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thou_o never_o consider_v this_o and_o thus_o he_o do_v as_o it_o be_v pity_n and_o compassionate_v they_o in_o their_o blindness_n and_o ignorance_n and_o horrrible_a befottednesse_n that_o think_v that_o thought_n be_v free_a belove_a when_o the_o lord_n come_v to_o reckon_v with_o the_o world_n he_o will_v not_o only_o reckonwith_o they_o for_o their_o pound_n and_o shilling_n for_o their_o hundred_o and_o thousand_o of_o sin_n for_o their_o murder_n whore_n dome_n blasphemy_n etc._n etc._n but_o he_o will_v call_v they_o to_o a_o account_n for_o their_o least_o sin_n the_o penny_n and_o farthing_n sin_n even_o their_o very_a thought_n agree_v with_o thy_o adversary_n quick_o while_o thou_o be_v in_o the_o way_n lest_o he_o deliver_v thou_o up_o to_o the_o jailer_n and_o thou_o be_v cast_v into_o prison_n thou_o shall_v not_o come_v out_o until_o thou_o have_v pay_v the_o utmost_a farthing_n thou_o must_v deliver_v up_o thy_o farthing_n as_o well_o as_o thy_o pound_n sin_n or_o 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so_o long_o as_o thy_o thought_n run_v habitual_o on_o earthly_a thing_n thou_o have_v no_o christ_n it_o be_v not_o enough_o for_o a_o man_n to_o hang_v on_o christ_n for_o many_o a_o man_n do_v so_o and_o yet_o be_v cut_v off_o from_o christ_n and_o perish_v for_o ever_o thou_o must_v not_o only_o hang_v upon_o christ_n but_o thou_o must_v also_o get_v into_o christ_n as_o in_o the_o old_a world_n when_o the_o deluge_n come_v and_o the_o water_n increase_v so_o great_o that_o the_o mountain_n and_o high_a hill_n be_v cover_v with_o they_o and_o the_o people_n can_v not_o save_v themselves_o by_o get_v unto_o the_o top_n of_o the_o mountain_n no_o question_n but_o many_o see_v the_o ark_n swim_v above_o the_o water_n do_v climb_v up_o and_o hang_v upon_o the_o side_n of_o the_o ark_n think_v to_o save_v themselves_o yet_o none_o of_o they_o be_v save_v but_o those_o that_o be_v get_v into_o the_o ark_n so_o many_o a_o man_n will_v catch_v hold_n of_o christ_n but_o his_o hold_n will_v be_v go_v and_o he_o perish_v for_o ever_o unless_o he_o get_v into_o christ_n now_o a_o man_n can_v never_o get_v into_o christ_n unless_o his_o heart_n be_v purge_v from_o vain_a thought_n for_o christ_n when_o he_o enter_v into_o a_o man_n cleanse_v his_o heart_n from_o vain_a thought_n 2_o cor._n 10._o 5_o if_o christ_n once_o come_v into_o the_o heart_n he_o will_v set_v up_o his_o throne_n there_o he_o will_v hold_v his_o sceptre_n of_o righteousness_n in_o it_o when_o christ_n come_v see_v what_o a_o work_n he_o will_v make_v in_o the_o heart_n he_o will_v not_o suffer_v a_o proud_a thought_n to_o remain_v there_o to_o upbraid_v he_o but_o he_o will_v cast_v down_o every_o imagination_n and_o all_o high_a thing_n that_o exalt_v themselves_o and_o he_o will_v bring_v every_o thought_n into_o subjection_n unto_o himself_o therefore_o if_o thy_o thought_n run_v after_o the_o lust_n of_o thy_o own_o heart_n thou_o have_v no_o christ_n in_o thou_o for_o christ_n belove_v will_v never_o dwell_v in_o a_o foul_a house_n i_o know_v there_o be_v no_o wheat_n without_o some_o darnel_n no_o gold_n without_o some_o dross_n no_o wine_n without_o some_o lees_n so_o there_o be_v no_o man_n but_o have_v some_o sin_n no_o man_n so_o clean_o but_o have_v some_o defilement_n of_o sin_n upon_o he_o yet_o if_o a_o man_n have_v not_o this_o cleanse_a grace_n of_o christ_n in_o he_o cleanse_v the_o heart_n from_o vain_a thing_n there_o be_v no_o christ_n in_o he_o for_o christ_n will_v never_o dwell_v in_o a_o foul_a heart_n now_o belove_v the_o very_a vain_a thought_n of_o a_o man_n defile_v he_o as_o christ_n faith_n mat._n 7._o 21._o 22._o 23._o out_o of_o the_o heart_n proceed_v evil_a thought_n and_o they_o be_v they_o that_o defile_v a_o man_n allthese_n not_o only_o murder_v and_o adultery_n and_o uncleaness_n and_o all_o other_o abominable_a sin_n which_o man_n conscience_n startle_v at_o but_o evil_a thought_n defile_v a_o man_n assure_v thyself_o that_o so_o long_o as_o the_o league_n of_o these_o evil_a thought_n be_v not_o break_v thou_o have_v no_o christ_n as_o yet_o within_o thou_o hence_o be_v that_o exhortation_n of_o the_o apostle_n col._n 3._o 12._o if_o you_o be_v rise_v with_o christ_n then_o seek_v those_o thing_n that_o be_v above_o brethren_n you_o must_v remember_v that_o there_o be_v two_o kind_n of_o exhortation_n in_o the_o scripture_n the_o one_o if_o a_o man_n do_v they_o bless_a and_o happy_a be_v he_o the_o other_o if_o he_o do_v they_o not_o yet_o he_o may_v find_v mercy_n it_o will_v be_v a_o grief_n and_o a_o sorrow_n to_o he_o but_o it_o follow_v not_o that_o he_o shall_v miscarry_v but_o there_o be_v exhortation_n that_o tie_v to_o obedience_n that_o must_v be_v obey_v or_o else_o there_o be_v no_o salvation_n as_o this_o exhortation_n of_o the_o apostle_n it_o be_v not_o leave_v to_o our_o choice_n to_o do_v or_o not_o to_o do_v but_o if_o a_o man_n be_v rise_v of_o christ_n he_o must_v do_v it_o he_o must_v seek_v the_o thing_n that_o be_v above_o that_o man_n then_o that_o have_v his_o thought_n run_v habitual_o on_o the_o world_n that_o man_n have_v no_o christ_n in_o he_o and_o therefore_o his_o end_n must_v needs_o be_v destruction_n three_o that_o man_n end_n must_v needs_o be_v destruction_n that_o love_v not_o god_n now_o so_o long_o as_o thy_o thought_n run_v habitual_o on_o the_o thing_n of_o the_o world_n thou_o have_v no_o true_a love_n of_o god_n in_o thou_o for_o thus_o run_v the_o commandment_n of_o love_n thou_o shall_v love_v the_o lord_n thy_o god_n with_o all_o thy_o heart_n with_o all_o thy_o soul_n and_o with_o all_o thy_o might_n matth._n 22._o 37._o it_o be_v as_o if_o christ_n shall_v have_v say_v thou_o shall_v love_v god_n with_o all_o thy_o heart_n and_o with_o all_o thy_o heart_n and_o with_o all_o thy_o heart_n for_o the_o soul_n mind_n and_o heart_n be_v all_o one_o that_o no_o man_n may_v dare_v to_o keep_v any_o part_n of_o their_o heart_n from_o god_n every_o 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