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24_o my_o negative_a goodness_n 47_o 25_o many_o good_a deed_n do_v 48_o 26_o i_o have_v a_o good_a heart_n strong_a faith_n 51_o 27_o little_a do_v i_o think_v it_o 52_o chap._n iii_o excuse_n from_o other_o be_v take_v from_o other_o person_n 2_o thing_n 54_o 1_o from_o other_o person_n 1_o man_n 2_o god_n 3_o satan_n man_n distinguish_v into_o 3_o class_n 1_o superior_n equal_n inferior_n 2_o man_n consider_v as_o good_a bad._n 3_o as_o friend_n foe_n stranger_n 1_o excuse_n take_v 1_o from_o superior_n 54_o 1_o their_o example_n 54_o 2_o counsel_n 55_o 3_o command_n 55_o 4_o promise_n or_o threat_n 56_o 2_o excuse_n from_o equal_n 58_o 3_o from_o inferior_n 58_o 2_o excuse_n take_v 1_o from_o good_a man_n 60_o 2_o from_o bad_a man_n 65_o excuse_n take_v 1_o from_o friend_n 66_o 2_o foe_n 69_o 3_o stranger_n 71_o chap._n iu_o 4_o excuse_n take_v 1_o from_o god_n 72_o 1_o his_o providence_n 72_o 2_o his_o decree_n 74_o 3_o his_o permission_n 78_o 4_o his_o pretend_a austerity_n 81_o 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misapply_v and_o some_o observation_n likewise_o 119_o 1_o the_o doctrine_n of_o election_n and_o reprobation_n 119_o 120_o 2_o that_o all_o be_v sinner_n 122_o 3_o that_o christ_n die_v to_o save_v sinner_n 124_o 4_o that_o we_o be_v save_v by_o grace_n 126_o 5_o that_o we_o be_v justify_v by_o faith_n 127_o 6_o the_o saint_n imperfection_n 129_o 7_o that_o we_o be_v not_o under_o the_o law_n but_o grace_n 132_o 8_o that_o we_o be_v to_o try_v all_o thing_n 134_o 9_o that_o it_o be_v but_o repent_v at_o last_o 135_o the_o case_n of_o the_o thief_n on_o the_o cross_n 138_o sundry_a observation_n 1_o the_o peaceable_a end_n of_o some_o wicked_a man_n 140_o 2_o the_o weak_a part_n of_o the_o godly_a 142_o 3_o the_o low_a estate_n of_o the_o godly_a 144_o 4_o division_n among_o christian_n 145_o 5_o scandalous_a life_n of_o some_o preacher_n 148_o chap._n vii_o excuse_n as_o to_o duty_n 1_o i_o be_o a_o child_n 149_o 2_o i_o be_o unlearned_a 153_o 3_o want_n competent_a ability_n 154_o 4_o our_o call_v 155_o 5_o i_o will_v hereafter_o 158_o 6_o want_n of_o company_n 7_o suffering_n 161_o 8_o term_n of_o honour_n 163_o 9_o we_o be_v well_o already_o 165_o 10_o it_o be_v no_o part_n of_o our_o call_v 165_o 11_o despair_n of_o success_n 166_o 12_o excess_n of_o humility_n 171_o chap._n viii_o excuse_n as_o to_o faith_n and_o believe_v 173_o 1_o from_o the_o greatness_n of_o the_o thing_n promise_v 171_o 2_o the_o thing_n promise_v too_o good_a 175_o 3_o ourselves_o too_o bad_a 175_o 4_o sad_a misgiving_n of_o heart_n 177_o 5_o the_o mean_v unlikely_a 179_o 6_o present_a providence_n unlike_o former_a precedent_n 181_o 7_o providence_n across_o promise_n 182_o 8_o that_o time_n be_v past_a and_o now_o too_o late_o 183_o 9_o it_o be_v above_o all_o reason_n imaginable_a 185_o 10_o i_o be_o under_o so_o many_o affliction_n 186_o 11_o fear_n i_o have_v commit_v the_o sin_n against_o the_o holy_a ghost_n 187_o 12_o relapse_n into_o sin_n again_o 194_o 13_o fear_n of_o reprobation_n 195_o chap._n ix_o the_o cause_n and_o reason_n of_o excuse_n 198_o 1_o causa_fw-la prima_fw-la man_n fall_n 199_o 2_o a_o primâ_fw-la orta_fw-la our_o corruption_n by_o the_o fall_n 200_o 3_o causae_fw-la assistentes_fw-la 1_o principal_a satan_n 200_o 2_o secundary_a man._n 201_o 4_o deficient_a cause_n 1_o want_n of_o due_a consideration_n of_o god_n omniscience_n etc._n etc._n 202_o 2_o not_o consider_v the_o latitude_n of_o god_n law_n 203_o 3_o not_o remember_v the_o last_o judgement_n 204_o 4_o want_n of_o conscience_n 205_o 2_o end_n of_o excuse_n 1_o to_o avoid_v shame_n 205_o 2_o to_o gain_v a_o repute_n of_o religiousness_n 207_o 3_o to_o stop_v the_o mouth_n of_o conscience_n 208_o 4_o to_o spare_v great_a pain_n 209_o chap._n x._o the_o sinfulness_n vanity_n and_o frivolusness_n