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blush_n as_o it_o be_v say_v what_o fruit_n have_v you_o of_o those_o thing_n whereof_o you_o be_v now_o ashamed_a and_o it_o be_v hollowness_n and_o impudency_n to_o offer_v to_o confess_v foul_a sin_n without_o blush_v and_o shame_n before_o god_n oh_o say_v the_o holy_a man_n ezra_n i_o be_o confound_v and_o ashamed_a to_o lift_v up_o my_o eye_n unto_o thou_o a_o good_a heart_n see_v god_n eye_n to_o be_v set_v on_o his_o nakedness_n stand_v aghast_a and_o ashamed_a in_o itself_o and_o there_o be_v no_o quietness_n to_o it_o till_o it_o be_v cover_v with_o the_o garment_n of_o christ_n righteousness_n ezek._n 16._o 61_o 62_o 63._o then_o thou_o shall_v remember_v thy_o way_n and_o be_v ashamed_a and_o confound_v
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fear_v lest_o his_o repentance_n die_v with_o he_o second_o the_o long_o a_o man_n persevere_v in_o sin_n the_o long_o and_o more_o he_o increase_v the_o hardness_n of_o his_o heart_n and_o it_o prove_v daily_o the_o hard_a to_o repent_v every_o day_n add_v something_o to_o hardness_n of_o heart_n as_o in_o the_o body_n a_o sore_a the_o long_a it_o be_v delay_v the_o more_o incurable_a it_o be_v so_o be_v it_o in_o the_o soul_n and_o three_o this_o thy_o speech_n make_v as_o if_o a_o man_n will_v be_v sure_a to_o pay_v his_o debt_n by_o run_v further_o in_o know_v this_o for_o a_o certainty_n that_o the_o soul_n swerve_v from_o god_n be_v like_a bone_n out_o of_o joint_n which_o the_o long_o they_o be_v let_v alone_o be_v the_o hardly_o set_v note_n of_o a_o man_n get_v out_o of_o his_o obstinacy_n be_v obstinacy_n these_o first_o poverty_n of_o spirit_n all_o our_o life_n for_o sin_n which_o be_v a_o humble_a sight_n and_o sense_n of_o sin_n and_o misery_n when_o a_o man_n find_v a_o want_n of_o all_o goodness_n in_o himself_o and_o in_o a_o holy_a despair_n of_o himself_o he_o fly_v whole_o to_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n in_o christ_n long_v after_o it_o above_o life_n and_o hunger_a after_o it_o above_o all_o thing_n in_o the_o world_n second_o a_o tremble_a at_o god_n word_n for_o these_o two_o be_v join_v isa._n 66._o 2._o i_o will_v look_v to_o he_o that_o be_v of_o a_o contrite_a heart_n and_o tremble_v at_o my_o word_n and_o yet_o love_v the_o sharp_a reproof_n of_o it_o which_o be_v join_v with_o the_o former_a psal._n 119._o 119._o 120._o i_o love_v thy_o testimony_n my_o flesh_n tremble_v for_o fear_n of_o thou_o and_o i_o be_o afraid_a of_o thy_o judgement_n three_o silent_a submission_n to_o god_n correction_n psal._n 39_o 9_o i_o be_v dumb_a i_o open_v not_o my_o mouth_n because_o thou_o do_v it_o micah_n 7._o 9_o i_o will_v bear_v the_o wrath_n of_o god_n because_o i_o have_v sin_v we_o must_v get_v into_o our_o heart_n a_o patient_a wait_a in_o all_o 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throne_n so_o shall_v we_o sit_v with_o he_o in_o his_o throne_n reu._n 3._o 21_o if_o the_o hunger_a after_o this_o union_n make_v we_o bless_v what_o shall_v the_o enjoy_n of_o it_o do_v three_o who_o can_v tell_v or_o reck_v on_o the_o sum_n of_o those_o mercy_n that_o we_o shall_v enjoy_v in_o respect_n of_o that_o glorious_a inheritance_n of_o the_o saint_n in_o light_n when_o we_o shall_v be_v heir_n annex_v with_o jesus_n christ_n not_o of_o a_o house_n or_o manor_n or_o lordship_n but_o of_o a_o kingdom_n and_o that_o not_o a_o earthly_a canaan_n flow_v with_o milk_n and_o honey_n but_o of_o a_o kingdom_n pass_v all_o earthly_a kingdom_n and_o inheritance_n in_o those_o four_o property_n which_o the_o apostle_n express_v 1._o pet._n 1._o 4._o first_o immortal_a second_o undefiled_a three_o not_o wither_v four_a reserve_v for_o we_o in_o heaven_n here_o be_v the_o crown_n of_o all_o mercy_n amplify_v in_o these_o respect_n first_o in_o that_o it_o be_v prepare_v by_o god_n 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