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first_o we_o have_v a_o right_a title_n to_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n by_o our_o second_o repentance_n we_o have_v a_o new_a claim_n to_o heaven_n by_o virtue_n of_o our_o old_a title_n thus_o these_o two_o kind_n of_o repentance_n may_v be_v difference_v and_o distinguish_v though_o otherwise_o they_o meet_v and_o agree_v in_o general_a quality_n both_o have_v sin_n for_o their_o cause_n sorrow_n for_o their_o companion_n and_o pardon_n for_o their_o consequent_a and_o effect_n tim._n but_o be_v not_o god_n child_n after_o commit_v of_o grievous_a sin_n and_o before_o their_o renew_v their_o repentance_n remain_v still_o heir_n of_o heauâ—…_n marry_v to_o christ_n and_o citizen_n of_o the_o new_a jerusalem_n phil._n heir_n of_o heaven_n they_o be_v but_o disinheritable_a for_o their_o mâ—…demeanour_n marry_a still_o to_o christ_n
desire_v be_v enough_o to_o make_v thou_o giddy_a stagger_v and_o reel_v into_o despair_n ever_o therefore_o lift_v up_o thy_o eye_n unto_o the_o *_o 1._o hill_n from_o whence_o come_v thy_o help_n never_o view_v the_o deep_a dale_n of_o thy_o own_o unworthiness_n but_o to_o abate_v thy_o pride_n when_o tempt_v to_o presumption_n tim._n sir_n your_o four_o and_o last_o counsel_n phil._n be_v not_o dishearten_v as_o if_o comfort_n will_v not_o come_v at_o all_o because_o it_o come_v not_o all_o at_o once_o but_o patient_o attend_v god_n leisure_n they_o be_v not_o style_v the_o swift_a but_o the_o *_o 8._o sure_a mercy_n of_o david_n and_o the_o same_o prophet_n say_v *_o 43._o the_o glory_n of_o the_o lord_n shall_v be_v thy_o rearward_n this_o we_o know_v come_v up_o last_o to_o secure_v and_o make_v good_a all_o the_o rest_n be_v assure_v where_o grace_n patient_o lead_v the_o front_n glory_n at_o last_o will_v be_v in_o the_o rear_n remember_v the_o prodigious_a patience_n of_o eliah_n servant_n tim._n wherein_o be_v it_o remarkable_a phil._n in_o obedience_n to_o his_o master_n he_o go_v several_a time_n to_o the_o sea_n it_o be_v tedious_a for_o i_o to_o tell_v what_o be_v not_o troublesome_a for_o he_o to_o do_v 1_o 2_o 3_o 4_o 5_o 6_o 7._o time_n send_v down_o steep_a carmel_n with_o danger_n and_o up_o it_o again_o with_o difficulty_n and_o all_o to_o bring_v news_n of_o nothing_o till_o his_o last_o journey_n which_o make_v recompense_n for_o all_o the_o rest_n with_o the_o tiding_n of_o a_o cloud_n arise_v so_o thy_o thirsty_a soul_n long_o parch_v with_o drought_n for_o want_n of_o comfort_n though_o late_o at_o last_o shall_v be_v plentiful_o refresh_v with_o the_o dew_n of_o consolation_n tim._n i_o shall_v be_v happy_a if_o i_o find_v it_o so_o phil._n consider_v the_o cause_n why_o a_o break_a leg_n be_v incurable_a in_o a_o horse_n and_o easy_o curable_a in_o a_o man_n the_o horse_n be_v incapable_a of_o counsel_n to_o submit_v himself_o to_o the_o farrier_n and_o therefore_o in_o case_n his_o leg_n be_v set_v he_o fling_v flounce_v and_o fly_v out_o unjoynt_v it_o again_o by_o his_o misemploy_a mettle_n count_v all_o bind_v to_o be_v shackles_n and_o fetters_o unto_o he_o whereas_o a_o man_n willing_o resign_v himself_o to_o be_v order_v by_o the_o chirurgeon_n