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who_o have_v this_o world_n good_n shut_v up_o their_o bowel_n of_o compassion_n from_o those_o that_o have_v need_n 1_o joh_n 3.17_o alas_o little_a do_v man_n know_v how_o quick_o the_o balance_n may_v change_v how_o soon_o the_o rich_a may_v be_v in_o poverty_n and_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o that_o supply_n that_o they_o now_o in_o the_o day_n of_o their_o plenty_n deny_v other_o the_o instance_n to_o prove_v this_o be_v more_o numerous_a than_o that_o they_o can_v be_v doubt_v or_o need_v to_o be_v relate_v indeed_o the_o performance_n of_o this_o duty_n pass_v not_o without_o a_o temporal_a reward_n god_n who_o account_v it_o a_o lend_n to_o himself_o have_v promise_v to_o repay_v it_o and_o sure_o there_o can_v be_v better_a security_n than_o his_o promise_n and_o i_o question_v not_o but_o all_o age_n can_v attest_v the_o truth_n of_o what_o the_o wise_a man_n observe_v prov._n 11.24_o there_o be_v that_o scatter_v and_o yet_o increase_v and_o there_o be_v that_o withold_v 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midst_n of_o great_a danger_n let_v we_o go_v to_o sinner_n on_o their_o deathbed_n and_o then_o we_o shall_v find_v this_o truth_n preach_v to_o the_o full_a a_o evidence_n valid_a enough_o to_o condemn_v sin_n as_o the_o uneasy_a thing_n imaginable_a and_o thus_o we_o have_v see_v how_o many_o difficulty_n attend_v sin_n both_o before_o and_o after_o it_o be_v commit_v and_o now_o what_o reason_n can_v any_o man_n allege_v for_o the_o pretend_a easiness_n of_o sin_n i_o confess_v i_o know_v not_o any_o thing_n except_o it_o be_v custom_n that_o can_v be_v pertinent_o adduce_v but_o how_o weak_a be_v this_o plea_n for_o although_o custom_n which_o be_v a_o second_o nature_n may_v contribute_v very_o much_o to_o stupefy_v the_o judgement_n and_o harden_v the_o conscience_n and_o so_o consequent_o make_v vice_n the_o more_o easy_a yeâ—_n we_o can_v hardly_o suppose_v that_o ever_o humane_a nature_n will_v so_o far_o assimilate_v the_o nature_n of_o mere_a animal_n as_o to_o be_v deprive_v of_o reason_n and_o conscience_n and_o sure_o so_o long_o as_o any_o of_o these_o remain_n vice_n must_v needs_o meet_v with_o opposition_n but_o second_o if_o man_n will_v compare_v the_o easiness_n of_o virtue_n and_o vice_n they_o must_v put_v they_o in_o equal_a circumstance_n and_o then_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o vice_n shall_v stand_v condemn_v as_o the_o great_a troubler_n of_o peace_n and_o quietness_n for_o instance_n let_v we_o suppose_v that_o a_o man_n be_v accustom_v to_o a_o holy_a life_n and_o be_v habituate_v to_o live_v sober_o righteous_o and_o godly_a in_o this_o case_n let_v any_o man_n make_v but_o the_o experiment_n and_o i_o be_o sure_a he_o shall_v ingenuous_o acknowledge_v that_o a_o good_a life_n afford_v more_o tranquillity_n and_o peace_n than_o vice_n dare_v lay_v claim_n to_o and_o yet_o i_o know_v not_o by_o what_o bad_a luck_n holiness_n have_v be_v represent_v as_o opposite_a to_o man_n present_a welfare_n and_o hurtful_a to_o their_o peace_n and_o tranquillity_n how_o groundless_a this_o prejudice_n be_v i_o have_v already_o endeavour_v to_o show_v i_o shall_v therefore_o now_o only_o in_o a_o few_o word_n make_v it_o plain_a that_o holiness_n be_v the_o most_o effectual_a method_n that_o can_v be_v take_v to_o exalt_v the_o public_a peace_n and_o happiness_n of_o a_o nation_n and_o second_o that_o it_o infinite_o conduce_v to_o the_o happiness_n peace_n and_o tranquillity_n of_o particular_a person_n and_o that_o nothing_o be_v so_o inconsistent_a with_o and_o hurtful_a to_o both_o as_o sin_n how_o much_o holiness_n tend_v to_o the_o advancement_n of_o public_a peace_n in_o a_o kingdom_n and_o nation_n appear_v very_o plain_o from_o the_o wise_a man_n observation_n prov._n 14.34_o righteousness_n exalt_v a_o nation_n but_o sin_n be_v the_o reproach_n of_o any_o people_n and_o the_o apostle_n st._n james_n give_v we_o a_o true_a account_n of_o the_o cause_n of_o public_a jar_n jam._n 4.1_o from_o whence_o come_v war_n 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