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and_o effectual_o compel_v they_o to_o obey_v thy_o will._n and_o thus_o do_v thou_o shall_v see_v thy_o heart_n will_v submit_v its_o resistance_n will_v be_v bring_v under_o and_o its_o backwardness_n will_v be_v turn_v to_o a_o yield_a compliance_n 2._o sect_n ii_o 2._o when_o thou_o have_v get_v thy_o heart_n to_o the_o work_n beware_v lest_o it_o delude_v thou_o by_o a_o loiter_a formality_n lest_o it_o say_v i_o go_v and_o go_v not_o lest_o it_o trifle_v out_o the_o time_n while_o it_o shall_v be_v effectual_o meditate_v certain_o the_o heart_n be_v as_o likely_a to_o betray_v thou_o in_o this_o as_o in_o any_o one_o particular_a about_o
tantae_fw-la devotionis_fw-la est_fw-la insipida_fw-la bernard_n serm_v 23._o non_fw-fr cap_n o_o i_o pre_fw-la lativa_fw-la quia_fw-la illi_fw-la mayâ—tas_fw-la naturam_fw-la â—uim_fw-la naturae_fw-la â—â—ae_fw-la carnt_n &_o so_o gaint_v subuâ—lat_a &_o i_o insâ—â—um_n in_o divilia_n gloriae_fw-la suae_fw-la non_fw-la ad_fw-la horam_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o sempternum_fw-la includit_fw-la fit_a scatter_v meâ—s_fw-la doâ—inus_fw-la mens_fw-la et_fw-la timâ—â—_n domini_fw-la fratris_fw-la vincit_fw-la affectus_fw-la domine_fw-la jesus_n christ_n lâ—benter_fw-la audio_fw-la te_fw-la â—egnantem_fw-la in_o coelis_fw-la libentiâ—s_fw-la nascentem_fw-la in_o terris_fw-la liboutis_fw-la sime_fw-la crucem_fw-la clavos_fw-la &_o lanceam_fw-la sustinentem_fw-la haec_fw-la siquidem_fw-la effusio_fw-la rapit_fw-la affictum_fw-la meum_fw-la &_o istorum_fw-la memoria_fw-la incalescit_fw-la cor_fw-la meum_fw-la berna_n serm_v 23._o in_o die_v nata_fw-la nata_fw-la john_n 20_o 16._o mat._n 28_o 9_o john_n 20.13_o 2_o sam_n 23.16_o 17._o 1_o sam._n 21.9_o 1_o sam._n 18.4_o 18.4_o by_o the_o redundancy_n of_o which_o merit_n after_o satisfaction_n thereby_o make_v unto_o his_o father_n justice_n for_o our_o debt_n there_o be_v further_a a_o purchase_n make_v of_o grace_n and_o glory_n and_o of_o all_o good_a thing_n in_o our_o behalf_n m_o reinoldes_n life_n of_o christ_n pag._n 402._o isa._n 27.4_o lam._n 3.33_o ezek._n 18.23.32_o 18.23.32_o §._o 2._o 2_o it_o be_v free_o give_v we_o 1_o king_n 7.17_o rev._n 5.4_o 5._o jam._n 2.5_o 1_o cor._n 9.4_o 5_o 6_o 7_o 8_o 9_o 10_o 11_o 12_o 13._o 1_o cor._n 9.18_o 19_o rom._n 14.13_o 15_o 20_o 21._o rom._n 15.1_o 2._o 1_o cor._n 914_o 12_o ver_fw-la 15._o 1_o tim_n 5_o 17._o 1_o cor._n 4.10_o 11_o 12_o 1_o cor._n 9.16_o §_o 3._o 3._o it_o be_v the_o saint_n peculiar_a john_n 14.22_o luk_n 4.24_o 25_o 26_o 27._o rev._n 11.9.10_o rev._n 16.5.6_o rev._n 19_o 7.2_o rev._n 18.20_o 2_o chro._n 6.29_o psal._n 67.6_o &_o 33.12_o &_o 78.71_o &_o 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