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mischief_n they_o conceive_v for_o lack_v of_o the_o midwifery_n of_o fit_a instrument_n and_o opportunity_n to_o bring_v it_o forth_o good_a man_n be_v unable_a to_o act_v all_o the_o good_a they_o will_v because_o they_o want_v power_n and_o ability_n for_o execution_n as_o paul_n acknowledge_v that_o he_o be_v better_a at_o will_v then_o perform_v but_o every_o man_n have_v liberty_n to_o devise_v and_o meditate_v to_o study_v and_o contrive_v what_o he_o willâ—_n though_o a_o man_n hand_n or_o action_n may_v be_v over_o awe_v and_o overrule_v against_o his_o own_o will_n yet_o his_o heart_n and_o thought_n can_v as_o he_o think_v in_o his_o heart_n say_v the_o wise_a man_n so_o be_v he_o pou._n 13._o 7._o practiceâ—_n may_v be_v sway_v by_o outward_a end_n but_o the_o thought_n be_v always_o genuine_a and_o natural_a violence_n may_v cause_v the_o former_a but_o love_n carry_v the_o latter_a in_o its_o own_o way_n hence_o good_a man_n have_v be_v signalise_v for_o saint_n from_o the_o holiness_n of_o their_o thought_n they_o think_v upon_o his_o name_n they_o meditate_v in_o his_o law_n day_n and_o night_n and_o they_o have_v even_o appeal_v to_o god_n with_o comfort_n upon_o their_o confidence_n of_o their_o uprightness_n from_o the_o goodness_n of_o their_o thought_n try_v i_o o_o god_n and_o know_v my_o thought_n as_o be_v the_o pure_a and_o most_o unfeigned_a issue_n of_o the_o soul_n mal._n 3._o 17._o psalm_n 1._o and_o such_o as_o have_v least_o danger_n of_o infection_n from_o foreign_a aim_n it_o be_v observable_a also_o that_o wicked_a man_n be_v set_v forth_o by_o this_o secret_a mark_n they_o devise_v mischief_n they_o imagine_v wickedness_n the_o thought_n and_o imagination_n of_o his_o â—eart_n be_v evil_a god_n be_v not_o in_o all_o his_o thought_n because_o as_o adam_n beget_v a_o son_n after_o his_o own_o likeness_n so_o do_v the_o heart_n of_o every_o man_n beget_v thought_n according_a to_o its_o own_o likeness_n whether_o it_o be_v 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