_o the_o lord_n 79_o consideration_n to_o quicken_v up_o to_o thankfulness_n 1._o the_o disease_n be_v epidemical_a ibid._n 2._o it_o seize_v upon_o man_n sudden_o 80_o 3._o it_o be_v violent_a ibid._n 4._o it_o be_v weaken_v ibid._n 5._o it_o be_v languish_v 81_o 6._o it_o be_v inevitable_a ibid._n 7._o it_o be_v mortal_a to_o many_o in_o many_o place_n 82_o 2._o that_o they_o will_v make_v good_a their_o sickbed_n thought_n and_o purpose_n ibid._n hezekiahs_n case_n state_v and_o his_o example_n propound_v 2_o chron._n 32.25_o 83_o 84_o 85._o 3._o that_o they_o will_v commune_v with_o their_o own_o heart_n to_o find_v out_o those_o particular_a sin_n for_o which_o the_o lord_n have_v afflict_v they_o 87_o several_a sin_n point_v at_o as_o introducent_a of_o sickness_n ibid._n 4._o that_o they_o will_v consecrate_v their_o life_n unto_o the_o lord_n which_o they_o have_v receive_v 1_o pet._n 4.2_o open_v in_o some_o particular_n 88_o 1._o that_o the_o time_n of_o man_n abode_n in_o the_o flesh_n be_v fix_v and_o determine_v by_o the_o lord_n ibid._n 2._o that_o while_o man_n live_v to_o the_o lust_n of_o man_n he_o live_v not_o according_a to_o the_o law_n of_o his_o creator_n 89_o 3._o that_o he_o only_o live_v to_o the_o law_n of_o his_o creation_n who_o live_v up_o to_o the_o will_n of_o god_n 90_o three_o conclusion_n draw_v from_o act_n 13.36_o 1._o that_o the_o best_a and_o choice_a saint_n be_v not_o exempt_v from_o 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