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direction_n do_v and_o will_v mighty_o enable_v the_o spirit_n in_o his_o office_n of_o uphold_v and_o strengthen_v man_n in_o the_o day_n of_o adversity_n the_o word_n of_o god_n be_v suitable_a nourishment_n unto_o the_o spirit_n it_o be_v strong_a and_o the_o admirable_a strength_n of_o the_o spirit_n it_o be_v sweet_a and_o the_o great_a refresher_n of_o the_o spirit_n it_o do_v every_o way_n so_o glad_a and_o cheer_v man_n spirit_n that_o it_o give_v he_o most_o sure_a ground_n of_o stand_v under_o the_o great_a burden_n note_v believe_v i_o if_o that_o conscience_n be_v not_o inform_v by_o the_o word_n it_o be_v blind_a and_o where_o it_o be_v not_o feed_v by_o the_o promise_n it_o be_v infirm_a and_o can_v never_o bear_v up_o our_o infirmity_n unless_o thy_o law_n have_v be_v my_o delight_n i_o shall_v then_o have_v perish_v in_o my_o affliction_n psal_n 119._o 92._o 4._o faith_n in_o operation_n a_o faith_n 4._o faith_n conscience_n full_a of_o infidelity_n be_v full_a of_o 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those_o miserable_a evil_n a_o man_n have_v now_o his_o conscience_n open_v and_o be_v make_v to_o know_v and_o apprehend_v the_o extremity_n of_o misery_n which_o now_o lie_v upon_o he_o even_o with_o fullness_n of_o weight_n the_o spirit_n of_o man_n be_v live_v and_o very_o tender_a and_o misery_n and_o distress_n be_v feel_v in_o a_o sear_a conscience_n there_o be_v nothing_o but_o senselessness_n for_o that_o be_v past_a feel_n ephes_n 4._o 19_o but_o in_o a_o wound_a conscience_n there_o be_v some_o life_n and_o tenderness_n the_o practical_a notion_n be_v not_o quite_o extinguish_v the_o natural_a light_n be_v still_o burn_a and_o indeed_o misery_n will_v not_o be_v misery_n unto_o we_o do_v they_o not_o touch_v we_o to_o the_o quick_a 3._o the_o manner_n of_o the_o apprehend_n of_o those_o miserable_a evil_n which_o be_v every_o way_n most_o grievous_a for_o first_o of_o all_o it_o be_v with_o much_o distrosse_n of_o foul_a the_o soul_n be_v thereby_o fill_v with_o 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thing_n do_v terrify_v it_o nothing_o do_v comfort_v it_o three_o it_o be_v a_o spirit_n fill_v with_o horror_n and_o fear_n and_o that_o not_o only_o in_o the_o apprehension_n of_o present_a misery_n but_o by_o the_o expectation_n of_o more_o and_o future_a evil_n the_o wound_a spirit_n be_v a_o spirit_n of_o horrible_a bondage_n and_o keep_v a_o man_n in_o bondage_n to_o servile_a terror_n tremble_a thought_n the_o dreadful_a sound_n be_v always_o hear_v and_o such_o man_n do_v create_v meditate_v and_o multiply_v fear_n the_o spirit_n of_o tremble_a do_v so_o overtake_v they_o that_o they_o be_v a_o terror_n unto_o themselves_o they_o daily_o apprehend_v nothing_o but_o guilt_n and_o wrath_n and_o death_n and_o hell_n and_o damnation_n job_n 15._o 21._o deut._n 28._o 65._o dan._n 5._o jer._n 20._o 4._o four_o it_o be_v full_a of_o unquietness_n and_o daily_a toss_n and_o tumbling_n it_o be_v exceed_o restless_a and_o rage_a o_o the_o disquiet_n of_o a_o wound_a conscience_n the_o sea_n in_o time_n of_o tempest_n be_v not_o more_o rage_v and_o roll_a madness_n be_v not_o more_o work_v and_o unquiet_a the_o plague_n and_o other_o impetuous_a disease_n be_v not_o more_o vex_v