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thrust_v into_o his_o side_n and_o bleed_a wound_n the_o other_o be_v busy_a in_o keep_v his_o righteous_a law_n and_o command_n no_o soon_o do_v a_o command_n drop_v down_o from_o he_o but_o faith_n catch_v it_o up_o oh_o say_v faith_n this_o come_v from_o the_o king_n of_o king_n and_o must_v be_v do_v and_o this_o great_a king_n say_v love_n obey_v for_o i_o even_o to_o the_o cross_n and_o how_o can_v i_o do_v less_o than_o obey_v he_o his_o commandment_n be_v all_o right_a his_o yoke_n easy_a his_o service_n freedom_n and_o his_o love_n constrain_a 3._o this_o principle_n set_v the_o will_n into_o a_o right_a frame_n in_o respect_n of_o that_o great_a obstacle_n sin_n sin_n separate_v between_o god_n and_o the_o soul_n but_o this_o principle_n separate_v between_o the_o soul_n and_o sin_n and_o this_o in_o three_o respect_n 1._o as_o it_o be_v a_o principle_n of_o evangelical_n sorrow_n sin_n be_v contract_v with_o pleasure_n and_o must_v be_v dissolve_v with_o sorrow_n and_o this_o dissolution_n will_v not_o be_v kind_o unless_o the_o sorrow_n be_v evangelical_n legal_a sorrow_n be_v a_o preparative_n to_o conversion_n but_o evangelical_n be_v a_o essential_a ingredient_n in_o it_o in_o legal_a sorrow_n the_o heart_n break_v under_o the_o fear_n of_o hell_n and_o death_n but_o in_o evangelical_n it_o thaw_v under_o the_o beam_n of_o free_a grace_n it_o melt_v for_o the_o exceed_a sinfulness_n of_o sin_n it_o bleed_v over_o the_o bleed_a wound_n of_o christ_n it_o grieve_v at_o the_o grieving_n of_o the_o holy_a spirit_n it_o blush_v and_o shame_v itself_o for_o the_o stain_v cast_v upon_o god_n glory_n &_o it_o be_v offend_v &_o full_a fraught_n with_o displicency_n at_o its_o many_o &_o great_a offence_n of_o the_o divine_a majesty_n this_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sorrow_n according_a to_o god_n 2_o cor._n 7._o 10._o sorrow_n for_o sin_n as_o sin_n such_o as_o god_n will_v have_v this_o turn_v the_o sweet_a morsel_n of_o sin_n into_o bitter_a herb_n and_o the_o pleasant_a stream_n of_o lust_n into_o blood_n hereby_o sin_n be_v in_o some_o degree_n loosen_v out_o of_o the_o heart_n 2._o as_o it_o be_v a_o principle_n of_o hatred_n incline_v the_o will_n to_o hate_v every_o false_a way_n the_o scripture_n set_v out_o sin_n as_o a_o very_a odious_a thing_n it_o be_v the_o poison_n of_o asp_n rom._n 3._o 13._o the_o dog_n vomit_v 2_o pet._n 2._o 22._o a_o menstruous_a cloth_n isai._n 30._o 22._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o superfluity_n or_o excrement_n of_o all_o evil_a jam._n 1._o 21._o enmity_n to_o god_n rom._n 8._o 7._o the_o abominable_a thing_n which_o god_n hate_v jer._n 44._o 4._o and_o that_o with_o great_a hatred_n