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but_o so_o it_o be_v prov._n 1.22_o how_o long_o you_o simple_a one_o will_v you_o love_v simplicity_n sin_n be_v the_o poison_n of_o the_o soul_n yet_o man_n love_v it_o and_o he_o who_o love_v his_o sin_n hate_v a_o reproof_n 2._o sin_n possess_v man_n with_o a_o lunacy_n luke_n 15.7_o people_z be_v mad_a in_o sin_n jeremiah_n 50.38_o they_o be_v mad_a on_o their_o idol_n when_o sickness_n grow_v so_o violent_a that_o man_n lie_v rave_v and_o be_v mad_a they_o then_o quarrel_v with_o their_o physician_n and_o say_v he_o come_v to_o kill_v they_o so_o when_o sin_n be_v grow_v to_o a_o head_n the_o disease_n turn_v to_o a_o frenzy_n than_o man_n quarrel_n with_o those_o that_o tell_v they_o of_o their_o sin_n and_o be_v ready_a to_o offer_v violence_n to_o their_o physician_n it_o argue_v wisdom_n to_o receive_v a_o reproof_n prov._n 9.8_o rebuke_v a_o wise_a man_n and_o he_o will_v love_v thou_o a_o wise_a man_n have_v rather_o drink_v a_o sharp_a potion_n than_o die_v of_o his_o 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a_o infinite_a mercy_n be_v it_o for_o a_o man_n to_o be_v make_v sensible_a of_o sin_n and_o see_v himself_o sick_a to_o cry_v out_o with_o david_n 2_o sam._n 12.13_o i_o have_v sin_v against_o the_o lord_n be_v it_o not_o a_o mercy_n for_o a_o person_n that_o be_v distract_v to_o be_v restore_v to_o the_o use_n of_o his_o reason_n so_o for_o he_o that_o be_v spiritual_o distemper_v and_o in_o a_o lethargy_n to_o come_v to_o himself_o and_o see_v both_o his_o wound_n and_o his_o remedy_n till_o the_o sinner_n be_v make_v sensible_a of_o his_o disease_n the_o medicine_n of_o mercy_n do_v not_o belong_v to_o he_o apologer_n he_o non_fw-la moris_fw-la â—â—t_n membrum_fw-la non_fw-la percussum_fw-la plaugere_fw-la &_o nondum_fw-la suscepto_fw-la ictu_fw-la admovere_fw-la manum_fw-la fovere_fw-la unguento_fw-it ubi_fw-la non_fw-la dolet_fw-la emplastrum_fw-la adhibere_fw-la ubi_fw-la caesura_fw-la non_fw-la oft_o bâ—rn_v in_o apologer_n branch_n 6_o 6._o if_o sin_n be_v a_o soul-sicknesse_n then_o labour_v to_o get_v this_o disease_n heal_v if_o a_o man_n have_v a_o disease_n in_o his_o body_n a_o pleurisy_n or_o cancer_n he_o will_v use_v all_o mean_n for_o a_o cure_n the_o woman_n in_o the_o gospel_n who_o have_v a_o bloody_a issue_n spend_v her_o whole_a estate_n upon_o the_o physician_n luke_n 8.43_o be_v more_o earnest_a to_o have_v thy_o soul_n cure_v than_o thy_o body_n make_v david_n prayer_n psal_n 41.4_o heal_n my_o soul_n for_o i_o have_v sin_v have_v thou_o a_o consumptive_a body_n rather_o pray_v to_o god_n to_o heal_v the_o consumption_n in_o thy_o soul_n go_v to_o god_n first_o for_o the_o cure_n of_o thy_o soul_n james_n 5.14_o be_v any_o sick_a among_o you_o let_v he_o call_v for_o the_o elder_n of_o the_o church_n and_o let_v they_o pray_v over_o he_o the_o apostle_n do_v not_o say_v let_v he_o call_v for_o the_o physician_n but_o the_o elder_n that_o be_v the_o minister_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d physician_n be_v to_o be_v 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