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in_o a_o most_o miserable_a and_o dreadful_a condition_n first_o there_o be_v some_o who_o do_v refuse_v god_n to_o be_v their_o god_n in_o covenant_n and_o do_v refuse_v god_n some_o refuse_v to_o be_v in_o covenant_n with_o god_n to_o be_v his_o people_n in_o covenant_n job_n 21._o 14_o they_o say_v unto_o god_n depart_v from_o we_o for_o we_o desire_v not_o the_o knowledge_n of_o thy_o way_n ver._n 15._o what_o be_v the_o almighty_a that_o we_o shall_v serve_v he_o and_o what_o profit_n shall_v we_o have_v if_o we_o pray_v unto_o he_o prov._n 1._o 24._o because_o i_o have_v call_v and_o you_o refuse_v i_o have_v stretch_v out_o my_o hand_n and_o no_o man_n regard_v ver._n 29._o for_o that_o they_o hate_v knowledge_n and_o do_v not_o choose_v the_o fear_n of_o the_o lord_n ver._n 30._o they_o will_v none_o of_o my_o counsel_n they_o despise_v all_o my_o reproof_n etc._n etc._n but_o more_o particular_o there_o be_v four_o sort_n of_o man_n who_o refuse_v god_n to_o be_v their_o god_n in_o covenant_n and_o to_o be_v his_o people_n 1._o such_o as_o refuse_v the_o authority_n of_o god_n to_o rule_v and_o guide_v they_o by_o his_o will_n and_o law_n law_n such_o as_o refuse_v to_o be_v guide_v by_o his_o law_n when_o god_n be_v a_o god_n in_o covenant_n there_o he_o be_v acknowledge_v as_o lord_n and_o lawgiver_n the_o lord_n be_v our_o judge_n the_o lord_n be_v our_o lawgiver_n the_o lord_n be_v our_o king_n isa_n 33._o 22._o nay_o he_o will_v be_v so_o acknowledge_v or_o else_o he_o will_v not_o be_v a_o god_n in_o covenant_n with_o we_o see_v leu._n 26._o 14._o if_o you_o will_v not_o hearken_v unto_o i_o and_o will_v not_o do_v all_o these_o commandment_n and_o ver_fw-la 15._o if_o you_o shall_v dispute_v my_o statute_n and_o if_o your_o soul_n abhor_v my_o judgement_n than_o ver_fw-la 17._o i_o will_v set_v my_o face_n against_o you_o etc._n etc._n psal_n 81._o 11._o but_o my_o people_n will_v not_o hearken_v to_o my_o voice_n and_o israel_n will_v none_o of_o i_o ver._n 12._o so_o i_o give_v they_o up_o unto_o their_o own_o heart_n lust_n and_o they_o walk_v in_o their_o own_o counsel_n if_o any_o man_n have_v a_o nature_n which_o be_v at_o enmity_n with_o god_n and_o will_v not_o be_v subject_a unto_o his_o will_n and_o law_n how_o can_v there_o be_v a_o covenant_n between_o they_o and_o god_n for_o in_o form_v up_o of_o a_o covenant_n there_o must_v be_v a_o agreement_n between_o the_o party_n but_o if_o we_o set_v up_o our_o will_n against_o god_n will_n that_o we_o will_v do_v not_o what_o come_v from_o his_o mouth_n but_o what_o come_v from_o our_o own_o heart_n not_o what_o he_o command_v but_o what_o our_o own_o proud_a lust_n do_v like_a assure_o god_n neither_o be_v nor_o will_v be_v in_o covenant_n with_o such_o a_o people_n for_o hereby_o he_o shall_v lose_v the_o glory_n of_o be_v a_o lord_n and_o we_o shall_v not_o submit_v to_o his_o righteous_a will_n but_o he_o shall_v subject_v himself_o unto_o our_o ungodly_a lust_n 2._o such_o as_o maintain_v a_o contrariety_n and_o incompliance_n with_o the_o glorious_a nature_n of_o god_n god_n such_o as_o maintain_v a_o contrariety_n to_o the_o glorious_a nature_n of_o god_n this_o be_v the_o glory_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n that_o it_o be_v holy_a holy_a holy_a holy_a lord_n god_n almighty_a rev._n 4._o 8._o and_o this_o be_v that_o about_o which_o god_n insist_o with_o all_o person_n whatsoever_o who_o he_o will_v own_v for_o his_o people_n in_o covenant_n you_o shall_v be_v holy_a for_o i_o be_o holy_a leu._n 11._o 44._o for_o there_o must_v be_v a_o similitude_n betwixt_o god_n and_o the_o people_n of_o god_n and_o as_o he_o declare_v his_o choice_n love_n to_o they_o so_o must_v they_o be_v a_o choice_a generation_n and_o a_o holy_a nation_n to_o show_v forth_o his_o praise_n therefore_o such_o person_n as_o be_v not_o only_o unholy_a in_o a_o privative_a way_n but_o also_o hate_v holiness_n and_o can_v endure_v to_o be_v make_v holy_a in_o a_o positive_a 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