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as_o other_o father_n will_v sometime_o do_v as_o david_n do_v when_o yet_o his_o heart_n be_v towards_o absolom_n he_o may_v not_o admit_v he_o to_o see_v his_o face_n he_o may_v shut_v a_o son_n out_o of_o door_n when_o yet_o he_o do_v not_o cast_v he_o off_o 23._o john_n 20._o 23._o he_o may_v retain_v their_o sin_n as_o christ_n expression_n be_v that_o be_v call_v in_o the_o patent_n of_o his_o pardon_n which_o he_o have_v pass_v under_o his_o hand_n and_o seal_v in_o earth_n 18._o mat._n 18._o 18._o that_o be_v in_o their_o own_o conscience_n take_v it_o out_o of_o their_o hand_n and_o custody_n and_o call_v for_o it_o home_o again_o into_o the_o pardon_n office_n in_o heaven_n and_o there_o keep_v it_o and_o also_o when_o satan_n come_v and_o give_v in_o a_o false_a witness_n and_o evidence_n and_o our_o own_o heart_n thereupon_o likewise_o condemn_v we_o the_o holy_a ghost_n may_v stand_v by_o as_o it_o be_v silent_a and_o say_v nothing_o to_o the_o contrary_a but_o forbear_v to_o contradict_v satan_n by_o any_o loud_a testimony_n or_o secret_a rebuke_v he_o as_o he_o do_v at_o other_o time_n as_o zach._n 3._o 1_o 2._o 2._o positive_o thing_n 2._o positive_a in_o 2._o thing_n he_o may_v further_o proceed_v 1._o to_o reveal_v and_o represent_v god_n as_o angry_a with_o his_o child_n conscience_n 1._o to_o represent_v god_n angry_a by_o immediate_a expression_n of_o wrath_n on_o the_o conscience_n for_o such_o and_o such_o sin_n former_o commit_v and_o make_v he_o sensible_a thereof_o not_o bare_o by_o conceal_v his_o love_n but_o by_o make_v impression_n of_o his_o wrath_n upon_o his_o conscience_n immediate_o and_o not_o by_o outward_a cross_n only_o thus_o esay_n 57_o 17_o 18._o god_n not_o only_o hide_v himself_o and_o be_v wroth_a that_o be_v express_v his_o wrath_n by_o hide_v himself_o but_o i_o smite_v he_o and_o be_v wroth_a and_o v._o 16._o he_o contend_v and_o be_v wroth_a that_o be_v fight_v against_o he_o as_o a_o enemy_n as_o esay_n 63._o 10._o and_o this_o with_o his_o wrath_n upon_o his_o spirit_n for_o it_o follow_v that_o the_o spirit_n be_v ready_a to_o fail_v and_o the_o soul_n which_o he_o have_v make_v so_o as_o it_o be_v the_o spirit_n which_o be_v the_o white_a god_n shoot_v at_o and_o wound_v and_o that_o so_o deep_a that_o it_o be_v ready_a to_o fail_v and_o come_v to_o nothing_o which_o solomon_n call_v by_o way_n of_o distinction_n a_o wound_a spirit_n which_o who_o can_v bear_v and_o difference_v it_o from_o all_o other_o affliction_n upon_o the_o outward_a man_n which_o strike_v the_o spirit_n but_o through_o the_o clothes_n of_o the_o body_n mediate_o for_o say_v he_o the_o spirit_n of_o a_o man_n will_v sustain_v his_o infirmity_n that_o be_v all_o such_o outward_a affliction_n wherein_o it_o suffer_v but_o by_o way_n of_o sympathy_n and_o compassion_n but_o when_o the_o spirit_n itself_o be_v lay_v bare_a and_o naked_a and_o wound_v immediate_o by_o god_n wrath_n which_o only_o can_v reach_v it_o and_o 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in_o which_o he_o have_v principal_o to_o deal_v with_o conscience_n for_o the_o guilt_n of_o a_o man_n particular_a way_n action_n and_o corruption_n be_v make_v the_o matter_n of_o the_o evidence_n &_o the_o proof_n of_o those_o minor_n and_o the_o defilement_n and_o erroneousnesse_n of_o the_o conscience_n be_v that_o principle_n in_o we_o which_o he_o work_v upon_o when_o he_o enforce_v such_o a_o misapprehension_n from_o those_o evidence_n wherein_o we_o may_v take_v notice_n of_o a_o difference_n between_o the_o holy_a ghost_n deal_v with_o a_o believer_n search_v a_o difference_n between_o satin_n sift_v we_o &_o the_o holy_a ghost_n search_v when_o at_o any_o time_n he_o come_v with_o the_o word_n and_o search_v and_o try_v the_o heart_n and_o discover_v corruption_n to_o we_o to_o wit_n such_o as_o david_n pray_v for_o examine_v i_o oh_o lord_n and_o try_v my_o heart_n etc._n etc._n psal_n 26._o 2._o psal_n 139._o 23._o convince_a and_o reprove_v we_o and_o that_o sometime_o 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