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command_v a_o man_n to_o do_v such_o a_o thing_n he_o do_v it_o but_o it_o be_v hard_o say_v he_o when_o money_n be_v to_o be_v fetch_v out_o of_o his_o purse_n for_o good_a duty_n it_o be_v hard_o say_v he_o and_o when_o he_o must_v go_v against_o the_o wicked_a and_o pull_v the_o ill_a will_n of_o the_o country_n upon_o he_o may_v be_v he_o do_v it_o but_o it_o be_v hard_a the_o lord_n distaste_v this_o the_o lord_n love_v a_o cheerful_a giver_n and_o a_o cheerful_a worker_n a_o cheerful_a minister_n and_o cheerful_a people_n now_o if_o faith_n come_v into_o the_o soul_n it_o will_v not_o only_o work_v obedience_n but_o cheerful_a obedience_n and_o from_o the_o bottom_n of_o the_o heart_n second_o true_a obedience_n make_v a_o man_n resign_v himself_o to_o god_n god_n it_o make_v a_o man_n to_o be_v altogether_o at_o god_n dispose_n i_o be_o thou_o say_v david_n he_o look_v upon_o himself_o as_o if_o he_o be_v altogether_o at_o god_n dispose_n as_o if_o he_o be_v he_o and_o not_o his_o own_o you_o be_v not_o your_o own_o say_v the_o apostle_n you_o be_v buy_v with_o a_o price_n 1_o cor._n 2_o 6._o so_o that_o be_v true_a obedience_n when_o a_o man_n give_v up_o himself_o to_o god_n many_o will_v do_v thing_n that_o god_n command_v but_o they_o know_v not_o how_o to_o do_v they_o with_o resignation_n to_o be_v altogether_o at_o god_n dispose_n they_o love_v to_o be_v call_v god_n servant_n but_o they_o will_v be_v only_a retainer_n as_o many_o will_v get_v to_o be_v servant_n to_o some_o gentleman_n but_o it_o be_v only_o for_o their_o own_o advantage_n to_o save_v their_o purse_n to_o have_v the_o gentleman_n countenance_n these_o will_v not_o dwell_v with_o the_o gentleman_n but_o in_o their_o own_o house_n and_o when_o he_o have_v some_o great_a stranger_n at_o a_o feast_n or_o when_o he_o ride_v abroad_o in_o state_n than_o they_o will_v attend_v upon_o he_o but_o yet_o they_o will_v live_v at_o home_n and_o be_v their_o own_o man_n so_o most_o people_n be_v 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be_v worth_a five_o hundred_o pound_n a_o year_n of_o our_o money_n yet_o as_o soon_o as_o ever_o christ_n call_v he_o he_o leave_v his_o place_n and_o go_v after_o christ_n so_o when_o a_o man_n will_v part_v with_o purse_n and_o friend_n and_o all_o he_o have_v and_o fling_v all_o at_o god_n foot_n and_o give_v up_o all_o to_o he_o this_o be_v true_a obedience_n now_o if_o we_o have_v not_o this_o we_o have_v not_o faithful_a obedience_n the_o kill_v power_n of_o the_o law_n rom._n 7.9_o for_o i_o be_v once_o alive_a without_o the_o law_n but_o when_o the_o commandment_n come_v sin_n revive_v and_o i_o die_v in_o these_o word_n the_o apostle_n show_v two_o thing_n first_o text._n what_o a_o jolly_a man_n he_o think_v himself_o to_o be_v whilst_o he_o be_v a_o pharisee_n before_o the_o lord_n wrought_v upon_o he_o by_o the_o law_n second_o what_o a_o miserable_a wretched_a creature_n he_o see_v himself_o to_o be_v when_o the_o lord_n take_v he_o in_o hand_n and_o discover_v his_o 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commit_v against_o this_o make_a sin_n appear_v unto_o he_o in_o the_o very_a life_n of_o it_o therefore_o in_o the_o 13._o vers_fw-la of_o this_o chapter_n the_o apostle_n say_v sin_n that_o it_o may_v appear_v sin_n work_v death_n in_o i_o that_o sin_n may_v be_v out_o of_o measure_n sinful_a by_o the_o commandment_n that_o be_v when_o the_o commandment_n come_v and_o be_v manifest_v to_o the_o soul_n it_o make_v the_o life_n of_o sin_n appear_v the_o life_n of_o sin_n be_v then_o manifest_v the_o law_n of_o god_n like_o a_o glass_n do_v show_v the_o life_n of_o the_o commandment_n and_o the_o very_a nature_n of_o all_o sin_v and_o transgress_v now_o before_o the_o law_n come_v thus_o home_o unto_o he_o he_o can_v not_o thus_o see_v sin_n he_o can_v say_v he_o be_v a_o sinner_n and_o have_v commit_v these_o and_o these_o sin_n but_o what_o these_o sin_n be_v and_o the_o exceed_a sinfulness_n of_o these_o sin_n he_o do_v not_o see_v that_o he_o have_v a_o dead_a kind_n of_o picture_n 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hear_v the_o word_n of_o salvation_n see_v into_o thy_o own_o heart_n think_v who_o word_n it_o be_v thou_o hear_v and_o that_o thou_o go_v to_o hear_v the_o word_n that_o shall_v judge_v thou_o at_o the_o last_o day_n when_o thou_o come_v into_o the_o presence_n of_o god_n take_v heed_n lest_o thou_o hear_v as_o fool_n hear_v and_o take_v heed_n lest_o thou_o pray_v as_o fool_n pray_v and_o come_v to_o the_o sacrament_n as_o fool_n use_v to_o come_v we_o shall_v watch_v before_o the_o duty_n that_o all_o thing_n may_v be_v in_o a_o readiness_n before_o we_o come_v to_o the_o performance_n of_o it_o that_o we_o may_v prevent_v
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