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from_o you_o all_o your_o transgression_n whereby_o you_o have_v transgress_v and_o make_v you_o a_o new_a heart_n and_o a_o new_a spirit_n for_o why_o will_v you_o die_v o_o house_n of_o israel_n for_o i_o have_v no_o pleasure_n in_o the_o death_n of_o he_o that_o die_v say_v the_o lord_n god_n wherefore_o turn_n yourselves_o and_o live_v you_o ezek._n 18.31_o 32._o that_o we_o may_v do_v so_o we_o must_v beware_v of_o self-conceitedness_n and_o obstinacy_n in_o our_o own_o self-willed_a way_n and_o be_v careful_a to_o listen_v to_o good_a counsel_n and_o advertisement_n and_o to_o consider_v the_o latter_a end_n and_o not_o the_o present_a contentment_n and_o feign_v flattery_n of_o evil_a course_n themselves_o use_v 3_o man_n sin_n against_o themselves_o the_o three_o use_n be_v a_o intimation_n to_o show_v unto_o those_o that_o do_v desperate_o or_o careless_o venture_v upon_o course_n tend_v to_o their_o own_o self-destruction_n that_o they_o be_v not_o only_o guilty_a of_o sin_n against_o god_n and_o their_o neighbour_n immediate_o but_o even_o also_o against_o themselves_o in_o self-murder_n a_o crime_n of_o the_o vile_a nature_n for_o which_o they_o shall_v be_v arraign_v before_o god_n and_o suffer_v their_o own_o wrong_n be_v revenge_v upon_o themselves_o and_o their_o own_o unjust_a and_o unnatural_a suffering_n at_o their_o own_o hand_n be_v punish_v upon_o themselves_o by_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n they_o observe_v 1._o ill_a course_n be_v most_o harmful_a to_o the_o doer_n of_o they_o where_o it_o be_v observable_a that_o man_n be_v both_o the_o wrongdoer_n and_o wrong-sufferer_n in_o the_o same_o act_n by_o himself_o do_v just_o suffer_v by_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n for_o wrong_v his_o creature_n and_o for_o break_v his_o law_n in_o man_n self-respect_n and_o usage_n of_o himself_o the_o consideration_n of_o which_o terrible_a end_n of_o such_o course_n redound_v to_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o doer_n shall_v affright_v man_n from_o they_o 2._o observe_v 2._o where_o it_o be_v also_o remarkable_a that_o a_o man_n can_v wrong_v god_n or_o other_o but_o by_o ruinate_v himself_o therewithal_o and_o so_o all_o ill_a course_n do_v prove_v a_o punishment_n to_o the_o doer_n of_o they_o and_o therefore_o if_o there_o be_v any_o true_a love_n in_o such_o person_n to_o themselves_o they_o will_v abandon_v all_o such_o course_n as_o tend_v to_o the_o ruin_n and_o perdition_n of_o the_o entertainer_n or_o proceeder_n in_o the_o same_o chap._n 12._o of_o direct_v bodily_a self-murder_n §._o 1._o what_o it_o be_v now_o it_o follow_v that_o we_o treat_v of_o direct_a self-murder_n and_o first_o show_v what_o it_o be_v direct_v bodily_a self-murder_n be_v a_o advise_v wit_v and_o willing_a intention_n and_o effectual_a endeavour_n of_o a_o man_n by_o his_o own_o hand_n or_o mean_n to_o take_v away_o or_o destroy_v his_o own_o life_n whereby_o he_o do_v indeed_o kill_v himself_o in_o which_o