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3._o 20._o our_o conversation_n must_v be_v above_o till_o we_o come_v to_o a_o more_o intimate_a communion_n with_o god_n for_o ever_o four_o if_o thy_o heart_n do_v not_o condemn_v thou_o §_o 5._o if_o our_o heart_n condemn_v we_o god_n be_v great_a than_o the_o heart_n and_o know_v all_o thing_n john_n 3._o 20._o by_o the_o heart_n here_o be_v mean_v the_o sound_n and_o solid_a reflection_n of_o the_o spirit_n upon_o our_o life_n and_o way_n by_o the_o exercise_n of_o conscience_n which_o the_o apostle_n call_v heart_n to_o distinguish_v it_o from_o humour_n misperswasion_n and_o melancholy_a apprehension_n when_o the_o conscience_n be_v once_o awaken_v and_o still_o there_o be_v a_o difference_n betwixt_o gravamen_fw-la spiritus_fw-la &_o dietamen_fw-la conscientiae_fw-la but_o it_o be_v the_o heart_n and_o well_o inform_v mind_n of_o a_o christian_a that_o make_v he_o either_o conscious_a or_o cordial_a according_a to_o the_o frame_n of_o his_o life_n if_o thou_o will_v then_o 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