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the_o word_n be_v otherwise_o ib._n 5_o he_o begin_v to_o listen_v to_o thing_n that_o be_v against_o the_o word_n 112_o 6_o he_o will_v not_o search_v thorough_o into_o truth_n ib._n 7_o a_o engagement_n in_o some_o unlawful_a practice_n ib._n 8_o weighty_a argument_n now_o become_v weak_a ib._n 9_o he_o violent_o reject_v the_o word_n ib._n obs_n 8_o that_o which_o man_n corrupt_a heart_n will_v not_o close_v withal_o they_o put_v it_o upon_o christ_n as_o if_o christ_n have_v deliver_v they_o from_o it_o 113_o verse_n xiii_o obs_n 1_o man_n may_v continue_v in_o outward_a profession_n and_o yet_o the_o great_a thing_n of_o god_n law_n may_v be_v strange_a to_o they_o 115_o ob_n 2_o most_n man_n offer_v up_o nothing_o to_o god_n in_o sacrifice_n but_o flesh_n 116_o ob_n 3_o to_o aim_n at_o self_n in_o serve_v god_n eat_v out_o true_a devotion_n 117_o ob_n 4_o if_o self_n be_v regard_v all_o be_v reject_v 119_o ob_n 5_o man_n may_v be_v much_o in_o holy_a service_n and_o yet_o their_o sin_n stand_v upon_o the_o score_n nevertheless_o 120_o ob_n 6_o howsoever_o god_n may_v forbear_v wicked_a man_n a_o time_n yet_o he_o have_v a_o time_n to_o remember_v all_o ib._n obs_n 7_o god_n remember_v the_o sin_n of_o wicked_a people_n especial_o in_o the_o performance_n of_o holy_a duty_n 122_o 1_o because_o we_o come_v into_o god_n presence_n ib._n 2_o holy_a duty_n be_v aggravation_n of_o sin_n ib._n obs_n 8_o god_n visit_v man_n sin_n when_o they_o think_v he_o neglect_v they_o most_o 123_o ob_n 9_o carnal_a heart_n when_o god_n visit_v their_o sin_n plot_v which_o way_n to_o shift_v for_o themselves_o 124_o ob_n 10_o it_o be_v one_o of_o the_o most_o dreadful_a judgement_n of_o god_n upon_o a_o nation_n when_o he_o have_v deliver_v they_o from_o one_o bondage_n to_o deliver_v they_o into_o the_o same_o again_o 125_o ob_n 11_o it_o be_v just_a with_o god_n that_o those_o that_o inherit_v their_o father_n sin_n shall_v inherit_v their_o father_n judgement_n ib._n obs_n 12_o 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they_o off_o 154_o ob_n 2_o god_n strike_v wicked_a man_n in_o those_o thing_n their_o heart_n be_v mâ—st_o set_v upon_o ib._n obs_n 3._o the_o promise_n of_o the_o creature_n will_v lie_v the_o promise_n of_o the_o world_n will_v not_o 155_o obs_n 4_o man_n shall_v fail_v at_o last_o in_o what_o they_o think_v they_o to_o get_v in_o a_o way_n of_o sin_n ib._n verse_n iii_o obs_n 1_o it_o be_v a_o great_a judgement_n of_o god_n to_o drive_v man_n out_o of_o a_o land_n for_o sin_n 159_o ob_n 2_o the_o state_n of_o the_o church_n of_o god_n
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