prefer_v rather_o to_o be_v a_o prisoner_n for_o some_o day_n than_o a_o cripple_n all_o his_o life_n be_v not_o like_o a_o *_o 9_o horse_n or_o mule_n which_o have_v no_o understanding_n but_o let_v patience_n have_v its_o perfect_a work_n in_o thou_o when_o god_n go_v about_o to_o bind_v up_o the_o *_o 1._o break_a hearted_a tarry_v his_o time_n though_o ease_n come_v not_o at_o a_o instant_n yea_o though_o it_o be_v painful_a for_o the_o present_a in_o due_a time_n thou_o shall_v certain_o receive_v comfort_n xiv_o dialogue_n comfortable_a meditation_n for_o wound_a conscience_n to_o muse_v upon_o tim._n furnish_v i_o i_o pray_v with_o some_o comfortable_a meditation_n whereon_o i_o may_v busy_v and_o employ_v my_o soul_n when_o alone_o phil._n first_o consider_v that_o our_o saviour_n have_v not_o only_o a_o notional_a but_o a_o experimental_a and_o meritorious_a knowledge_n of_o the_o pain_n of_o a_o wound_a conscience_n when_o hang_v on_o the_o cross_n if_o pauâ—…_n conceâ—…ved_v himself_o happy_a being_n to_o answer_v for_o himself_o before_o king_n agrippa_n especial_o because_o he_o know_v 2_o he_o to_o be_v expert_a in_o all_o the_o custom_n and_o question_n of_o the_o jew_n how_o much_o more_o just_a cause_n have_v thy_o wound_a conscience_n of_o comfort_n and_o joy_n be_v in_o thy_o prayer_n to_o plead_v before_o christ_n himself_o who_o have_v feel_v thy_o pain_n and_o deserve_v that_o in_o due_a time_n by_o his_o stripe_n thou_o shall_v be_v heal_v tim._n proceed_v i_o pray_v in_o this_o comfortable_a subject_n phil._n second_o consider_v that_o herein_o like_o eliah_n thou_o need_v not_o complain_v that_o thou_o be_v leave_v alone_o see_v the_o best_a of_o god_n saint_n in_o all_o age_n have_v smart_v in_o the_o same_o kind_n instance_n in_o david_n indeed_o sometime_o he_o boast_v how_o he_o lie_v in_o green_a *_o 2_o pasture_n and_o be_v lead_v by_o still_a water_n but_o after_o he_o bemoan_v that_o he_o sink_v in_o *_o 2._o deep_a mire_n where_o there_o be_v no_o stand_n what_o be_v become_v of_o those_o green_a pasture_n parch_a up_o with_o the_o drought_n where_o be_v those_o still_a water_n trouble_a with_o the_o tempest_n of_o affliction_n the_o same_o david_n compare_v himself_o to_o a_o *_o 5._o owl_n and_o in_o the_o next_o psalm_n resemble_v himself_o to_o a_o eagle_n do_v two_o fowl_n fly_v of_o more_o different_a kind_n the_o one_o the_o scorn_n the_o other_o the_o sovereign_n the_o one_o the_o slow_a the_o other_o the_o swift_a the_o one_o the_o most_o sharp_o sight_v the_o other_o the_o most_o dimmeeyed_a of_o all_o bird_n wonder_v not_o then_o to_o find_v in_o thyself_o sudden_a and_o strange_a alteration_n it_o fare_v thus_o with_o all_o god_n servant_n in_o their_o agony_n of_o temptation_n and_o be_v confident_a thereof_o though_o now_o run_v aground_o with_o grief_n in_o due_a time_n thou_o shall_v be_v all_o afloat_o with_o comfort_n tim._n i_o be_o loath_a to_o interrupt_v you_o in_o so_o welcome_a a_o discourse_n phil._n three_o consider_v that_o thou_o have_v have_v though_o not_o grace_n enough_o to_o cure_v thou_o yet_o enough_o to_o keep_v thou_o and_o conclude_v that_o he_o who_o goodness_n have_v so_o long_o hold_v thy_o head_n above_o water_n