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live_v etc._n etc._n do_v thou_o not_o hear_v he_o call_v come_v to_o i_o all_o you_o that_o be_v weary_a and_o heavy_a lade_v and_o i_o will_v give_v you_o rest_n matth._n 11.28_o behold_v he_o call_v thou_o 2._o the_o second_o branch_n of_o this_o use_n be_v to_o you_o babe_n who_o have_v repent_v from_o dead_a work_n and_o it_o be_v to_o bespeak_v you_o not_o to_o despise_v the_o day_n of_o small_a thing_n but_o bless_v god_n that_o have_v bring_v you_o hitherto_o god_n have_v lay_v a_o foundation_n and_o he_o will_v lay_v the_o top-stone_n in_o due_a time_n that_o i_o may_v allude_v to_o what_o be_v say_v zach._n 4.9_o 10._o in_o this_o text_n that_o we_o be_v upon_o this_o doctrine_n be_v call_v a_o foundation_n and_o sure_o it_o be_v not_o lay_v in_o vain_a we_o come_v sometime_o to_o a_o place_n where_o some_o great_a person_n be_v about_o to_o build_v a_o great_a house_n and_o when_o we_o see_v only_o the_o groundwork_n lay_v and_o a_o great_a deal_n of_o rubbish_n lie_v 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thou_o not_o commit_v iniquity_n with_o both_o hand_n greedy_o drink_v it_o down_o as_o water_n and_o do_v wicked_o as_o thou_o can_v to_o thy_o utmost_a and_o have_v god_n stop_v thou_o in_o thy_o career_n oh_o think_v what_o mercy_n it_o be_v how_o many_o thouland_n actual_a sin_n more_o may_v thou_o have_v be_v guilty_a of_o if_o god_n have_v not_o put_v this_o hook_n into_o thy_o nostril_n and_o bit_n into_o thy_o jâ—ws_n and_o so_o keep_v thou_o from_o rush_v like_o the_o horse_n into_o the_o battle_n have_v not_o god_n hedge_v thy_o way_n with_o these_o prick_a thorn_n and_o grieve_v briar_n of_o conviction_n and_o repentance_n thou_o will_v have_v follow_v thy_o lover_n to_o death_n and_o bell_n and_o be_v it_o nothing_o that_o he_o have_v prevent_v thou_o bless_v god_n as_o david_n do_v for_o abigal_n come_v who_o keep_v thou_o from_o sin_v this_o day_n it_o may_v be_v thou_o be_v resolve_v like_a saul_n though_o it_o be_v madness_n in_o thou_o as_o in_o he_o to_o go_v on_o in_o be_v injurious_a a_o persecutor_n and_o blasphemer_n to_o be_v as_o proud_a covetous_a unclean_a etc._n etc._n as_o thou_o can_v to_o gratify_v the_o lust_n of_o the_o eye_n the_o flesh_n and_o pride_n of_o life_n to_o the_o utmost_a have_v god_n divert_v yea_o convert_v thou_o bless_v he_o for_o it_o it_o be_v a_o great_a thing_n to_o have_v a_o stop_v put_v to_o sin_n though_o it_o be_v but_o new_o do_v or_o little_a else_o do_v as_o the_o apostle_n tell_v the_o corinthian_a babe_n such_o be_v some_o of_o you_o viz._n such_o as_o be_v incapable_a of_o heaven_n and_o fit_a for_o hell_n but_o you_o be_v wash_v etc._n etc._n 1_o cor._n 6.9_o 11._o and_o yet_o the_o work_n of_o grace_n be_v but_o very_o imperfect_a in_o they_o 2._o consider_v how_o many_o there_o be_v yet_o in_o the_o world_n and_o it_o may_v be_v many_o of_o thy_o own_o relation_n bone_n of_o thy_o bone_n and_o flesh_n of_o thy_o flesh_n and_o some_o that_o have_v sit_v in_o the_o same_o pew_n and_o hear_v the_o same_o gospel_n that_o thou_o have_v and_o yet_o be_v not_o come_v so_o far_o as_o repentance_n from_o nor_o conviction_n of_o their_o dead_a work_n they_o be_v yet_o dead_a in_o sin_n and_o trespass_n fast_o asleep_a in_o their_o security_n without_o any_o sense_n of_o sin_n and_o sorrow_n for_o it_o and_o have_v god_n awaken_v thou_o to_o righteousness_n oh_o despise_v not_o the_o budding_n of_o grace_n but_o bless_v he_o that_o thou_o be_v so_o far_o quicken_v that_o thou_o can_v eat_v a_o little_a milk_n though_o as_o yet_o but_o one_o portion_n when_o so_o many_o sit_v and_o walk_v in_o darkness_n the_o
by_o his_o hand_n nor_o his_o promise_n and_o love_n by_o his_o providential_a dispensation_n but_o that_o he_o deal_v with_o they_o as_o son_n heb._n 12.5_o 13._o these_o see_v i_o have_v promise_v to_o name_n no_o more_o be_v the_o thing_n too_o many_o wherein_o the_o babe_n be_v as_o carnal_a and_o so_o as_o no_o other_o degree_n of_o saint_n be_v at_o least_o in_o such_o a_o degree_n as_o they_o be_v these_o be_v naughty_a thing_n and_o unbecoming_a because_o carnal_a and_o therefore_o paul_n threaten_v the_o corinthian_n with_o a_o rod_n if_o they_o mend_v not_o their_o manner_n which_o be_v corrupt_v the_o more_o by_o the_o evil_a word_n of_o a_o epicurean_a sort_n of_o man_n creep_v in_o among_o they_o 1_o cor._n 15._o twice_o if_o not_o thrice_o the_o apostle_n speak_v to_o they_o of_o these_o thing_n as_o such_o whereof_o they_o may_v well_o be_v ashamed_a 1_o cor._n 4.14_o and_o 6.5_o and_o 15.34_o and_o shake_v the_o rod_n over_o they_o again_o and_o again_o that_o they_o may_v fear_v to_o be_v carnal_a any_o more_o 1_o cor._n 4.18_o 21._o 2_o cor._n 1.23_o and_o 10.9_o 11._o and_o 12.20_o 21._o and_o 13.10_o and_o now_o i_o have_v finish_v what_o i_o design_v and_o promise_v as_o to_o the_o doctrinal_a part_n of_o this_o subject_a have_v show_v 1._o that_o there_o be_v such_o a_o form_n or_o state_n of_o saint_n as_o babe_n be_v inferior_a to_o they_o call_v by_o st._n john_n little_a child_n 2._o what_o their_o attainment_n and_o character_n be_v and_o 3._o wherein_o they_o be_v defective_a and_o short_a of_o all_o other_o saint_n and_o as_o carnal_a but_o a_o degree_n above_o carnal_a man_n be_v newborn_a it_o be_v true_a but_o as_o yet_o not_o wash_v clean_o from_o their_o blood_n no_o not_o comparative_o as_o other_o saint_n be_v i_o now_o proceed_v to_o the_o last_o thing_n iv_o the_o use_n of_o the_o whole_a 1._o by_o way_n of_o examination_n and_o self-catechizing_a whether_o we_o be_v 1._o babe_n or_o not_o we_o be_v 2._o but_o babe_n 2._o by_o 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