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all_o 6._o the_o common_a misery_n of_o the_o world_n proclaim_v man_n vice_n and_o the_o difficulty_n of_o the_o cure_n how_o else_o come_v the_o world_n to_o live_v in_o self-seeking_a falsehood_n fraud_n malice_n and_o in_o bloody_a war_n worsâ—_n than_o wolf'_v and_o serpent_n against_o each_o other_o 7._o last_o where_o god_n cure_v this_o by_o true_a believe_v it_o be_v do_v with_o the_o pang_n of_o sharp_a repentance_n and_o a_o great_a conflict_n before_o god_n spirit_n overcome_v iii_o it_o be_v evident_a then_o that_o this_o sanctification_n of_o soul_n be_v a_o eminent_a work_n of_o god_n himself_o 1._o in_o that_o it_o be_v yet_o do_v on_o so_o many_o of_o his_o choose_a one_o in_o all_o age_n and_o place_n 2._o in_o that_o as_o hard_o as_o it_o be_v he_o usual_o turn_v the_o heart_n of_o sinner_n to_o himself_o in_o a_o very_a little_a time_n sometime_o by_o one_o sermon_n 3._o it_o be_v a_o work_n that_o none_o can_v do_v but_o god_n who_o have_v the_o power_n of_o soul_n 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unto_o the_o death_n child_n cry_v when_o they_o come_v into_o the_o world_n and_o i_o be_o often_o sorry_a when_o i_o be_o waken_v out_o of_o a_o quiet_a sleep_n especial_o to_o the_o business_n of_o a_o unquiet_a day_n we_o shall_v be_v strong_o tempt_v in_o our_o consider_a state_n to_o murmur_v at_o our_o creator_n as_o deal_v much_o hardly_o by_o we_o than_o by_o the_o brute_n if_o we_o must_v have_v have_v all_o those_o care_n and_o grief_n and_o fear_n by_o the_o knowledge_n of_o what_o we_o want_v and_o the_o prospect_n of_o death_n and_o future_a evil_n which_o they_o be_v exempt_v from_o and_o have_v not_o withal_o have_v the_o hope_n of_o a_o future_a felicity_n to_o support_v we_o seneca_n and_o his_o stoic_n have_v no_o better_a argument_n to_o silence_v such_o murmurer_n who_o believe_v not_o a_o better_a life_n than_o to_o tell_v they_o that_o if_o this_o life_n have_v more_o evil_a than_o good_a and_o they_o think_v god_n do_v they_o wrong_n they_o may_v remedy_v themselves_o by_o end_v it_o when_o they_o will_v but_o that_o will_v not_o cure_v the_o repine_n of_o a_o nature_n who_o find_v itself_o necessary_o weary_a of_o the_o misery_n of_o life_n and_o yet_o afraid_a of_o die_v and_o it_o be_v no_o great_a wonder_n that_o many_o think_v that_o pre-existent_a soul_n be_v put_v into_o these_o body_n as_o a_o punishment_n of_o something_o do_v in_o a_o former_a life_n while_o they_o foresee_v not_o the_o hope_a end_n of_o all_o our_o fear_n and_o sorrow_n o_o how_o contemptible_a a_o thing_n be_v man_n say_v the_o same_o seneca_n unless_o he_o lift_v up_o himself_o above_o humane_a thing_n therefore_o say_v solomon_n eccles_n 2._o 17._o when_o he_o have_v glut_v himself_o with_o all_o temporal_a pleasure_n i_o hate_v life_n because_o the_o work_n that_o be_v wrought_v under_o the_o sun_n be_v grievous_a to_o i_o for_o all_o be_v vanity_n and_o vexation_n of_o spirit_n §_o 12._o ii_o i_o have_v often_o think_v whether_o a_o implicit_a belief_n 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