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vanity_n good_a man_n have_v no_o oil_n to_o spare_v matth._n 25.9_o it_o i_o sit_v upon_o a_o prince_n throne_n i_o can_v not_o purchase_v or_o command_v a_o pardon_n the_o redemption_n of_o the_o soul_n be_v precious_a it_o cease_v for_o ever_o psal_n 49.7_o my_o case_n grow_v worse_a and_o worse_o 3._o a_o serious_a enquiry_n after_o a_o remedy_n when_o the_o poor_a sinner_n be_v thus_o puzzle_v and_o nonplus_v and_o know_v not_o which_o way_n to_o turn_v himself_o than_o he_o begin_v to_o ask_v new_a question_n not_o as_o he_o be_v wont_a who_o will_v show_v i_o any_o good_a psal_n 4.6_o of_o worldly_a advantage_n no_o but_o his_o tune_n be_v turn_v now_o he_o cry_v man_n and_o brethren_n what_o shall_v i_o do_v act_n 23.16_o 30._o oh_o sir_n what_o shall_v i_o do_v to_o be_v save_v oh_o you_o minister_n christian_a friend_n do_v you_o ever_o know_v any_o case_n like_o i_o be_v it_o possible_a that_o ever_o i_o shall_v find_v mercy_n be_v not_o the_o day_n of_o grace_n pass_v i_o 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the_o day_n of_o god_n power_n psal_n 110.3_o now_o prejudices_fw-la be_v remove_v though_o a_o nathaniel_n say_v can_v there_o any_o good_a come_v out_o of_o nazareth_n john_n 1.46_o 49._o yet_o if_o he_o come_v and_o see_v he_o will_v believe_v this_o be_v the_o woman_n of_o samaria_n case_n john_n 49.19_o alas_o faith_n the_o soul_n i_o have_v be_v foolish_a and_o ready_a to_o pick_v quarrel_n at_o god_n way_n of_o justify_v and_o save_v poor_a sinner_n and_o say_v of_o the_o gospel-dispensation_n how_o can_v these_o thing_n be_v but_o i_o be_o at_o last_o satisfy_v that_o a_o revelation_n from_o god_n be_v not_o only_o authentic_a but_o most_o rational_a but_o yet_o i_o have_v within_o i_o strange_a imagination_n and_o high_a thing_n that_o exalt_v themselves_o against_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n well_o god_n come_v with_o his_o spiritual_a weapon_n and_o pull_v down_o these_o strong_a hold_n dismount_v the_o sinner_n carnal_a confidence_n and_o level_v these_o high_a mountain_n 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woe_n be_v i_o i_o be_o fluctuate_a on_o the_o wave_n betwixt_o hope_n and_o despair_n i_o fear_v the_o issue_n sometime_o i_o spy_v the_o daybreak_n but_o cloud_n and_o darkness_n overwhelm_v i_o again_o however_o i_o be_o not_o content_a with_o these_o poor_a husk_n of_o the_o world_n in_o my_o christless_a state_n in_o a_o far_a country_n i_o will_v arise_v and_o go_v to_o my_o father_n luke_n 15.17_o in_o this_o tumultuous_a sea_n i_o find_v no_o bottom_n for_o the_o sole_a of_o my_o foot_n i_o must_v make_v to_o ship_n or_o shore_n none_o but_o christ_n none_o but_o christ_n let_v i_o have_v he_o though_o with_o
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