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which_o our_o nature_n be_v make_v for_o for_o they_o may_v be_v all_o enjoy_v within_o the_o compass_n of_o virtue_n and_o allowance_n of_o religion_n and_o that_o with_o more_o convenience_n and_o advantage_n than_o in_o a_o course_n of_o vice_n and_o wickedness_n religion_n do_v not_o deprive_v we_o of_o any_o good_a proper_a to_o our_o state_n and_o nature_n nor_o tie_v we_o up_o from_o any_o of_o the_o comfort_n or_o pleasure_n of_o life_n with_o a_o peevish_a severity_n and_o moroseness_n with_o a_o touch_n not_o taste_v not_o handle_v not_o but_o only_o restrain_v we_o from_o what_o will_v be_v evil_a and_o pernicious_a to_o we_o if_o it_o be_v allow_v we_o keep_v we_o from_o the_o forbid_a fruit_n and_o from_o those_o excess_n and_o extravagancy_n that_o be_v destructive_a to_o
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unreasonable_a request_n of_o a_o unbelieving_a jew_n when_o he_o have_v do_v sufficient_a miracle_n before_o to_o convince_v he_o he_o will_v not_o give_v such_o a_o sign_n as_o be_v desire_v by_o a_o evil_a and_o adulterous_a generatition_n mat._n 12.39_o when_o they_o have_v other_o sign_n enough_o as_o this_o will_v make_v his_o almighty_a power_n cheap_a and_o contemptible_a to_o let_v it_o be_v at_o the_o pleasure_n and_o call_v of_o every_o unreasonable_a and_o humoursome_a person_n so_o if_o he_o shall_v exert_v it_o never_o so_o often_o it_o will_v not_o have_v that_o effect_n we_o imagine_v upon_o they_o for_o he_o who_o be_v so_o unreasonable_a a_o infidel_n and_o so_o obstinate_o unsatissy_v as_o to_o shut_v his_o eye_n against_o full_a evidence_n and_o just_a conviction_n will_v never_o be_v wrought_v upon_o in_o all_o likelihood_n by_o any_o thing_n that_o shall_v be_v do_v far_o though_o heaven_n shall_v be_v at_o a_o far_a expense_n and_o tire_v itself_o as_o it_o be_v to_o do_v miracle_n without_o end_n or_o number_n yet_o it_o will_v be_v still_o the_o same_o of_o this_o we_o have_v a_o very_a great_a instance_n in_o the_o old_a testament_n pharaoh_n who_o have_v so_o many_o miracle_n wrought_v before_o he_o and_o as_o many_o plague_n as_o miracle_n to_o make_v he_o obedient_a to_o one_o command_n of_o god_n when_o he_o see_v the_o river_n and_o all_o the_o water_n in_o his_o country_n turn_v into_o blood_n exod._n 7.19_o when_o all_o his_o land_n be_v cover_v with_o frog_n and_o they_o come_v into_o his_o presence_n chamber_n when_o the_o dust_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v become_v louse_n and_o he_o can_v not_o but_o confess_v that_o this_o be_v the_o singer_n of_o god_n when_o a_o great_a many_o more_o miracle_n of_o which_o he_o can_v not_o but_o have_v a_o very_a great_a sense_n be_v do_v before_o his_o eye_n yet_o still_o his_o obstinacy_n be_v too_o hard_o for_o they_o and_o a_o miracle_n beyond_o all_o the_o rest_n indeed_o when_o he_o be_v under_o the_o present_a smart_n of_o a_o judgement_n it_o will_v awaken_v he_o for_o a_o moment_n exod._n 8.28_o but_o as_o soon_o as_o it_o be_v remove_v and_o he_o have_v respite_n he_o be_v immediate_o harden_v and_o thus_o probable_o will_v a_o obstinate_a and_o harden_a sinner_n when_o a_o messenger_n from_o the_o dead_a be_v talk_v with_o he_o he_o will_v melt_v and_o soften_v and_o cry_v out_o as_o pharaoh_n do_v i_o have_v sin_v exod._n 9.27_o and_o resolve_v at_o that_o time_n to_o let_v his_o sin_n go_v but_o yet_o in_o a_o little_a time_n he_o will_v harden_v again_o and_o resolve_v not_o to_o part_v with_o '_o they_o of_o this_o there_o be_v a_o instance_n as_o great_a and_o strange_a also_o in_o the_o new_a testament_n and_o that_o be_v not_o in_o a_o single_a person_n but_o in_o a_o whole_a nation_n the_o jew_n in_o our_o saviour_n time_n though_o they_o see_v he_o do_v such_o work_n as_o never_o man_n do_v such_o as_o outdo_v all_o that_o be_v record_v of_o any_o of_o their_o own_o prophet_n though_o they_o see_v he_o raise_v the_o dead_a and_o cure_v the_o sick_a and_o be_v eye-witness_n of_o the_o daily_a miracle_n he_o wrought_v among_o they_o yet_o all_o this_o will_v not_o cure_v they_o of_o their_o obstinate_a infidelity_n nor_o can_v the_o son_n of_o god_n use_v any_o remedy_n for_o their_o perverseness_n and_o wilful_a incredulity_n which_o plain_o show_v that_o man_n may_v arrive_v at_o such_o