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come_v let_v we_o work_v wise_o when_o we_o do_v wicked_o if_o they_o stand_v on_o the_o fond_a argument_n of_o epicure_n atheist_n oâ—_n origenist_n some_o hope_v there_o be_v no_o god_n some_o that_o he_o regard_v nothing_o other_o that_o his_o grace_n be_v universal_a or_o any_o other_o 〈◊〉_d of_o man_n they_o be_v vain_a and_o deceitful_a and_o with_o whatsoever_o large_a promise_n they_o do_v for_o a_o time_n beguile_v man_n they_o yield_v no_o comfort_n at_o â—eed_n but_o be_v a_o â—aets_v tent_n to_o the_o weary_a a_o dangerous_a repose_n the_o subject_n to_o which_o hope_n belong_v be_v only_a a_o christian_a mind_n for_o as_o faith_n so_o hope_n be_v proper_a to_o they_o if_o the_o unbeliever_n &_o wicked_a man_n hope_v for_o pardon_n and_o life_n everlasting_a his_o hope_n be_v in_o vain_a i_o must_v say_v to_o he_o as_o peter_z to_o simon_n magus_n 23._o thou_o have_v neither_o part_n 〈◊〉_d fellowship_n in_o this_o businesy_n for_o thy_o heart_n be_v not_o right_a in_o the_o 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be_v his_o wisdom_n that_o he_o have_v not_o promise_v they_o and_o his_o mercy_n that_o he_o do_v not_o give_v they_o if_o god_n know_v riches_n or_o honour_n absolute_o good_a the_o good_a shall_v never_o be_v poor_a nor_o the_o wicked_a noble_a if_o thou_o will_v hope_v for_o that_o which_o god_n have_v promise_v thy_o hope_n be_v secure_v by_o his_o truth_n who_o have_v promise_v but_o if_o thou_o will_v make_v thyself_o great_a and_o glorious_a to_o the_o world_n in_o thy_o hope_n if_o that_o fail_v thou_o and_o thou_o be_v perplex_v and_o grieve_a because_o thou_o be_v not_o such_o as_o thou_o hope_v to_o be_v what_o remain_v more_o just_a and_o necessary_a then_o that_o thou_o lessen_v thou_o overgrow_v desire_n and_o empty_a thy_o heart_n of_o that_o ambition_n so_o that_o it_o may_v be_v fill_v with_o better_a hope_n that_o thou_o conform_v to_o the_o will_n and_o promise_v of_o god_n and_o think_v not_o to_o incline_v his_o holy_a will_n to_o satisfy_v thy_o unjust_a and_o 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then_o be_v those_o hire_a mourning_n mourner_n for_o tamuz_n but_o true_a sorrow_n affect_v the_o soul_n and_o thither_o must_v be_v follow_v to_o the_o cure_n or_o if_o we_o speak_v of_o sin_n the_o cause_n of_o all_o sorrow_n except_o we_o pull_v it_o up_o by_o the_o root_n it_o be_v nothing_o worth_a which_o we_o do_v out_o of_o the_o heart_n come_v adultery_n murder_n and_o all_o other_o sinne_n for_o which_o god_n smite_v there_o be_v the_o fountain_n if_o we_o can_v reach_v a_o blasphemous_a tongue_n not_o to_o exceed_v his_o yea_o and_o nay_o if_o the_o minâ—e_n be_v full_a of_o blasphemy_n we_o have_v but_o teach_v he_o to_o sin_v more_o inward_o if_o a_o lascivious_a speaker_n learn_v a_o better_a and_o more_o graceful_a language_n then_o that_o which_o wont_v to_o defile_v and_o embace_v a_o obscene_a tongue_n if_o yet_o these_o nasty_a devil_n lose_v and_o uncleanness_n possess_v his_o heart_n if_o he_o who_o eye_n be_v full_a of_o adulteric_a now_o show_v their_o white_n 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