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christ_n they_o be_v the_o great_a ambassador_n that_o be_v or_o can_v be_v page_n 121_o 2._o they_o must_v take_v heed_n how_o they_o discharge_v their_o function_n page_n 122_o 3._o to_o condemn_v they_o that_o obey_v not_o the_o ministry_n page_n 124_o 4._o god_n take_v it_o not_o well_o at_o our_o hand_n that_o minister_n shall_v be_v vilipend_v page_n 126_o 5._o they_o must_v preach_v no_o mercy_n at_o all_o to_o they_o that_o stand_v out_o wilful_o page_n 129_o 6._o they_o that_o fear_v god_n must_v obey_v the_o voice_n of_o his_o servant_n page_n 131_o minister_n have_v need_v of_o many_o rare_a gift_n page_n 133_o 1._o to_o open_v the_o scripture_n ibid._n 2._o to_o deduce_v from_o they_o page_n 134_o 3._o to_o convince_v page_n 135_o 4._o to_o move_v affection_n ibid._n 5._o to_o speak_v pro_fw-la re_fw-mi nata_fw-la page_n 136_o 6._o to_o choose_v special_a text_n for_o special_a occasion_n page_n 137_o use_v 1._o a_o minister_n have_v not_o need_v to_o be_v a_o fool_n page_n 139_o 2._o they_o be_v not_o christ_n minister_n that_o be_v not_o gift_v ibid._n 3._o they_o must_v go_v to_o christ_n for_o gift_n page_n 140_o 4._o stir_v up_o those_o he_o give_v they_o page_n 141_o 5._o they_o must_v rely_v on_o christ_n ibid._n 6._o people_n shall_v pray_v for_o their_o minister_n page_n 142_o mean_n to_o enlarge_v the_o minister_n heart_n and_o gift_n to_o the_o people_n ibid._n christ_n have_v the_o prosper_a of_o his_o minister_n page_n 149_o the_o reason_n 1._o because_o minister_n be_v nothing_o in_o the_o world_n page_n 151_o 2._o conversion_n be_v supernatural_a page_n 152_o use_v 1._o the_o minister_n can_v only_o make_v try_v all_o whether_o they_o can_v convert_v the_o people_n or_o no._n page_n 153_o 2._o they_o must_v wait_v though_o they_o have_v not_o success_n present_o page_n 154_o 3._o it_o may_v condemn_v the_o world_n that_o let_v not_o minister_n have_v success_n ibid._n a_o minister_n have_v all_o good_a success_n from_o christ_n page_n 156_o 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be_v holy_a let_v thy_o urim_fw-la and_o thy_o thummim_n be_v with_o thy_o holy_a one_o deut._n 33._o 8._o so_o that_o our_o very_a call_n will_v testify_v against_o we_o if_o we_o be_v not_o holy_a we_o of_o all_o man_n shall_v labour_v to_o be_v holy_a what_o a_o minister_n and_o yet_o a_o drunkard_n a_o minister_n and_o yet_o a_o whoremonger_n a_o minister_n and_o yet_o without_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n a_o minister_n and_o yet_o have_v a_o dead_a heart_n o_o consider_v what_o god_n say_v what_o have_v thou_o to_o do_v to_o declare_v my_o statute_n or_o that_o thou_o shall_v take_v my_o covenant_n within_o thy_o mouth_n see_v thou_o hate_v instruction_n and_o have_v cast_v my_o word_n behind_o thou_o psal_n 50._o 16_o 17._o with_o what_o face_n can_v we_o here_o stand_v in_o a_o pulpit_n and_o preach_v against_o sin_n and_o teach_v our_o hearer_n to_o make_v conscience_n of_o all_o their_o way_n and_o denounce_v the_o judgement_n of_o god_n against_o they_o that_o do_v evil_a if_o 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so_o shall_v i_o do_v thy_o holy_a will_n so_o shall_v i_o go_v up_o and_o down_o do_v good_a now_o as_o long_o as_o a_o man_n do_v it_o with_o a_o dead_a heart_n it_o be_v even_o all_o one_o as_o if_o a_o man_n have_v not_o do_v it_o at_o all_o a_o dead_a man_n be_v no_o man_n as_o the_o apostle_n say_v god_n quicken_v the_o dead_a and_o call_v thing_n that_o be_v not_o mark_v dead_a thing_n be_v no_o thing_n so_o dead_a work_n be_v no_o work_n as_o solomon_n say_v there_o be_v
so_o eager_a to_o deny_v himself_o i_o count_v all_o dross_n and_o dung_n the_o intention_n of_o his_o heart_n be_v after_o christ_n o_o say_v he_o that_o i_o may_v know_v he_o phil._n 3._o 10._o three_o the_o election_n and_o choosing_n of_o the_o heart_n this_o 3._o be_v another_o part_n of_o the_o heart_n life_n no_o man_n be_v dead_a to_o that_o which_o he_o choose_v rather_o than_o any_o thing_n else_o now_o if_o we_o do_v still_o choose_v the_o way_n of_o god_n we_o can_v not_o be_v dead_a to_o they_o when_o we_o be_v dead_a to_o they_o at_o any_o time_n it_o be_v because_o we_o can_v even_o find_v in_o our_o heart_n to_o make_v another_o choice_n and_o therefore_o if_o we_o will_v know_v whether_o our_o heart_n be_v alive_a unto_o goodness_n whether_o do_v we_o choose_v the_o way_n of_o goodness_n every_o day_n before_o any_o other_o way_n as_o david_n say_v i_o have_v choose_v the_o way_n of_o truth_n psal_n 119._o 30._o as_o the_o lord_n say_v of_o the_o good_a eunuch_n they_o 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