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be_v to_o perish_v it_o be_v naught_o it_o be_v naught_o say_v the_o buyer_n 20.14_o prov._n 20.14_o who_o will_v beat_v down_o the_o price_n of_o a_o commodity_n but_o when_o he_o be_v go_v he_o boast_v they_o that_o be_v sensual_a be_v apt_a to_o glory_n in_o their_o shame_n and_o to_o say_v we_o will_v fill_v 〈◊〉_d self_n with_o strong_a drink_n and_o 〈◊〉_d morrow_n shall_v be_v as_o this_o day_n 〈◊〉_d much_o more_o abundant_a last_o the_o lash_n of_o reproof_n faâ—leth_v upon_o those_o who_o when_o thâ—â—_n have_v conceive_v in_o their_o thought_n cease_v not_o till_o they_o have_v bring_v they_o forth_o and_o put_v they_o in_o execution_n 4.16_o prov._n 4.16_o some_o sleep_v not_o except_o the_o have_v do_v mischief_n their_o sleep_n not_o so_o sweet_a till_o they_o have_v revenâ—_n ge_v themselves_o of_o such_o who_o have_v cross_v they_o simeon_n and_o leuâ—_n herein_o show_v themselves_o brethren_n in_o iniquity_n not_o stop_v till_o their_o fierce_a fiery_a wrath_n have_v 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it_o be_v true_o say_v caryl_n say_v mr._n caryl_n he_o that_o be_v a_o saint_n in_o thought_n he_o be_v a_o saint_n indeed_o the_o thought_n of_o the_o righteous_a be_v right_a 12.5_o prov._n 12.5_o but_o he_o that_o be_v heedless_a what_o he_o think_v have_v the_o black_a brand_n of_o unregeneracy_n upon_o he_o when_o the_o people_n of_o israel_n walk_v after_o their_o own_o thought_n their_o way_n be_v not_o good_a there_o be_v principle_n that_o be_v short_a of_o regeneration_n which_o may_v restrain_v mâ—â—_n from_o open_a and_o external_a evil_n tâ—â—_n awe_n and_o law_n of_o man_n may_v chaâ—â—_n their_o hand_n who_o heart_n be_v uâ—â—_n change_v he_o may_v be_v tender_a 〈◊〉_d his_o own_o disgrace_n who_o be_v not_o teâ—der_v of_o god_n dishonour_n education_n and_o example_n may_v have_v 〈◊〉_d great_a influence_n upon_o man_n ouâ—_n ward_n carriage_n 12.2_o 2_o king_n 12.2_o jehoash_fw-mi demean_v himself_o civil_o while_o jehojadâ—_n be_v his_o tutor_n 12._o cogitationis_fw-la paenam_fw-la neâ—o_fw-la patitur_fw-la roger_n on_o luke_n 12._o good_a word_n anâ—_n action_n may_v be_v counterfeit_v buâ—_n the_o project_n of_o this_o heart_n lie_v noâ—_n within_o the_o walk_n of_o humane_a justice_n man_n suffer_v not_o in_o these_o low_a court_n mere_o for_o theiâ—_n thought_n these_o thing_n of_o a_o manâ—_n know_v no_o other_o man_n immediate_o and_o therefore_o thought_n have_v something_o of_o peculiarity_n iâ—_n they_o to_o discover_v the_o bent_n and_o bias_n of_o the_o inward_a man_n 23.7_o prov._n 23.7_o and_o as_o a_o man_n think_v in_o his_o heart_n so_o be_v he_o 2._o as_o light_v as_o many_o make_v of_o evil_a thought_n it_o be_v very_o evident_a and_o have_v be_v hint_v that_o what_o they_o seem_v to_o want_v of_o other_o â—evils_n as_o to_o their_o weight_n be_v over_o and_o over_o make_v up_o as_o to_o their_o number_n it_o be_v say_v of_o aholah_n 23.19_o ezek._n 23.19_o that_o she_o multiply_v her_o whoredom_n in_o call_v to_o remembrance_n the_o day_n of_o her_o youth_n wherein_o she_o have_v play_v the_o harlot_n thought-sin_n may_v be_v speedy_o and_o frequent_o repeat_v he_o that_o never_o have_v his_o hand_n in_o his_o neighbour_n blood_n may_v hate_v he_o and_o so_o murder_v he_o many_o time_n over_o if_o man_n shall_v compare_v a_o evil_a thought_n to_o a_o little_a sand_n yet_o they_o may_v know_v that_o if_o all_o their_o evil_a thought_n be_v lay_v together_o they_o will_v make_v a_o whole_a mountain_n of_o this_o sand_n and_o how_o heavy_a must_v that_o needs_o be_v 3._o it_o may_v not_o prove_v so_o easy_a as_o most_o imagine_v to_o obtain_v the_o pardon_n of_o thought-sin_n 8.21_o act_n 8.21_o simon_n peter_n urge_v simon_n magus_n to_o pray_v if_o perhaps_o the_o thought_n of_o his_o heart_n may_v be_v forgive_v which_o impli_v that_o oâ—_n all_o the_o great_a evil_a whereof_o thaâ—_n sorcerer_n be_v guilty_a the_o thought_n of_o his_o heart_n be_v in_o some_o sorâ—_n great_a and_o withal_o that_o it_o be_v a_o huge_a hazard_n it_o be_v at_o a_o perhaps_o whether_o that_o thought_n of_o his_o heart_n fall_v within_o the_o compass_n of_o a_o pardon_n certain_o wicked_a man_n thought_n be_v in_o this_o respect_n more_o wicked_a because_o natural_a conscience_n do_v less_o gainsay_v they_o and_o corrupt_a nature_n do_v more_o delight_n in_o they_o they_o be_v as_o have_v be_v touch_v its_o first-born_a 4._o if_o evil_a thought_n be_v not_o matter_n of_o your_o humiliation_n they_o will_v be_v matter_n of_o condemnation_n even_o in_o this_o life_n the_o lord_n do_v not_o seldom_o bring_v upon_o people_n the_o bitter_a fruit_n of_o their_o thought_n 6.19_o jer._n 6.19_o when_o he_o resolve_v to_o destroy_v man_n from_o the_o face_n of_o the_o earth_n he_o render_v this_o as_o one_o reason_n of_o his_o resolution_n 6.5_o gen._n 6.5_o every_o imagination_n of_o the_o thought_n of_o man_n heart_n be_v