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be_v please_v to_o cherish_v i_o have_v rather_o hazard_v the_o censure_n of_o some_o then_o hinder_v the_o good_a of_o other_o which_o if_o it_o be_v any_o way_n further_v by_o these_o few_o observation_n i_o have_v what_o i_o aim_v at_o i_o intend_v not_o a_o treatise_n but_o open_v of_o a_o text_n what_o i_o shall_v be_v draw_v to_o do_v in_o this_o kind_n must_v be_v by_o degree_n as_o leisure_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o many_o interruption_n will_v permit_v the_o lord_n guide_v our_o heart_n tongue_n and_o pen_n for_o his_o glory_n and_o the_o good_a of_o his_o people_n r._n sibbes_n a_o table_n of_o the_o content_n i._o part._n christ_n will_v not_o break_v the_o bruise_a reed_n those_o that_o christ_n have_v to_o deal_v withal_o be_v bruise_v bruise_v be_v necessary_a 1_o before_o conversion_n 10_o 2_o after_o conversion_n 16_o use_n not_o to_o be_v rash_a in_o judge_v such_o 18_o christ_n will_v not_o break_v the_o bruise_a reed_n 19_o confirm_v from_o his_o borrow_a title_n 20_o relation_n 21_o office_n ibid._n use_v 1._o go_v bold_o to_o the_o throne_n of_o grace_n 25_o use_n 2._o despair_v not_o in_o thy_o bruising_n 27_o use_n 3._o see_v the_o contrary_a to_o this_o in_o satan_n 28_o 1_o sign_n of_o bruising_n 30_o 2_o mâ—…anes_n of_o bruising_n 33_o 3_o measure_n of_o bruising_n 39_o 4_o comfort_n to_o the_o bruise_a 43_o ii_o part._n nor_o quench_v the_o smoke_a flax_n ¶_o grace_n be_v little_a at_o the_o first_o 46_o use_n not_o to_o be_v discourage_v at_o small_a beginning_n 49_o ¶_o grace_v be_v mingle_v with_o corruption_n 52_o use_v hence_o we_o judge_v so_o various_o of_o ourselves_o 56_o ¶_o christ_n will_v not_o quench_v small_a and_o wâ—…ake_a beginning_n 58_o because_o it_o be_v from_o he_o 58_o for_o he_o ibid._n use_v no_o more_o shall_v we_o therefore_o 1_o let_v all_o man_n in_o general_n carry_v themselves_o with_o moderation_n 61_o yet_o with_o wisdom_n to_o discern_v those_o that_o be_v not_o such_o 67_o and_o tenderness_n towards_o 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