of_o excuse_n 210_o 1_o sinfulness_n because_o the_o great_a hinderer_n of_o good_a 210_o 2_o the_o great_a nursery_n of_o evil._n 212_o 3_o they_o be_v oftentimes_o no_o other_o than_o flat_a refusal_n and_o denial_n 213_o 2_o their_o vanity_n 1_o in_o that_o they_o can_v stand_v before_o any_o approach_n into_o god_n presence_n 214_o 2_o nor_n before_o the_o light_n of_o god_n word_n 215_o 3_o nor_o a_o strict_a examen_fw-la of_o conscience_n 215_o 4_o nor_o bear_v up_o in_o a_o day_n of_o trial_n 216_o 5_o lest_o of_o all_o in_o the_o day_n of_o god_n judgement_n 217_o chap._n xi_o the_o application_n of_o the_o whole_a 218_o 1_o by_o way_n of_o lamentation_n 218_o 2_o by_o way_n of_o humiliation_n 229_o excuse_n 1_o charge_v with_o a_o breach_n of_o all_o the_o 10_o commandment_n 231_o 232_o instance_n in_o each_o commandment_n 2_o with_o sin_n against_o the_o gospel_n 239_o 3_o against_o christ_n 239_o 4_o against_o the_o holy_a ghost_n 240_o 3_o they_o turn_v all_o thing_n unto_o sin_n 241_o 4_o they_o do_v harden_v man_n in_o sin_n 242_o 3_o several_a use_n of_o information_n 242_o 1_o inform_v what_o a_o shift_a creature_n man_n be_v 242_o 2_o whence_o so_o little_a true_a piety_n faith_n obedience_n and_o conscience_n in_o the_o world_n 245_o 3_o the_o folly_n of_o that_o proverb_n better_a a_o bad_a excuse_n than_o none_o at_o all_o 246_o 4_o the_o sad_a difference_n of_o god_n care_n of_o man_n salvation_n and_o man_n carelessness_n 247_o 5_o the_o wide_a difference_n between_o the_o sincere_a christian_a and_o the_o unsound_a in_o respect_n of_o excuse_n 248_o 249_o 6_o the_o difference_n between_o god_n judgement_n of_o man_n and_o man_n concern_v himself_n 249_o 7_o the_o difference_n between_o man_n in_o his_o day_n of_o sin_n and_o of_o god_n visitation_n 249_o 8_o the_o difference_n between_o man_n sense_n of_o his_o excuse_n now_o and_o in_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n 250_o 9_o inform_v that_o man_n may_v be_v shut_v out_o of_o heaven_n notwithstanding_o much_o fair_a carriage_n and_o good_a language_n 255_o 10_o inform_v heaven_n may_v be_v lose_v in_o pursuance_n of_o thing_n in_o themselves_o lawful_a 255_o 11_o perform_v relative_n duty_n be_v not_o all_o require_v of_o christian_n 256_o 4_o use_n of_o examination_n 257_o 5_o and_o last_o use_n of_o exhortation_n or_o rather_o dehortation_n 261_o four_o removal_n of_o excuse_n 262_o 1_o by_o ready_a obedience_n 262_o 2_o by_o repentance_n 262_o 3_o fly_v to_o christ_n by_o faith_n 265_o 4_o to_o remove_v sinful_a excuse_n by_o make_v use_n of_o safe_a excuse_n whereof_o 267_o 5_o instance_n out_o of_o the_o old_a testament_n 268_o 5_o out_o of_o the_o new_a testament_n 272_o to_o the_o end_n antapologia_fw-la or_o a_o discourse_n of_o excuse_n chap._n
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himself_o a_o peculiar_a people_n zealous_a of_o good_a work_n every_o word_n of_o which_o text_n speak_v life_n to_o the_o sinner_n but_o death_n to_o his_o sin_n christ_n come_v indeed_o to_o reconcile_v god_n and_o the_o sinner_n not_o the_o sinner_n and_o sin_n he_o pull_v down_o the_o partition-wall_n between_o god_n and_o the_o believer_n but_o set_v up_o a_o partition-wall_n between_o the_o believer_n and_o his_o sin_n but_o many_o deal_n with_o christ_n say_v a_o worthy_a hall_n dr._n hall_n bishop_n as_o some_o do_v with_o their_o prince_n or_o some_o great_a noble_a man_n they_o care_v not_o how_o much_o they_o take_v up_o and_o how_o far_o they_o run_v in_o debt_n and_o when_o payment_n shall_v be_v make_v they_o get_v a_o protection_n to_o elude_v the_o course_n of_o justice_n so_o do_v many_o fly_v to_o christ_n for_o his_o protection_n say_v he_o and_o this_o be_v a_o common_a cheat_n 4._o there_o be_v no_o doctrine_n more_o abuse_v than_o grace_n doct._n 4._o we_o be_v 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