and_o restless_a to_o a_o man_n then_o a_o wound_a spirit_n be_v thou_o keep_v my_o eye_n wake_v say_v david_n psal_n 77._o 4._o when_o i_o hold_v my_o tongue_n my_o bone_n consume_v thy_o hand_n be_v heavy_a upon_o i_o day_n and_o night_n psal_n 2._o 3_o 4._o my_o sore_n run_v and_o cease_v not_o in_o the_o night_n psal_n 77._o 2._o why_o be_v thou_o so_o disquiet_v within_o i_o o_o my_o soul_n psal_n 43._o 5._o last_o the_o spirit_n be_v cast_v into_o the_o devour_a gulf_n of_o desperation_n such_o under_o the_o feel_n of_o their_o
ordinary_o take_v lest_o notice_n of_o their_o spiritual_a wound_n in_o their_o cause_n and_o cure_v they_o be_v lumpish_a and_o heavy_a full_a of_o sad_a thought_n &_o evil_a imagination_n &_o many_o time_n they_o roar_v and_o complain_v but_o this_o be_v their_o wound_n man_n do_v mistake_v the_o spirit_n wound_n ignorance_n they_o know_v not_o what_o ail_v they_o they_o be_v so_o mistake_v in_o the_o cause_n &_o business_n in_o hand_n that_o they_o judge_v themselves_o to_o be_v under_o some_o bodily_a distemper_n by_o melancholy_n passion_n and_o other_o violent_a humour_n a_o great_a madness_n and_o ignorance_n in_o man_n and_o be_v fall_v upon_o this_o point_n let_v i_o tell_v you_o that_o melancholy_a prevail_a in_o man_n do_v come_v very_o near_o to_o the_o trouble_n of_o conscience_n but_o it_o be_v not_o the_o wound_n of_o conscience_n here_o speak_v of_o satan_n make_v it_o his_o bait_n and_o man_n make_v it_o his_o burden_n but_o we_o may_v not_o make_v it_o this_o wound_n concern_v which_o i_o shall_v yield_v you_o two_o thing_n 1._o that_o melancholy_n give_v man_n the_o operation_n of_o melancholy_n in_o man_n way_n unto_o do_v corrupt_v the_o imagination_n and_o those_o action_n of_o the_o mind_n or_o the_o â—ext_a instrument_n by_o which_o the_o mind_n work_v that_o therewith_o the_o heart_n affection_n and_o conscience_n be_v great_o distemper_v with_o fear_n and_o grief_n and_o do_v conceive_v a_o many_o uneschewable_a misery_n against_o itself_o against_o which_o fancy_n and_o imagination_n no_o argument_n of_o reason_n can_v prevail_v and_o this_o darken_n vapour_n and_o blackish_a fume_n thus_o affect_v the_o soul_n do_v add_v torment_n unto_o it_o make_v it_o for_o the_o time_n uncapable_a of_o the_o sense_n of_o comfort_n i_o say_v this_o humour_n of_o melancholy_n have_v very_o subtle_a spirit_n that_o fly_v up_o into_o the_o brain_n and_o the_o instrument_n of_o discretion_n and_o there_o they_o lodge_v their_o contagious_a quality_n which_o corrupt_v the_o spirit_n and_o annoy_v both_o heart_n and_o brain_n whence_o arise_v strange_a imagination_n and_o fancy_n in_o the_o head_n head_n and_o heart_n have_v intercourse_n and_o body_n and_o soul_n be_v unite_v the_o soul_n be_v nor_o thereby_o a_o little_a trouble_v 2._o that_o what_o ever_o vain_a man_n judge_v melancholy_a be_v not_o a_o spiritual_a malady_n or_o the_o wonder_n spirit_n here_o speak_v of_o the_o difference_n reason_n melancholy_n be_v not_o the_o wound_a spirit_n prove_v by_o 5._o reason_n between_o both_o be_v great_a as_o 1._o in_o the_o ground_n and_o cause_n the_o trouble_n of_o melancholy_n arise_v either_o from_o natural_a cause_n in_o the_o body_n or_o from_o suppose_a and_o feign_a cause_n the_o imagination_n conceive_v thing_n to_o be_v so_o