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you_o and_o pardon_v you_o and_o that_o curse_v 20._o jer._n 31._o 20._o and_o condemnation_n which_o you_o have_v deserve_v shall_v never_o fall_v upon_o you_o oh_o my_o bowel_n my_o bowel_n be_v yearning_n towards_o you_o and_o therefore_o i_o will_v have_v mercy_n mercy_n 30._o jâ—b_n 33._o 13_o 24_o 28_o 30._o upon_o you_o and_o will_v deliver_v your_o soul_n from_o go_v down_o into_o the_o pit_n when_o the_o poor_a sinner_n be_v indict_v and_o arraign_v at_o god_n bar_n and_o process_n be_v make_v against_o he_o and_o he_o find_v guilty_a of_o the_o violation_n of_o god_n holy_a law_n and_o according_o judge_v guilty_a by_o god_n and_o adjudge_v to_o 24._o job_n
time_n i_o may_v turn_v you_o to_o many_o other_o scripture_n but_o in_o the_o mouth_n of_o twenty_o witness_n you_o may_v be_v very_o clear_o and_o full_o satisfy_v that_o jesus_n christ_n be_v the_o saint_n belove_v 1._o when_o the_o dutch_a martyr_n be_v ask_v whether_o he_o do_v not_o love_v his_o wife_n and_o child_n he_o answer_v be_v all_o the_o world_n a_o lump_n of_o gold_n and_o in_o my_o hand_n to_o dispose_v of_o i_o will_v give_v it_o to_o live_v with_o my_o wife_n and_o child_n in_o a_o prison_n but_o christ_n be_v dear_a to_o i_o than_o all_o 2._o say_v jerom_n if_o my_o father_n shall_v stand_v before_o i_o and_o if_o my_o mother_n shall_v hang_v upon_o i_o and_o my_o brethren_n shall_v press_v about_o i_o i_o will_v break_v through_o my_o brethren_n throw_v down_o my_o mother_n and_o tread_v underfoot_n my_o father_n that_o i_o may_v cleave_v the_o fast_o and_o close_o unto_o jesus_n christ_n 3._o that_o bless_a virgin_n in_o basil_n be_v condemn_v for_o christianity_n to_o the_o fire_n and_o have_v her_o estate_n and_o life_n offer_v she_o if_o she_o will_v worship_v idol_n cry_v out_o let_v money_n perish_v and_o life_n vanish_v christ_n be_v better_a than_o all_o 4._o love_n make_v hierom_n to_o say_v o_o my_o saviour_n do_v thou_o die_v for_o love_n of_o i_o a_o love_n more_o dolorous_a than_o death_n but_o to_o i_o a_o death_n more_o lovely_a than_o love_n itself_o i_o can_v live_v love_v thou_o and_o be_v long_o from_o thou_o 5._o henry_n voes_n say_v if_o i_o have_v ten_o head_n they_o shall_v all_o off_o for_o christ_n 6._o john_n ardley_n martyr_n say_v if_o every_o hair_n of_o my_o head_n be_v a_o man_n they_o shall_v all_o suffer_v for_o the_o faith_n of_o christ_n 7._o ignatius_n say_v let_v fire_n rack_n pulley_n yea_o &_o all_o the_o torment_n of_o hell_n come_v on_o i_o so_o i_o may_v win_v christ_n 8._o george_n carpenter_n be_v ask_v whether_o he_o love_v not_o his_o wife_n and_o child_n when_o they_o all_o weep_v before_o they_o 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a_o sin_n and_o jacob_n have_v a_o sin_n and_o job_n have_v a_o sin_n and_o david_n have_v a_o sin_n which_o be_v his_o special_a sin_n but_o neither_o of_o these_o have_v any_o sin_n which_o be_v their_o belove_a sin_n their_o bosom_n sin_n their_o darling_n sin_n that_o passage_n in_o job_n 31._o 33._o be_v observable_a if_o i_o cover_v my_o transgression_n as_o adam_n by_o hide_v my_o iniquity_n in_o my_o bosom_n mark_v in_o this_o text_n while_o job_n call_v some_o sin_n or_o other_o his_o iniquity_n he_o deny_v that_o he_o have_v any_o belove_a sin_n for_o say_v he_o do_v i_o hâ—de_v it_o in_o my_o bosom_n do_v i_o show_v it_o any_o favour_n do_v i_o cherish_v it_o or_o nourish_v it_o or_o keep_v it_o warm_a in_o my_o bosom_n o_o no_o i_o do_v not_o a_o godly_a man_n may_v have_v many_o sin_n yet_o he_o have_v not_o one_o belove_a sin_n one_o bosom_n sin_n one_o darling_n sin_n he_o may_v have_v some_o particular_a sin_n to_o which_o the_o unregenerate_a part_n of_o his_o will_n may_v strong_o incline_v and_o to_o which_o his_o unmortified_a affection_n may_v run_v out_o with_o violence_n too_o yet_o he_o have_v no_o sin_n he_o bear_v any_o good_a will_n to_o or_o do_v real_o or_o cordial_o effect_v mark_v that_o may_v be_v call_v a_o man_n particular_a way_n of_o sin_v which_o yet_o we_o can_v we_o may_v not_o call_v his_o belove_a sin_n his_o bosom_n sin_n his_o darling_n sin_n for_o it_o may_v be_v his_o great_a grief_n and_o torment_n and_o may_v cost_v he_o more_o sorrow_n and_o tear_n than_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o sin_n it_o may_v be_v a_o tyrant_n usurp_a power_n over_o he_o when_o it_o be_v not_o the_o delight_n and_o pleasure_n of_o his_o soul_n a_o godly_a man_n may_v be_v more_o prone_a to_o fall_v into_o some_o one_o sin_n rather_o than_o another_o it_o may_v be_v passion_n or_o pride_n or_o slavish_a fear_n or_o worldliness_n or_o hypocrisy_n or_o this_o or_o that_o or_o other_o vanity_n yet_o be_v not_o these_o his_o belove_a sin_n his_o bosom_n sin_n his_o darling_n sin_n for_o these_o aâ—e_v the_o enemy_n he_o hate_v and_o abhor_v these_o be_v the_o grand-enemy_n that_o he_o pray_v against_o and_o complain_v of_o and_o mourn_v over_o these_o be_v the_o potent_a rebel_n that_o his_o soul_n cry_v out_o most_o against_o and_o by_o which_o his_o soul_n suffer_v the_o great_a violence_n mark_v no_o sin_n but_o christ_n be_v the_o dear_o belove_v of_o a_o christian_n soul_n christ_n and_o not_o this_o sin_n or_o that_o be_v the_o chief_a of_o ten_o thousand_o to_o a_o gracious_a soul_n and_o yet_o some_o particular_a corruption_n or_o other_o may_v more_o frequent_o worst_a a_o believer_n and_o lead_v he_o captive_n but_o then_o the_o believer_n cry_v out_o most_o against_o that_o particular_a sin_n o_o say_v he_o this_o be_v my_o iniquity_n this_o be_v the_o saul_n the_o pharaoh_n that_o be_v always_o a_o pursue_v after_o the_o blood_n of_o my_o soul_n lord_n let_v this_o saul_n fall_v by_o the_o sword_n of_o thy_o 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