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4._o we_o will_v remember_v thy_o love_n more_o than_o wine_n and_o a_o brutish_a heart_n that_o be_v whole_o lose_v and_o sink_v in_o these_o dreggy_a contentment_n which_o gratify_v sense_n value_v not_o the_o favour_n of_o god_n think_v it_o cant_v to_o talk_v of_o communion_n with_o he_o and_o the_o joy_n of_o hope_n to_o be_v fantastical_a expression_n they_o love_v pleasure_n more_o than_o god_n 2_o tim._n 3._o 4._o now_o if_o we_o will_v restrain_v and_o check_v this_o inclination_n we_o shall_v rejoice_v in_o christ_n delight_v our_o mind_n and_o heart_n in_o the_o remembrance_n of_o his_o love_n and_o benefit_n whatever_o pleasure_n a_o man_n do_v find_v or_o imagine_v to_o find_v in_o sensual_a fleshly_a course_n that_o and_o much_o more_o be_v to_o be_v have_v in_o christ_n where_o we_o rejoice_v at_o a_o sure_a and_o more_o sincere_a rate_n ephes._n 5._o 4._o not_o jest_a but_o rather_o give_v of_o thanks_o carnal_a mirth_n do_v not_o so_o cheer_v worldling_n as_o the_o 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18._o 11._o the_o pharisee_n stand_v and_o pray_v thus_o with_o himself_o god_n i_o thank_v thou_o that_o i_o be_o not_o as_o other_o man_n be_v extortioner_n unjust_a adulterer_n or_o even_o as_o this_o publican_n if_o they_o have_v a_o external_n righteousness_n they_o will_v plead_v that_o i_o fast_o twice_o in_o the_o week_n i_o give_v tithe_n of_o all_o that_o i_o possess_v etc._n etc._n a_o legal_a spirit_n be_v natural_a to_o we_o though_o man_n dare_v not_o pretend_v to_o a_o universal_a conformity_n to_o the_o law_n in_o a_o strict_a sense_n yet_o if_o they_o can_v make_v a_o shift_n to_o get_v any_o external_a conformity_n to_o the_o law_n they_o be_v confident_a of_o divine_a acceptance_n yea_o so_o sottish_a be_v their_o conscience_n that_o they_o
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