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not_o condemn_v i_o show_v i_o wherefore_o thou_o contend_v with_o i_o elihu_n advise_v he_o well_o job_n 34.31,32_o sure_o it_o be_v meet_v to_o be_v say_v unto_o god_n i_o have_v bear_v chastisement_n i_o will_v not_o offend_v any_o more_o that_o which_o i_o see_v not_o teach_v thou_o i_o if_o i_o have_v do_v iniquity_n i_o will_v do_v no_o more_o many_o a_o poor_a believer_n have_v be_v put_v to_o this_o that_o if_o they_o have_v all_o the_o world_n they_o will_v have_v part_v with_o it_o to_o have_v know_v god_n mind_n in_o their_o affliction_n sometime_o by_o the_o light_n of_o the_o furnace_n we_o come_v to_o know_v our_o heart_n and_o corruption_n and_o thereby_o what_o god_n smite_v for_o and_o call_v to_o the_o lord_n can_v by_o the_o teach_n of_o his_o word_n and_o spirit_n and_o by_o the_o wisdom_n of_o his_o providential_a dispensation_n engrave_v that_o particular_a mean_v that_o be_v in_o his_o heart_n on_o the_o rod_n that_o be_v in_o his_o hand_n that_o man_n may_v 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till_o the_o day_n of_o the_o glorious_a appear_v of_o the_o great_a god_n and_o our_o saviour_n jesus_n christ_n tit._n 2.13_o and_o unto_o these_o wish_n let_v every_o believer_n on_o and_o sincere_a lover_n of_o jesus_n christ_n say_v and_o every_o one_o that_o be_v such_o will_v say_v amen_o so_o let_v it_o be_v so_o will_v it_o be_v finis_fw-la
to_o have_v a_o conscience_n void_a of_o offence_n towards_o god_n and_o towards_o men._n act_n 24.16_o it_o be_v usual_o see_v that_o time_n of_o great_a trial_n do_v dart_n in_o some_o light_n into_o man_n conscience_n and_o do_v make_v man_n look_v into_o their_o heart_n and_o way_n more_o narrow_o and_o spy_v small_a fault_n that_o they_o can_v not_o see_v at_o other_o time_n for_o they_o be_v day_n of_o darkness_n in_o one_o sense_n and_o day_n of_o light_n in_o another_o study_v therefore_o to_o keep_v thy_o conscience_n clean_a and_o pure_a by_o holy_a and_o tender_a walk_n and_o by_o daily_o believe_v for_o it_o be_v the_o blood_n of_o christ_n that_o only_o can_v purge_v the_o conscience_n from_o dead_a work_n to_o serve_v the_o live_a god_n heb._n 9.14_o and_o let_v i_o assure_v you_o of_o this_o and_o if_o you_o will_v not_o believe_v it_o i_o dare_v say_v you_o will_v feel_v it_o and_o feel_v it_o the_o more_o then_o if_o you_o believe_v it_o not_o now_o that_o such_o as_o 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