and_o so_o when_o indeed_o nothing_o be_v real_o so_o the_o trouble_n of_o conscience_n arise_v from_o the_o sight_n and_o sense_n of_o sin_n in_o the_o soul_n the_o apprehension_n of_o divine_a wrath_n due_a to_o man_n for_o sin_n and_o such_o like_a spiritual_a and_o real_a cause_n 2._o in_o the_o seat_n of_o it_o trouble_n from_o melancholy_a seat_n themselves_o in_o the_o head_n and_o natural_a spirit_n the_o man_n have_v lose_v the_o right_a use_n of_o his_o wit_n and_o be_v mistake_v in_o his_o imagination_n in_o conceit_n become_v monstrous_a true_a trouble_n be_v in_o the_o conscience_n and_o whole_a soul_n of_o man_n 3._o in_o the_o cure_n of_o it_o physic_n may_v cure_v the_o one_o it_o be_v a_o bodily_a disease_n or_o distemper_n but_o it_o be_v not_o all_o artificial_a and_o natural_a mean_n that_o can_v cure_v the_o wound_n of_o the_o spirit_n 4._o in_o the_o effect_n of_o it_o melancholy_a make_v a_o man_n simple_a and_o absurd_a in_o his_o thought_n touch_v himself_o such_o man_n will_v speak_v to_o you_o and_o yet_o conceive_v themselves_o to_o be_v without_o head_n or_o heart_n and_o life_n they_o will_v tell_v you_o that_o they_o see_v devil_n and_o feel_v devil_n within_o they_o and_o you_o shall_v hear_v many_o odd_a thing_n from_o they_o when_o as_o trouble_v of_o conscience_n lose_v not_o itself_o but_o speak_v according_a to_o the_o truth_n and_o feel_n of_o itself_o 5._o in_o the_o enlargement_n of_o it_o melancholy_a seldom_o or_o never_o work_v grief_n for_o god_n dishonour_n it_o be_v not_o touch_v with_o sorrow_n for_o sin_n and_o when_o it_o be_v cure_v it_o give_v not_o a_o man_n any_o ground_n and_o measure_n of_o spiritual_a joy_n it_o enforce_v not_o a_o man_n to_o christ_n for_o ease_n and_o rest_n it_o quicken_v no_o man_n to_o prayer_n and_o duty_n all_o which_o the_o wound_n of_o the_o spirit_n in_o some_o man_n do_v most_o kind_o and_o save_o three_o and_o last_o let_v we_o know_v ourselves_o right_o in_o our_o trouble_n of_o mind_n and_o we_o shall_v the_o better_o know_v ourselves_o in_o our_o comfort_n nothing_o do_v so_o prepare_v the_o heart_n for_o comfort_n and_o make_v we_o to_o relish_v our_o comfort_n as_o the_o sense_n of_o soul_n trouble_n and_o heaviness_n i_o dare_v affirm_v that_o if_o we_o do_v know_v and_o find_v our_o spiritual_a want_n and_o wound_n more_o we_o will_v and_o shall_v withal_o be_v more_o upon_o the_o way_n and_o feeling_n of_o comfort_n than_o we_o be_v use_v 2_o second_o let_v we_o have_v compassion_n on_o such_o who_o be_v wound_v in_o spirit_n you_o see_v that_o such_o be_v the_o weight_n of_o their_o wound_n as_o neither_o eye_n have_v see_v ear_n have_v hear_v or_o tongue_n of_o man_n be_v able_a full_o to_o express_v none_o can_v in_o any_o way_n of_o expression_n speak_v of_o it_o but_o such_o as_o have_v more_o or_o less_o feel_v it_o and_o shall_v we_o pass_v by_o any_o that_o be_v labour_v under_o this_o burden_n not_o yield_v they_o our_o pity_n it_o be_v a_o foolish_a madness_n in_o many_o to_o think_v this_o sickness_n and_o this_o wound_n to_o be_v but_o passion_n conceit_n and_o mopishnesse_n put_v into_o their_o head_n by_o read_v good_a book_n or_o hear_v some_o strict_a preacher_n or_o melancholy_a &_o because_o it_o often_o change_v the_o body_n they_o think_v it_o arise_v from_o the_o body_n