life_n in_o they_o we_o may_v see_v it_o act_n 13._o 50._o there_o it_o be_v say_v that_o the_o jew_n stir_v up_o certain_a devout_a and_o honourable_a woman_n and_o raise_v persecution_n against_o paul_n and_o barnabas_n and_o expel_v they_o out_o of_o their_o coast_n though_o they_o hate_v paul_n and_o barnabas_n yet_o they_o be_v say_v to_o be_v devout_a and_o honourable_a woman_n they_o imagine_v they_o be_v very_o devout_a they_o conceive_v they_o be_v religious_a how_o many_o man_n and_o woman_n be_v there_o that_o think_v they_o be_v righteous_a and_o they_o will_v do_v many_o duty_n and_o take_v many_o good_a course_n in_o so_o much_o that_o it_o will_v pity_v a_o man_n to_o think_v they_o shall_v go_v to_o hell_n they_o will_v be_v very_o zealous_a they_o will_v be_v very_o earnest_a against_o drunkenness_n and_o cry_v out_o against_o the_o abomination_n of_o the_o time_n they_o be_v marvellous_a devout_a and_o godly_a and_o yet_o a_o man_n that_o be_v devout_a and_o godly_a 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this_o will_v make_v our_o heart_n that_o they_o will_v not_o be_v so_o wanton_a and_o our_o spirit_n that_o they_o will_v not_o be_v so_o brisk_a though_o they_o will_v never_o so_o fain_a mind_n earthly_a thing_n they_o can_v if_o the_o lord_n will_v be_v please_v but_o to_o charge_v his_o law_n upon_o the_o heart_n it_o will_v make_v the_o stout_a spirit_n to_o yield_v three_o this_o take_v away_o the_o imputation_n that_o 3._o be_v lay_v upon_o the_o word_n of_o god_n many_o think_v hardly_o of_o the_o word_n of_o god_n it_o take_v away_o the_o spirit_n of_o man_n the_o preach_v of_o the_o law_n it_o pull_v down_o the_o spirit_n of_o man_n and_o break_v man_n heart_n it_o make_v man_n have_v no_o spirit_n as_o they_o say_v of_o jeremy_n thou_o make_v the_o knee_n feeble_a so_o the_o law_n infeeble_v the_o knee_n and_o take_v away_o the_o spirit_n of_o a_o man_n why_o here_o we_o see_v that_o the_o law_n of_o god_n will_v do_v so_o it_o be_v the_o property_n of_o the_o law_n to_o 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according_a to_o his_o mercy_n he_o save_v we_o by_o the_o wash_n of_o regeneration_n and_o renew_v of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n the_o lord_n remove_v the_o old_a rubbish_n and_o put_v a_o new_a fabric_n in_o the_o room_n as_o a_o goldsmith_n he_o take_v a_o vessel_n of_o dishonour_n and_o melt_v it_o and_o make_v it_o a_o vessel_n of_o honour_n god_n do_v undo_v the_o old_a workmanship_n and_o make_v a_o new_a as_o david_n say_v create_v in_o i_o o_o lord_n a_o clean_a heart_n etc._n etc._n psal_n 51._o 10._o david_n think_v he_o have_v lose_v all_o therefore_o he_o pray_v to_o god_n that_o he_o may_v be_v new_a cast_n that_o he_o may_v be_v take_v all_o to_o piece_n as_o a_o watchmaker_n take_v a_o watch_n that_o be_v out_o of_o order_n he_o take_v it_o all_o to_o piece_n and_o set_v it_o together_o anew_o again_o so_o he_o pray_v god_n to_o deal_v with_o he_o he_o have_v lose_v all_o in_o sense_n and_o feeling_n and_o will_v have_v god_n make_v he_o a_o new_a workmanship_n it_o be_v 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