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come_v into_o the_o world_n to_o save_v sinner_n 1_o tim._n 1._o 15._o 2._o chron._n 20._o 12._o look_v unto_o i_o and_o be_v save_v isai_n 45._o 22._o and_o so_o trust_v in_o christ_n for_o life_n from_o a_o hope_n of_o mercy_n but_o this_o hope_n be_v without_o a_o certainty_n these_o be_v bless_v as_o appear_v mat._n 16._o 17._o turn_v you_o to_o the_o strong_a hold_v you_o prisoner_n of_o hope_n zach._n 9_o 12._o second_o the_o reflect_v act_n of_o faith_n which_o be_v to_o believe_v christ_n come_v to_o save_v they_o from_o their_o sin_n as_o mat._n 1._o 23._o to_o know_v i_o believe_v he_o that_o have_v this_o measure_n or_o degree_n of_o faith_n trust_v in_o christ_n from_o a_o knowledge_n of_o a_o interest_n in_o he_o we_o believe_v and_o be_v sure_a joh._n 6._o 69._o he_o that_o have_v this_o act_n of_o faith_n have_v the_o former_a but_o there_o be_v some_o which_o have_v the_o first_o act_n of_o faith_n but_o have_v not_o attain_v the_o second_o yet_o their_o heart_n be_v 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peter_n sensibleness_n of_o his_o sin_n cause_v he_o to_o bid_v christ_n to_o depart_v from_o he_o lord_n depart_z from_o i_o for_o i_o be_o a_o sinful_a man_n luk._n 5._o 8._o therefore_o a_o deep_a sensibleness_n of_o sin_n hinder_v the_o soul_n in_o believe_v of_o christ_n and_o drive_v it_o further_o from_o christ_n thou_o have_v no_o cause_n to_o complain_v 3._o if_o god_n deal_v more_o gentle_o with_o thou_o than_o he_o do_v with_o some_o other_o its_o a_o great_a mistake_n to_o think_v that_o god_n delight_v in_o slavish_a fear_n or_o tear_n what_o be_v the_o great_a sensibleness_n of_o sin_n worth_a that_o proceed_v not_o from_o faith_n 4._o and_o flow_v not_o from_o the_o apprehension_n of_o pardon_n &_o love_n in_o so_o evil_a requite_v god_n look_v not_o to_o sensibleness_n of_o sin_n but_o to_o christ_n thy_o very_a sensibleness_n of_o sin_n be_v not_o free_a from_o sin_n and_o it_o deserve_v nothing_o but_o death_n but_o in_o christ_n be_v life_n if_o thou_o be_v ever_o fatherless_a 5._o which_o be_v for_o the_o soul_n to_o be_v strip_v of_o all_o that_o none_o of_o thy_o work_n nor_o mean_n nor_o man_n nor_o angel_n nor_o nothing_o beside_o jesus_n christ_n can_v stand_v thou_o in_o any_o stead_n nor_o satisfy_v thou_o be_v resolve_v to_o wait_v upon_o christ_n until_o he_o please_v to_o manifest_v his_o free_a love_n in_o pardon_v thy_o sin_n this_o be_v the_o work_n of_o god_n in_o thou_o yea_o this_o be_v a_o great_a and_o sweet_a work_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o such_o a_o work_n as_o never_o be_v in_o any_o but_o such_o as_o shall_v be_v save_v if_o thou_o renounce_v all_o thy_o own_o sufficiency_n so_o as_o thy_o best_a duty_n can_v satisfy_v thou_o certain_z it_o be_v there_o be_v a_o better_a sufficiency_n come_v in_o place_n i_o fear_v my_o faith_n be_v not_o the_o faith_n of_o god_n elect_n discoura_n because_o it_o be_v attend_v with_o so_o many_o doubt_n fear_n and_o doubt_n be_v no_o fruit_n of_o faith_n answ_n but_o of_o unbelief_n 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heed_n that_o you_o deny_v not_o yourselves_o to_o have_v faith_n lest_o you_o call_v weak_a faith_n no_o faith_n and_o light_n darkness_n and_o grace_n sin_n for_o to_o do_v so_o be_v very_o evil_a woe_n unto_o they_o that_o call_v evil_a good_a and_o good_a evil_n that_o put_v darkness_n for_o light_n and_o light_n for_o darkness_n that_o put_v bitter_a for_o sweet_a and_o sweet_a for_o bitter_a isa_n 5._o 20._o those_o that_o put_v faith_n for_o unbelief_n do_v so_o pray_v to_o god_n to_o strengthen_v thy_o faith_n as_o he_o do_v mark_n 9_o 24._o and_o use_v mean_n to_o remove_v such_o thing_n as_o strengthen_v unbelief_n and_o hinder_v the_o sight_n of_o thy_o faith_n as_o ignorance_n be_v one_o cause_n of_o doubt_v also_o a_o over-sensiblenesse_a of_o infirmity_n slight_v god_n mean_n neglect_v of_o duty_n or_o a_o formal_a performance_n or_o nourish_a sin_n more_o or_o less_o proneness_n to_o sin_n harken_v to_o satan_n to_o sense_n to_o carnal_a reason_n nourish_a fear_n and_o 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commend_v in_o any_o party_n when_o the_o party_n which_o do_v they_o be_v first_o in_o christ_n and_o his_o sin_n pardon_v through_o his_o death_n as_o 1_o pet._n 2._o 5._o heb._n 11._o 6._o our_o best_a duty_n be_v imperfect_a if_o in_o christ_n accept_v if_o out_o of_o christ_n mens_fw-la best_a duty_n can_v cause_v they_o to_o be_v accept_v 82._o all_o good_a work_n must_v have_v a_o pure_a heart_n god_n glory_n for_o the_o beginning_n and_o the_o end_n have_v a_o conscience_n to_o god_n in_o obedience_n to_o his_o word_n unless_o the_o person_n be_v accept_v the_o bare_a deed_n or_o action_n can_v please_v god_n 83._o where_o blessedness_n be_v promise_v to_o moral_a duty_n do_v those_o place_n be_v not_o to_o be_v consider_v as_o cause_n thereof_o for_o christ_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o out_o only_o to_o declare_v what_o person_n they_o be_v which_o god_n do_v save_v and_o what_o the_o saint_n duty_n be_v to_o do_v 84._o these_o duty_n must_v not_o be_v understand_v in_o the_o strictness_n and_o rigour_n of_o the_o moral_a law_n but_o of_o a_o continual_a and_o unfeigned_a desire_n purpose_n and_o endeavour_v to_o do_v they_o this_o rule_n prevent_v scruple_n and_o fear_n which_o weak_a one_o have_v through_o the_o sense_n of_o their_o want_n and_o fail_n 85._o the_o scripture_n use_v to_o call_v they_o son_n which_o by_o nature_n be_v no_o son_n to_o they_o who_o son_n they_o be_v call_v but_o they_o be_v son_n legal_o and_o by_o succession_n thus_o salathiel_n be_v son_n of_o neri_n natural_o luk._n 3._o 27._o be_v legal_o and_o by_o succession_n make_v the_o son_n of_o jechoniah_n who_o he_o succeed_v in_o the_o kingdom_n as_o mat._n 1._o 12._o 86._o after_o this_o manner_n zedekiah_n or_o jehoiakim_n 1_o chron._n 36._o 10._o and_o his_o son_n 1_o chron._n 3._o 16._o his_o brother_n by_o generation_n his_o son_n by_o right_a of_o succession_n by_o this_o rule_n the_o two_o evangelist_n matthew_n and_o luke_n be_v reconcile_v in_o their_o genealogy_n 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