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christ_n care_n of_o mourn_a soul_n charity_n mat._n 5._o 24._o god_n use_v weak_a instrument_n to_o effect_n great_a matter_n 2_o cor._n 4._o 7._o 1_o king_n 17._o 4._o quest_n answ_n rom._n 8._o 29_o rom._n 8._o 17_o heb._n â—_o 14._o christ_n not_o ashamed_a to_o be_v near_o relate_v to_o we_o joh._n 15._o 15_o 1_o cor._n 11._o 3_o 1_o cor._n 12._o 27._o ephes_n 5._o 23._o john_n 2._o revel_v 22._o object_n answ_n relation_n to_o christ_n must_v not_o be_v deny_v because_o of_o sin_n luk._n 15._o 21_o tentatio_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la christum_fw-la eundi_fw-la opportunitas_fw-la ut_fw-la nobis_fw-la succurrat_fw-la vanity_n of_o popery_n &_o popish_a order_n mark_v 9_o 24_o reliance_n on_o christ_n comfort_n the_o consideration_n of_o christ_n free_a gracâ—_n and_o love_n keep_v from_o desperation_n a_o christian_a be_v confessor_n mark_z 8_o 18_o desert_v of_o christ_n be_v betray_v of_o he_o