and_o little_a and_o that_o there_o be_v another_o to_o take_v its_o place_n by_o divers_a progress_v it_o be_v thus_o that_o human_a passion_n be_v change_v and_o god_n who_o will_v that_o the_o operation_n of_o his_o grace_n be_v not_o sensible_o distinguish_v from_o those_o of_o nature_n follow_v common_o the_o same_o method_n he_o begin_v to_o shake_v the_o heart_n through_o fear_n before_o he_o touch_v it_o with_o his_o love_n and_o he_o often_o touch_v it_o a_o long_a time_n by_o beginning_n of_o love_n before_o he_o make_v himself_o master_n of_o it_o by_o a_o roll_a love_n which_o turn_v the_o heart_n towards_o he_o as_o towards_o its_o last_o end_n and_o which_o free_v and_o deliver_v it_o from_o the_o bondage_n of_o the_o love_n of_o creature_n thus_o as_o the_o conversion_n of_o die_a sinner_n can_v pass_v through_o these_o degree_n it_o must_v be_v miraculous_a to_o be_v true_a the_o church_n despair_v not_o of_o this_o miracle_n which_o be_v the_o reason_n why_o she_o 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just_a a_o fear_n of_o terrible_a evil_n which_o threaten_v she_o the_o vain_a rejoice_v of_o the_o world_n and_o feed_v her_o mind_n with_o chimaera_n which_o play_v stuff_v it_o with_o all_o be_v it_o not_o visible_a that_o as_o the_o natural_a effect_n of_o play_n be_v to_o stifle_v this_o so_o wholesome_a fear_n also_o the_o effect_n of_o this_o fear_n aught_o to_o be_v to_o stifle_v the_o desire_n of_o unprofitable_a and_o profane_a recreation_n and_o to_o make_v she_o conclude_v that_o she_o have_v many_o other_o thing_n to_o think_v of_o in_o this_o world_n than_o go_v to_o play_n that_o the_o time_n god_n bestow_v on_o she_o be_v too_o precious_a to_o be_v lose_v unfortunate_o in_o these_o vain_a amusement_n so_o that_o when_o she_o give_v herself_o over_o thereunto_o it_o must_v needs_o be_v that_o she_o be_v blind_a that_o she_o have_v lose_v the_o remembrance_n of_o her_o danger_n and_o that_o she_o have_v stifle_v in_o this_o manner_n that_o disposition_n by_o which_o the_o holy_a spirit_n enter_v into_o the_o heart_n and_o be_v entertain_v there_o whilst_o it_o remain_v therein_o 35._o one_o of_o the_o first_o effect_n of_o the_o light_n of_o grace_n be_v to_o discover_v to_o the_o soul_n the_o emptiness_n the_o meanness_n and_o the_o instability_n of_o all_o worldly_a thing_n which_o slide_v and_o vanish_v away_o like_a fantome_n and_o to_o make_v it_o see_v at_o the_o same_o time_n the_o grandeur_n and_o solidity_n of_o eternal_a good_n and_o this_o disposition_n produce_v of_o itself_o a_o peculiar_a aversion_n for_o play_n because_o it_o perceive_v therein_o a_o emptiness_n and_o meanness_n altogether_o peculiar_a for_o if_o all_o temporal_a thing_n be_v nothing_o but_o figure_n and_o shadow_n in_o what_o rank_a aught_o play_v to_o be_v put_v which_o be_v only_o the_o shadow_n