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they_o tertullian_n give_v a_o reason_n the_o holy_a spirit_n be_v a_o delicate_a thing_n it_o will_v not_o rest_v in_o a_o defile_a soul_n four_o especial_o some_o sin_n of_o his_o people_n be_v of_o high_a provocation_n set_v he_o off_o from_o we_o first_o as_o blood_n and_o oppression_n and_o violence_n that_o cast_v off_o cain_n so_o god_n say_v he_o will_v remove_v judah_n out_o of_o his_o sight_n for_o the_o bloodshed_n of_o manasses_n when_o you_o make_v long_a prayer_n i_o will_v not_o hear_v you_o your_o hand_n be_v full_a of_o blood_n isa_n 1.15_o verse_n second_o a_o secure_a neglect_n of_o god_n offer_v of_o grace_n that_o turn_v he_o from_o we_o when_o he_o stretch_v out_o his_o hand_n to_o we_o and_o we_o will_v not_o come_v into_o he_o than_o say_v god_n i_o will_v get_v i_o to_o my_o own_o place_n this_o cost_n the_o spouse_n sorrow_n when_o christ_n knock_v and_o she_o refuse_v to_o open_v cant._n 5.6_o at_o last_o i_o open_v to_o my_o belove_a but_o my_o beloved_a have_v withdraw_v himself_o and_o be_v go_v 3_o three_o falseness_n in_o his_o covenant_n orâ—upting_v of_o his_o religion_n that_o turn_v he_o â—rom_v we_o so_o what_o that_o work_n zach._n 11._o â—_o my_o soul_n loathe_v they_o and_o their_o soul_n also_o abhor_v i_o it_o be_v the_o cast_n off_o of_o the_o israelite_n psal_n 106.39.40_o they_o be_v deâ—led_v with_o their_o own_o work_n and_o go_v a_o hoo_v with_o their_o own_o invention_n than_o he_o abhor_v his_o own_o inhetitance_n it_o make_v he_o forsake_v the_o tabernacle_n in_o shilo_n the_o tent_n which_o he_o have_v pitch_v among_o they_o 78.60_o four_o incorrigiblness_n in_o the_o use_n of_o the_o mean_n of_o reformation_n when_o god_n strive_v with_o they_o and_o they_o resist_v he_o it_o be_v the_o case_n of_o the_o old_a world_n his_o spirit_n shall_v strive_v no_o more_o with_o they_o but_o he_o cast_v they_o off_o they_o rebel_v against_o he_o and_o vex_v his_o holy_a spirit_n isa_n 63.10_o therefore_o he_o be_v turn_v 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