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our_o calling_n both_o general_a and_o special_a be_v faithful_a in_o thy_o profession_n of_o godliness_n lurk_v not_o as_o a_o hypocrite_n among_o the_o saint_n carry_v no_o treacherous_a purpose_n to_o save_v thyself_o by_o deny_v or_o betray_v the_o truth_n give_v it_o thy_o heart_n hand_n and_o tongue_n and_o life_n if_o it_o require_v it_o beware_v of_o a_o politic_a profession_n never_o let_v thy_o practice_n disagree_v from_o thy_o profession_n consider_v christ_n profess_v a_o good_a profession_n before_o pilate_n and_o seal_v it_o with_o his_o life_n and_o death_n 1_o tim._n 5.13_o and_o will_v thou_o so_o nourish_v any_o secret_a fraud_n in_o thy_o heart_n contrary_a to_o thy_o profession_n and_o paul_n tell_v timothy_n he_o have_v make_v a_o good_a profession_n and_o a_o faithful_a before_o many_o witness_n and_o this_o be_v a_o most_o necessary_a doctrine_n we_o know_v not_o how_o soon_o we_o may_v be_v call_v to_o it_o therefore_o learn_v it_o betimes_o that_o we_o may_v 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i_o be_v confound_v when_o i_o have_v respect_n to_o all_o thy_o commandment_n it_o be_v a_o general_a sin_n of_o man_n they_o desire_v to_o have_v the_o word_n frame_v and_o fit_v to_o their_o desirable_a and_o unprofitable_a lust_n but_o thou_o must_v come_v to_o the_o light_n as_o one_o careful_a to_o get_v a_o word_n for_o every_o action_n and_o as_o one_o submit_v to_o the_o whole_a form_n of_o doctrine_n deliver_v 3._o frame_v thy_o heart_n to_o the_o word_n and_o never_o seek_v to_o have_v the_o word_n frame_v to_o thy_o heart_n so_o ely_n 1_o sam._n 3.18_o the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v good_a it_o be_v not_o fit_v to_o his_o heart_n be_v a_o lamentable_a prediction_n of_o his_o own_o ruin_n and_o the_o ruin_n of_o his_o posterity_n but_o yet_o he_o fit_v his_o heart_n to_o it_o and_o so_o do_v abraham_n to_o the_o difficult_a commandment_n go_v and_o sacrifice_v thy_o son_n so_o hezekiah_n 2_o king_n 20.19_o good_a be_v the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n which_o thou_o have_v 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the_o cure_n of_o the_o crooked_a will_n be_v to_o deny_v it_o and_o captivate_v it_o to_o the_o will_n of_o god_n in_o all_o thing_n let_v our_o will_n loose_a to_o themselves_o they_o will_v be_v sure_a to_o approve_v improove_v choose_v and_o refuse_v clean_o contrary_a to_o god_n and_o therefore_o as_o he_o that_o must_v set_v up_o a_o frame_n must_v carry_v away_o the_o rubbish_n so_o must_v he_o deny_v his_o own_o will_n that_o must_v frame_v to_o god_n who_o command_v honour_v i_o by_o not_o do_v your_o own_o will_n 2._o they_o must_v be_v renew_v renew_a else_o shall_v a_o man_n still_o fulfil_v the_o will_n of_o the_o flesh_n and_o it_o be_v not_o in_o we_o to_o will_v till_o the_o lord_n work_n first_o the_o will_n and_o then_o the_o deed_n so_o that_o grace_n now_o must_v guide_v thy_o will_n as_o nature_n have_v former_o sway_v it_o 3._o they_o must_v be_v free_v voluntas_fw-la est_fw-la libera_fw-la quatenus_fw-la liberata_fw-la free_a they_o be_v chain_v to_o 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promise_n against_o reason_n as_o abraham_n do_v in_o receive_v his_o son_n second_o in_o matter_n of_o obedience_n both_o active_a and_o passive_a 1._o active_a if_o the_o law_n require_v duty_n to_o be_v do_v to_o god_n or_o man_n there_o god_n express_v his_o will_n frame_v now_o thy_o will_n to_o such_o duty_n be_v they_o never_o so_o difficult_a as_o abraham_n in_o sacrifice_v his_o son_n never_o so_o dangerous_a as_o daniel_n in_o pray_v to_o the_o god_n of_o heaven_n even_o under_o the_o sentence_n of_o death_n 2._o passive_n in_o any_o cross_n or_o affliction_n upon_o thyself_o or_o other_o when_o god_n reveal_v his_o will_n
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2._o thou_o shall_v know_v it_o in_o regard_n of_o sin_n 1._o it_o be_v resolute_a in_o resistance_n of_o sin_n and_o the_o occasion_n for_o although_o the_o will_v renew_v admit_v sin_n in_o respect_n of_o corruption_n yet_o itself_o be_v in_o great_a part_n set_v against_o sin_n that_o it_o will_v it_o not_o full_o it_o purpose_v not_o to_o sin_n as_o david_n i_o vow_v i_o will_v keep_v thy_o judgement_n it_o have_v a_o fast_a purpose_n to_o cleave_v to_o god_n psal._n 119.104_o and_o hate_v all_o the_o way_n of_o falsehood_n 2._o when_o it_o yield_v to_o sin_n it_o be_v with_o grief_n it_o do_v not_o sleep_v in_o sin_n so_o but_o that_o the_o heart_n wake_v so_o the_o apostle_n rom._n 7.15_o he_o even_o hate_v sin_n while_o he_o be_v a_o do_v of_o it_o i_o hate_v that_o i_o do_v 3._o after_o sin_n it_o rise_v timely_a by_o repentance_n if_o he_o fall_v into_o sin_n he_o harden_v not_o his_o heart_n prov._n 28.14_o he_o will_v it_o not_o neither_o before_o nor_o after_o there_o be_v 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no_o more_o will_v thou_o do_v less_o second_o no_o great_a plague_n can_v befall_v a_o man_n than_o to_o be_v give_v up_o to_o his_o own_o will_n the_o hold_v to_o a_o man_n own_o will_n be_v the_o loss_n of_o the_o will_n and_o soul_n too_o three_o as_o thy_o will_n be_v please_v with_o the_o sin_n so_o it_o shall_v be_v revenge_v in_o the_o sorrow_n of_o it_o that_o will_v of_o thou_o that_o will_v not_o be_v compel_v to_o obey_v shall_v be_v compel_v to_o suffer_v all_o the_o plague_n of_o sin_n by_o a_o just_a recompense_n be_v lay_v upon_o the_o will_n as_o his_o sin_n be_v a_o resistance_n and_o renounce_v of_o the_o will_n of_o god_n for_o in_o hell_n no_o sinner_n shall_v ever_o obtain_v what_o he_o will_v but_o shall_v ever_o sustain_v what_o he_o will_v not_o thus_o god_n bring_v the_o way_n of_o the_o wilful_a sinner_n upon_o his_o own_o head_n ezek._n 11.21_o watch_v three_o to_o keep_v the_o soul_n blameless_a we_o must_v narrow_o watch_v all_o our_o affection_n wherein_o 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