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and_o sit_v down_o with_o thou_o on_o the_o dunghill_n it_o will_v pray_v with_o thou_o it_o will_v fast_o with_o thou_o it_o will_v labour_v with_o thou_o it_o will_v rest_v and_o keep_v a_o sabbath_n with_o thou_o it_o will_v govern_v a_o church_n it_o will_v order_v thy_o family_n it_o will_v raise_v a_o kingdom_n within_o thou_o it_o will_v be_v thy_o angel_n to_o carry_v thou_o into_o abraham_n bosom_n and_o set_v a_o crown_n of_o glory_n upon_o thy_o head_n and_o be_v there_o yet_o any_o more_o or_o what_o need_v more_o than_o that_o which_o be_v necessary_a there_o can_v be_v but_o one_o god_n one_o heaven_n one_o religion_n one_o way_n to_o blessedness_n and_o there_o be_v but_o one_o truth_n and_o that_o be_v it_o which_o the_o spirit_n teach_v and_o this_o run_v the_o whole_a compass_n of_o it_o direct_v we_o not_o only_a ad_fw-la ultimum_fw-la sed_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la ultimum_fw-la not_o only_o to_o that_o which_o be_v the_o end_n but_o to_o the_o mean_n to_o every_o step_n and_o passage_n and_o approach_v to_o every_o help_n and_o advantage_n towards_o it_o and_o so_o unite_v we_o to_o this_o one_o god_n give_v we_o right_o to_o this_o one_o heaven_n and_o bring_v we_o home_o to_o that_o one_o end_n for_o which_o we_o be_v make_v and_o be_v there_o yet_o any_o more_o yes_o particular_a case_n may_v be_v so_o many_o and_o various_a that_o they_o can_v all_o come_v within_o the_o compass_n of_o this_o truth_n which_o the_o spirit_n have_v plain_o teach_v it_o be_v true_a but_o then_o for_o the_o most_o part_n they_o be_v case_n of_o our_o own_o make_n case_n which_o we_o need_v not_o make_v case_n sometime_o raise_v by_o weakness_n sometime_o by_o wilfulness_n sometime_o even_o by_o sin_n itself_o which_o
it_o will_v be_v plain_a that_o god_n be_v in_o capite_fw-la jejunij_fw-la that_o his_o grace_n begin_v it_o then_o shall_v our_o sorrow_n for_o our_o sin_n be_v make_v perfect_a in_o our_o love_n of_o goodness_n then_o shall_v our_o rigteousnesse_n break_v forth_o like_o the_o light_n and_o shine_v upon_o our_o tear_n and_o our_o tear_n cast_v a_o glorious_a radiation_n and_o reflect_v back_o again_o upon_o our_o righteousness_n then_o shall_v my_o piety_n make_v my_o sorrow_n music_n and_o my_o grief_n shall_v water_v my_o piety_n and_o make_v it_o more_o abundant_a my_o head_n shall_v be_v a_o fountain_n of_o tear_n and_o my_o heart_n a_o wellspring_n of_o life_n and_o this_o will_v make_v up_o the_o convertimini_fw-la even_o accomplish_v and_o consummate_v my_o repentance_n thus_o much_o in_o general_n of_o the_o turn_n and_o the_o true_a nature_n of_o repentance_n you_o the_o ingemina_fw-la non_fw-la turn_v you_o turn_v you_o we_o shall_v yet_o press_v it_o further_o and_o make_v 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our_o repentance_n to_o draw_v then_o the_o line_n by_o which_o we_o ae_z to_o pass_v we_o may_v observe_v there_o be_v two_o main_a let_n and_o hindrance_n of_o our_o conversion_n i_o may_v call_v they_o retinacula_fw-la poenitentiae_fw-la that_o hang_v upon_o we_o and_o hold_v we_o back_o when_o we_o shall_v turn_v despair_v on_o the_o one_o side_n and_o presumption_n on_o the_o other_o despair_n make_v it_o too_o late_o to_o repent_v presumption_n make_v it_o soon_o enough_o though_o it_o be_v never_o so_o late_o presumption_n make_v and_o break_v a_o resolution_n every_o day_n despair_n will_v make_v no_o more_o presumption_n make_v a_o evening_n a_o bedtime_n repentance_n she_o will_v turn_v at_o last_o despair_v nullam_fw-la no_o repentance_n at_o all_o never_o never_o now_o this_o ingemination_n be_v as_o thunder_n to_o they_o both_o loud_o in_o the_o ear_n of_o those_o that_o despair_n turn_v you_o turn_v you_o it_o be_v not_o too_o late_o and_o terrible_a in_o the_o ear_n of_o 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