and_o what_o need_v all_o this_o ado_n about_o it_o it_o be_v curse_a cruelty_n in_o any_o to_o look_v upon_o any_o labour_a under_o this_o wound_n cry_v out_o against_o they_o censure_v of_o they_o for_o hypocrite_n and_o in_o thought_n sentence_v they_o to_o hell_n blaspheme_v their_o god_n and_o their_o religion_n o_o soul_n consideration_n for_o the_o pity_v of_o wound_a in_o soul_n you_o ignorant_a man_n learn_v better_a and_o be_v now_o instruct_v 1._o that_o there_o be_v no_o disease_n for_o symptom_n and_o torment_n like_v unto_o this_o all_o other_o malady_n be_v natural_a but_o this_o be_v supernatural_a they_o come_v from_o the_o constitution_n of_o the_o body_n this_o of_o the_o soul_n in_o they_o the_o humour_n first_o in_o this_o the_o conscience_n first_o and_o humour_n last_o be_v distemper_v they_o may_v all_o be_v cure_v by_o natural_a remedy_n the_o body_n may_v be_v bring_v to_o a_o fittemperature_n but_o it_o be_v not_o all_o the_o medicine_n under_o heaven_n that_o be_v mere_o natural_a can_v cure_v or_o comfort_v here_o 2._o that_o it_o be_v a_o argument_n of_o a_o unsanctified_a and_o stony_a heart_n within_o man_n to_o disregard_n tax_v or_o censure_v man_n under_o the_o misery_n of_o inward_a perplexity_n you_o be_v merciless_a and_o want_a tenderness_n and_o experience_n can_v pity_v they_o aright_o 3._o bless_a be_v such_o as_o judge_v wise_o of_o such_o poor_a soul_n and_o do_v labour_n to_o relieve_v their_o soul_n in_o their_o wound_n this_o be_v a_o work_n of_o mercy_n indeed_o and_o a_o business_n become_v the_o most_o excellent_a of_o christian_n christian_n motive_n to_o pity_n and_o to_o relieve_v wound_a christian_n christ_n himself_o receive_v his_o anoint_v and_o be_v send_v of_o god_n to_o bind_v up_o the_o break_a heart_a esay_n 61._o 1_o 2_o 3._o minister_n have_v the_o tongue_n of_o the_o learned_a give_v they_o to_o speak_v a_o word_n of_o comfort_n to_o such_o who_o soul_n be_v weary_a esa_n 50._o 4._o and_o shall_v not_o we_o that_o be_v christian_n comfort_v the_o feeble_a mind_v and_o support_v the_o weak_a 1_o thes_n 5._o 14._o bear_v one_o another_o burden_n o_o let_v we_o pity_v such_o and_o pray_v earnest_o to_o god_n for_o such_o consider_v our_o own_o case_n gal._n 6._o 1._o will_v we_o not_o be_v pray_v for_o be_v we_o in_o their_o condition_n use_v 3_o three_o how_o thankful_a shall_v all_o christian_n be_v for_o their_o freedom_n from_o this_o great_a burden_n of_o a_o wound_a spirit_n tell_v i_o be_v you_o set_v at_o liberty_n and_o be_v all_o peace_n and_o rest_n within_o be_v the_o band_n of_o the_o distress_n break_v will_v
thou_o be_v under_o the_o same_o estate_n again_o to_o feel_v those_o hell_n and_o sorrow_n which_o once_o be_v endure_v by_o thou_o no_o sure_o than_o stir_v up_o thy_o heart_n to_o bless_v thy_o god_n who_o have_v take_v off_o this_o heavy_a burden_n from_o thy_o soul_n bless_v he_o daily_o and_o due_o a_o man_n can_v never_o be_v thankful_a enough_o for_o the_o ease_n and_o free_a doom_n of_o his_o spirit_n some_o man_n walk_v with_o senseless_a spirit_n and_o they_o bless_v god_n that_o they_o be_v never_o trouble_v in_o mind_n all_o the_o day_n of_o their_o life_n some_o man_n walk_v with_o wound_n in_o their_o spirit_n and_o will_v give_v all_o the_o world_n do_v they_o enjoy_v it_o for_o