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arise_v go_v to_o nineveh_n that_o great_a city_n and_o preach_v unto_o it_o the_o preach_v that_o i_o bid_v thou_o so_o jonah_n arise_v and_o go_v to_o nineveh_n xvii_o hide_v of_o sin_n no_o small_a sin_n proverb_n 38.13_o he_o that_o cover_v his_o sin_n shall_v not_o prosper_v but_o who_o so_o confess_v and_o forsake_v they_o shall_v have_v mercy_n xviii_o christ_n come_v to_o judgement_n both_o certain_a and_o uncertain_a 1_o thes_n 5.2_o for_o you_o yourselves_o know_v perfect_o that_o the_o day_n of_o the_o lord_n so_o come_v as_o a_o thief_n in_o the_o night_n the_o first_o sermon_n gen._n 22.2_o take_v now_o thy_o only_a son_n jsaac_n who_o thou_o love_v and_o get_v thou_o into_o the_o land_n of_o moriah_n and_o offer_v he_o there_o for_o a_o burnt-offring_a upon_o one_o of_o the_o mountain_n which_o i_o will_v tell_v thou_o of_o 41._o paradisus_fw-la genesis_n in_fw-la quo_fw-la pullulant_fw-la patriarcharum_fw-la virtutes_fw-la ambr._n epist_n 41._o this_o book_n of_o moses_n 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partly_o from_o other_o but_o yet_o if_o thou_o be_v this_o good_a ground_n which_o be_v here_o mention_v thou_o will_v overcome_v they_o all_o and_o with_o the_o tree_n that_o be_v describe_v in_o the_o first_o psalm_n thou_o will_v bring_v forth_o fruit_n in_o due_a season_n to_o draw_v then_o to_o a_o conclusion_n of_o this_o first_o sign_n if_o fruitfulness_n be_v a_o sign_n of_o a_o good_a ground_n then_o that_o we_o may_v not_o deceive_v ourselves_o 6.1_o jam._n 1.22.2_o cor._n 6.1_o let_v we_o not_o only_o be_v hearer_n of_o the_o word_n but_o doer_n of_o it_o let_v we_o not_o receive_v the_o grace_n of_o god_n in_o vain_a but_o when_o the_o seed_n of_o god_n word_n have_v be_v sow_v in_o our_o heart_n let_v we_o be_v careful_a to_o practise_v the_o same_o and_o to_o bring_v forth_o the_o fruit_n thereof_o in_o our_o life_n we_o will_v count_v he_o you_o know_v a_o very_a bad_a husband_n who_o when_o his_o ground_n have_v be_v sow_v with_o seed_n shall_v turn_v in_o his_o 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