from_o drown_v will_v at_o last_o bring_v thy_o whole_a body_n safe_o to_o the_o shore_n the_o wife_n of_o manoah_n have_v more_o faith_n than_o her_o husband_n and_o thus_o she_o reason_v *_o 23._o if_o the_o lord_n be_v please_v to_o kill_v we_o he_o will_v not_o have_v receive_v a_o burn_a and_o a_o meat_n offer_v at_o our_o hand_n thou_o may_v argue_v in_o like_o manner_n if_o god_n have_v intend_v final_o to_o forsake_v i_o he_o will_v never_o so_o often_o have_v hear_v and_o accept_v my_o prayer_n in_o such_o a_o measure_n as_o to_o vouchsafe_v unto_o i_o though_o not_o full_a deliverance_n from_o free_a preservation_n in_o my_o affliction_n know_v god_n have_v do_v great_a thing_n for_o thou_o already_o and_o thou_o may_v conclude_v from_o his_o grace_n of_o supportation_n hitherto_o grace_n of_o ease_n and_o relaxation_n hereafter_o tim._n it_o be_v pity_n to_o disturb_v you_o proceed_v phil._n four_o consider_v that_o beside_o the_o private_a stock_n of_o thy_o own_o thou_o trade_v on_o the_o public_a store_n of_o all_o good_a man_n prayer_n put_v up_o to_o heaven_n for_o thou_o what_o a_o mixture_n of_o language_n meet_v in_o jerusalem_n at_o pentecost_n *_o 2._o parthian_n mede_n and_o elamite_n etc._n etc._n but_o conceive_v to_o thy_o comfort_n what_o a_o medley_n of_o prayer_n in_o several_a tongue_n daily_o centre_n themselves_o in_o god_n ear_n in_o thy_o behalf_n english_a scotch_a irish_a french_a dutch_a etc._n etc._n insomuch_o that_o perchance_o thou_o do_v not_o understand_v one_o syllable_n of_o their_o prayer_n by_o who_o thou_o may_v reap_v benefit_n tim._n be_v it_o not_o requisite_a to_o entitle_v i_o to_o the_o profit_n of_o other_o man_n prayer_n that_o i_o particular_o know_v their_o person_n which_o pray_v for_o i_o phil._n not_o at_o all_o no_o more_o than_o it_o be_v needful_a that_o the_o eye_n or_o face_n must_v see_v the_o backward_a part_n which_o be_v difficult_a or_o the_o inward_a part_n of_o the_o body_n which_o be_v impossible_a without_o which_o sight_n by_o sympathy_n they_o serve_v one_o another_o and_o such_o be_v the_o correspondency_n by_o prayer_n betwixt_o the_o mystical_a member_n of_o christ_n body_n corporal_o unseen_a one_o by_o another_o tim._n proceed_v to_o a_o five_o meditation_n phil._n consider_v there_o be_v five_o kind_n of_o conscience_n on_o foot_n in_o the_o world_n first_o a_o ignorant_a conscience_n which_o neither_o see_v nor_o say_v any_o thing_n neither_o behold_v the_o sin_n in_o a_o soul_n nor_o reprove_v they_o second_o the_o flatter_a conscience_n who_o speech_n be_v worse_a than_o silence_n itself_o which_o though_o see_v sin_n soothe_v man_n in_o the_o commit_v thereof_o three_o the_o sear_a conscience_n which_o have_v neither_o sight_n speech_n nor_o sense_n in_o man_n that_o arâ—…_n *_o 19_o past_o feeling_n four_o a_o wound_a conscience_n fright_v with_o sin_n the_o last_o and_o best_a be_v a_o quiet_a and_o clear_a conscience_n pacify_v in_o christ_n jesus_n of_o these_o the_o four_o be_v thy_o case_n incomparable_o better_o than_o the_o three_o former_a so_o that_o a_o wise_a man_n will_v not_o take_v a_o world_n to_o change_v with_o they_o yea_o a_o wound_a conscience_n be_v rather_o painful_a than_o