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the_o proper_a owner_n acknowledge_v his_o absolute_a dependence_n on_o he_o and_o claim_v interest_n and_o propriety_n in_o nothing_o not_o in_o himself_o and_o then_o on_o the_o other_o hand_n the_o love_n and_o goodwill_n of_o infinite_a god_n place_v on_o man_n and_o from_o that_o fountain_n all_o the_o stream_n of_o happiness_n issue_v forth_o towards_o man_n the_o fullness_n of_o god_n open_v up_o itself_o to_o he_o and_o lay_v out_o itself_o towards_o he_o god_n so_o far_o descend_v as_o in_o a_o manner_n to_o become_v the_o creature_n to_o expose_v and_o dispose_v himself_o and_o all_o in_o he_o for_o poor_a man_n use_n and_o comfort_n how_o joyful_a be_v that_o amity_n but_o the_o break_n of_o this_o bond_n of_o peace_n be_v as_o sad_a and_o grievous_a there_o be_v a_o woeful_a interposal_n between_o god_n and_o we_o which_o have_v separate_v these_o chief_a friend_n ever_o since_o the_o beginning_n and_o that_o be_v sin_n the_o seed_n of_o all_o enmity_n and_o discord_n this_o have_v rend_v asunder_o the_o bond_n of_o amity_n this_o have_v make_v such_o a_o total_a aversion_n of_o the_o soul_n from_o god_n and_o imprint_v such_o a_o irreconciliable_a enmity_n in_o the_o heart_n against_o the_o holy_a will_n of_o god_n that_o there_o be_v no_o possibility_n to_o reunite_v again_o and_o restore_v the_o old_a friendship_n as_o long_o as_o the_o soul_n be_v not_o quite_o change_v and_o transform_v that_o first_o creation_n be_v so_o mar_v and_o deface_v that_o there_o be_v no_o mend_n of_o it_o till_o a_o second_o creation_n come_v the_o carnal_a mind_n be_v not_o simple_o a_o enemy_n but_o enmity_n itself_o a_o enemy_n may_v reconcile_v again_o and_o accept_v term_n of_o peace_n but_o enmity_n can_v reconcile_v to_o amity_n without_o the_o very_a destruction_n of_o itself_o the_o opposition_n of_o the_o heart_n be_v so_o perfect_a that_o as_o soon_o may_v enmity_n unite_v with_o amity_n and_o become_v one_o with_o it_o as_o a_o carnal_a natural-mind_n 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true_a delivery_n as_o bondage_n but_o some_o there_o be_v who_o eye_n the_o spirit_n of_o god_n open_v and_o let_v they_o see_v their_o bondage_n and_o slavery_n and_o how_o they_o be_v conclude_v under_o the_o most_o heavy_a and_o weighty_a sentence_n that_o ever_o be_v pronounce_v the_o curse_n and_o wrath_n of_o the_o everliving_a god_n that_o there_o be_v no_o way_n to_o fly_v from_o it_o or_o escape_v it_o for_o any_o thing_n they_o can_v do_v or_o know_v now_o indeed_o this_o serious_a discovery_n can_v choose_v but_o make_v the_o heart_n of_o a_o man_n to_o tremble_v as_o david_n my_o heart_n tremble_v because_o of_o thy_o judgement_n and_o i_o be_o afraid_a of_o thou_o pâ—al_n 119.120_o such_o a_o serious_a representation_n will_v make_v the_o stout_a and_o proud_a heart_n to_o fall_v down_o and_o â—aint_a for_o â—ear_v of_o that_o infinite_a intolerable_a weight_n of_o deserve_a wrath_n and_o then_o the_o soul_n be_v in_o a_o sensible_a bondage_n that_o before_o be_v in_o a_o 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