freedom_n and_o ease_n and_o shall_v any_o man_n enjoy_v the_o liberty_n and_o peace_n of_o his_o conscience_n from_o god_n and_o yet_o walk_v without_o joy_n and_o praise_n it_o well_o become_v man_n heal_v of_o their_o wound_n out_o of_o that_o ease_n and_o liberty_n they_o have_v obtain_v to_o be_v very_o joyful_a and_o thankful_a use_v 4_o four_o to_o learn_v we_o in_o holy_a fear_n and_o care_n lest_o that_o we_o shall_v bring_v this_o heavy_a and_o insupportable_a wound_n upon_o ourselves_o natural_o we_o shun_v all_o paenall_a evil_n and_o dread_v the_o plunge_a of_o ourselves_o into_o distress_n know_v that_o we_o have_v say_v enough_o it_o be_v a_o burden_n that_o none_o can_v bear_v think_v not_o out_o of_o your_o ignorance_n and_o pride_n to_o outface_v conscience_n or_o that_o ever_o you_o shall_v be_v able_a to_o stand_v under_o the_o burden_n of_o its_o wound_n it_o will_v amaze_v you_o and_o bring_v you_o down_o and_o therefore_o strive_v to_o avoid_v the_o pang_n and_o pain_n of_o it_o and_o to_o this_o purpose_n first_o know_v that_o conscience_n within_o be_v a_o most_o tender_a part_n which_o will_v be_v soon_o trouble_v and_o wound_v second_o know_v that_o conscience_n trouble_v be_v a_o most_o vex_a part_n if_o a_o man_n trouble_v his_o eye_n simile_n his_o eye_n will_v trouble_v he_o and_o so_o it_o be_v here_o all_o the_o vexation_n will_v be_v unto_o ourselves_o three_o know_v that_o conscience_n under_o wound_n be_v pine_v and_o will_v languish_v itself_o unto_o death_n prov._n 12._o 25._o four_o consider_v how_o apt_a man_n be_v to_o wound_v conscience_n and_o they_o do_v it_o many_o way_n well_o then_o follow_v this_o counsel_n spirit_n six_o rule_n for_o the_o keep_n of_o the_o wound_n of_o spirit_n 1._o make_v no_o adventure_n upon_o sin_n for_o a_o man_n to_o make_v light_n of_o the_o least_o sin_n and_o impudent_o or_o improvident_o to_o hazard_v his_o soul_n upon_o the_o occasion_n of_o sin_n be_v the_o ready_a way_n to_o wound_v the_o spirit_n there_o be_v too_o too_o many_o who_o out_o of_o a_o secret_a confidence_n of_o their selfe_o maintenance_n do_v object_n their_o soul_n upon_o sinful_a company_n they_o do_v as_o many_o man_n that_o go_v out_o of_o their_o house_n well_o and_o sound_a but_o home_n they_o be_v bring_v all_o gore_a and_o wound_v in_o like_a manner_n sinful_a occasion_n have_v the_o advantage_n of_o we_o and_o will_v soon_o wound_v we_o let_v we_o not_o proud_o presume_v of_o our_o own_o strength_n it_o be_v not_o the_o largeness_n of_o our_o judgement_n or_o fullness_n of_o our_o grace_n or_o the_o peremptorinesse_n of_o our_o resolution_n that_o can_v keep_v we_o presume_v from_o foil_n and_o wound_n by_o sin_n such_o as_o make_v nothing_o of_o sin_n shall_v soon_o be_v wound_v and_o dart_v by_o sin_n 2._o seek_v not_o outward_a pleasure_n too_o much_o excess_n of_o pleasure_n breed_v excessive_a tremble_n and_o sadness_n of_o spirit_n such_o man_n do_v pierce_v themselves_o through_o and_o through_o with_o many_o sorrow_n who_o do_v affect_v a_o way_n of_o worldly_a delight_n and_o will_v take_v their_o fill_n of_o pleasure_n who_o so_o will_v have_v the_o bee_n must_v have_v his_o sting_n also_o and_o if_o we_o will_v laugh_v and_o be_v merry_a beyond_o measure_n we_o 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