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be_v no_o great_a matter_n though_o they_o be_v exceed_o sinful_a or_o some_o such_o thing_n their_o mouth_n be_v not_o stop_v to_o say_v nothing_o for_o themselves_o but_o guilty_a there_o be_v less_o conviction_n in_o the_o world_n in_o this_o age_n than_o many_o be_v aware_a of_o for_o i_o believe_v that_o all_o the_o power_n of_o hell_n conspire_v together_o to_o blind_a man_n eye_n and_o darken_v man_n mind_n in_o this_o great_a work_n of_o christ_n principiis_fw-la obsta_fw-la it_o be_v policy_n to_o stop_v christ_n in_o his_o entrance_n in_o this_o first_o streak_n upon_o the_o soul_n but_o oh_o little_o do_v you_o think_v what_o you_o do_v herein_o and_o what_o woe_n you_o work_v to_o yourselves_o hereby_o do_v thou_o stifle_v and_o resist_v the_o first_o breathe_n of_o christ_n spirit_n when_o he_o come_v to_o save_v thou_o what_o hurt_n will_v it_o be_v to_o know_v the_o worst_a of_o thy_o condition_n now_o when_o there_o be_v hope_n hereby_o of_o come_v out_o of_o it_o who_o 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must_v be_v exceed_o bitter_a before_o the_o soul_n will_v part_v from_o it_o it_o be_v true_a i_o confess_v a_o man_n sometime_o may_v part_v with_o sin_n without_o sorrow_n the_o unclean_a spirit_n may_v go_v out_o for_o a_o time_n before_o he_o be_v take_v bind_v and_o slay_v by_o the_o power_n of_o christ._n but_o such_o a_o kind_n of_o part_v be_v but_o the_o wash_n of_o the_o cup_n it_o be_v unsafe_a and_o unsound_a and_o the_o end_n of_o such_o a_o christian_a will_v be_v miserable_a for_o a_o man_n to_o hear_v of_o his_o sin_n and_o then_o to_o say_v i_o will_v do_v no_o more_o so_o without_o any_o sense_n or_o sorrow_n for_o it_o will_v not_o have_v be_v approve_v by_o paul_n if_o he_o have_v see_v no_o more_o in_o the_o careless_a corinthian_n in_o tolerate_v the_o incestuous_a person_n 7.10_o but_o their_o sorrow_n wrought_v this_o repentance_n no_o the_o lord_n abhor_v such_o whorish_a wipe_v the_o lip_n and_o therefore_o the_o same_o apostle_n 5.2_o when_o he_o reprove_v 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