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be_v now_o under_o a_o law_n for_o justification_n which_o exclude_v all_o boast_n rom._n 3._o 27._o so_o that_o though_o we_o have_v joy_n enough_o in_o another_o yet_o we_o may_v have_v we_o always_o have_v sufficient_a cause_n of_o humiliation_n in_o ourselves_o the_o gospel_n will_v teach_v a_o man_n to_o feel_v sin_n and_o believe_v righteousness_n at_o the_o same_o time_n faith_n will_v carry_v heaven_n in_o one_o hand_n and_o hell_n in_o the_o other_o show_v the_o one_o deserve_v the_o other_o purchase_v a_o man_n may_v see_v enough_o of_o his_o own_o sin_n and_o folly_n to_o bring_v gehennam_fw-la è_fw-la coelo_fw-la a_o hell_n of_o wrath_n out_o of_o heaven_n and_o yet_o see_v christ_n bring_v coelum_fw-la ex_fw-la inferno_fw-la a_o heaven_n of_o blessedness_n out_o of_o a_o
its_o principle_n it_o be_v from_o a_o spirit_n of_o bondage_n rom._n 18._o 15._o we_o have_v not_o again_o receive_v the_o spirit_n of_o bondage_n unto_o fear_n it_o be_v not_o such_o a_o fear_n as_o make_v a_o occasional_a incursion_n upon_o the_o mind_n or_o soul_n such_o as_o i_o shall_z xcit_v and_o occasion_v by_o incident_a darkness_n and_o temptation_n such_o as_o the_o best_a and_o person_n of_o the_o high_a assurance_n be_v liable_a and_o obnoxious_a unto_o but_o it_o be_v such_o as_o have_v a_o complete_a abide_a principle_n in_o the_o soul_n even_o a_o spirit_n of_o bondage_n a_o prevail_a frame_n constant_o incline_v it_o to_o fear_v or_o dreadful_a apprehension_n of_o god_n and_o its_o own_o condition_n second_o that_o it_o tend_v to_o bondage_n it_o bring_v the_o soul_n into_o bondage_n heb._n 2._o 14_o 15._o he_o die_v to_o deliver_v they_o who_o by_o fear_n of_o death_n be_v in_o bondage_n all_o their_o day_n fear_v of_o death_n as_o penal_a as_o it_o lie_v in_o the_o curse_n which_o be_v that_o fear_n that_o proceed_v from_o a_o spirit_n of_o bondage_n bring_v the_o person_n in_o who_o it_o be_v into_o bondage_n that_o be_v it_o add_v weariness_n trouble_n and_o anxiety_n of_o mind_n unto_o fear_n and_o put_v they_o upon_o all_o way_n and_o mean_v imaginable_a undue_o and_o disorderly_o to_o seek_v for_o a_o remedy_n or_o relief_n three_o it_o have_v torment_n fear_n have_v torment_v 1_o joh._n 4._o 18._o it_o give_v no_o rest_n no_o quietness_n unto_o the_o mind_n now_o this_o be_v so_o cast_v out_o by_o gospel_n assurance_n of_o forgiveness_n that_o though_o it_o may_v assault_v the_o soul_n it_o shall_v not_o possess_v it_o though_o it_o make_v incursion_n upon_o it_o it_o shall_v not_o dwell_v abide_v and_o prevail_v in_o it_o 3._o it_o give_v the_o soul_n a_o hope_n and_o expectation_n of_o the_o glory_n that_o shall_v be_v reveal_v and_o secret_o stir_v it_o up_o and_o enlivens_fw-la it_o unto_o a_o supportment_n in_o suffering_n trial_n and_o temptation_n this_o be_v the_o hope_n which_o make_v not_o ashamed_a rom._n 5._o 5._o and_o that_o because_o it_o will_v never_o expose_v the_o soul_n unto_o disappointment_n where_o ever_o there_o be_v the_o root_n of_o assurance_n there_o will_v be_v this_o fruit_n of_o hope_n the_o proper_a object_n of_o it_o be_v thing_n absent_a invisible_a eternal_a the_o promise_a reward_n in_o all_o the_o notion_n respect_n and_o concernment_n of_o it_o this_o hope_n go_v out_o unto_o in_o distress_n temptation_n fail_n and_o under_o a_o sense_n of_o the_o guilt_n and_o power_n of_o sin_n hence_o arise_v a_o spring_n of_o secret_a relief_n in_o the_o soul_n something_o that_o calm_v the_o heart_n and_o quiet_v the_o spirit_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o many_o a_o storm_n now_o as_o where_o ever_o assurance_n be_v there_o will_v be_v this_o hope_n so_o where_o ever_o this_o secret_a relieve_v hope_n be_v it_o grow_v on_o no_o other_o root_n but_o a_o live_a persuasion_n of_o a_o personal_a 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