stubbornness_n and_o infidelity_n that_o even_o miracle_n and_o the_o most_o extraordinary_a mean_n will_v not_o work_v upon_o they_o where_o there_o be_v not_o such_o a_o obstinacy_n of_o the_o will_n but_o only_o a_o more_o innocent_a ignorance_n cause_v by_o want_n of_o the_o same_o mean_n that_o other_o have_v enjoy_v there_o those_o extraordinary_a miracle_n will_v have_v another_o effect_n as_o if_o the_o work_n which_o our_o saviour_n do_v in_o galilee_n have_v be_v do_v in_o tyre_n and_o sidon_n they_o have_v long_o ago_o repent_v in_o sackcloth_n and_o ash_n as_o he_o tell_v they_o mat._n 11.21_o and_o so_o if_o a_o messenger_n have_v come_v from_o the_o dead_a to_o those_o that_o have_v never_o hear_v of_o moses_n or_o the_o prophet_n or_o never_o have_v any_o revelation_n or_o mean_n of_o know_v those_o thing_n another_o way_n they_o will_v probable_o have_v be_v persuade_v by_o he_o but_o when_o man_n have_v once_o stand_v out_o against_o the_o ordinary_a mean_n that_o god_n have_v afford_v they_o there_o extraordinary_a one_o will_v seldom_o prevail_v upon_o they_o if_o god_n shall_v think_v fit_a to_o make_v use_n of_o they_o and_o that_o 5._o as_o another_o reason_n why_o if_o they_o hear_v not_o moses_n and_o the_o prophet_n neither_o will_v they_o be_v persuade_v though_o one_o rise_v from_o the_o dead_a because_o the_o mind_n be_v so_o blind_v by_o the_o love_n of_o its_o sin_n and_o the_o will_v so_o deprave_v and_o corrupt_v by_o they_o especial_o by_o a_o long_a custom_n and_o habit_n continue_v in_o against_o all_o the_o ordinary_a mean_n of_o grace_n and_o all_o the_o powerful_a consideration_n of_o religion_n that_o it_o become_v utter_o incurable_a the_o love_n of_o vice_n darken_v a_o man_n mind_n and_o blind_v his_o reason_n and_o judgement_n it_o bar_v up_o his_o understanding_n against_o the_o plain_a truth_n and_o make_v he_o resolve_v not_o to_o believe_v that_o to_o be_v true_a which_o it_o be_v his_o interest_n shall_v be_v false_a and_o from_o hence_o it_o be_v that_o a_o great_a many_o who_o will_v be_v glad_a that_o there_o be_v no_o heaven_n or_o hell_n hereafter_o be_v bring_v to_o question_v the_o truth_n of_o they_o and_o pretend_v not_o to_o be_v satisfy_v with_o that_o account_n and_o evidence_n that_o the_o scripture_n give_v of_o they_o and_o if_o they_o have_v more_o and_o the_o same_o that_o they_o do_v now_o require_v to_o see_v one_o from_o the_o dead_a yet_o the_o love_n of_o wickedness_n will_v still_o make_v they_o very_o unwilling_a to_o believe_v it_o and_o their_o corrupt_a will_n will_v be_v too_o hard_a for_o their_o understanding_n it_o will_v be_v very_o hard_a to_o convince_v they_o that_o that_o be_v true_a which_o they_o have_v so_o great_a a_o inclination_n and_o so_o great_a a_o desire_n shall_v be_v false_a and_o from_o hence_o it_o be_v that_o man_n infidelity_n spring_v in_o matter_n of_o religion_n not_o from_o want_n of_o sufficient_a conviction_n to_o their_o understanding_n but_o from_o a_o corruption_n and_o pravity_n of_o their_o will_n by_o which_o mean_v their_o understanding_n have_v a_o cloud_n and_o a_o film_n draw_v over_o it_o so_o that_o it_o be_v quite_o darken_a to_o the_o clear_a and_o most_o evident_a light_n they_o grow_v senseless_a and_o stupefy_v and_o their_o intellectual_n be_v besot_v and_o their_o reason_n deprave_v and_o the_o whole_a mind_n sink_v into_o such_o a_o miserable_a state_n and_o condition_n that_o they_o be_v become_v such_o of_o who_o the_o scripture_n speak_v john_n 12.40_o he_o have_v blind_v their_o eye_n and_o harden_a their_o heart_n that_o they_o shall_v not_o see_v with_o their_o eye_n nor_o understand_v with_o their_o heart_n and_o be_v convert_v so_o that_o god_n shall_v heal_v they_o and_o that_o neither_o with_o all_o the_o ordinary_a nor_o the_o extraordinary_a method_n which_o he_o can_v use_v towards_o they_o let_v we_o therefore_o take_v care_v not_o to_o fall_v into_o such_o a_o sad_a state_n and_o condition_n by_o indulge_v ourselves_o in_o the_o love_n or_o the_o practice_n of_o any_o wilful_a sin_n which_o may_v by_o degree_n so_o strange_o harden_v and_o deceive_v we_o so_o fascinate_v and_o bewitch_v we_o that_o when_o it_o have_v baffle_v and_o overcome_v all_o the_o ordinary_a remedy_n of_o the_o divine_a grace_n and_o providence_n it_o shall_v be_v pass_v