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our_o case_n will_v be_v far_o worse_o if_o we_o have_v the_o world_n peace_n 390._o not_o strange_a that_o wicked_a man_n shall_v agree_v so_o well_o 414._o agreement_n of_o wicked_a man_n not_o worthy_a the_o name_n of_o peace_n 832._o persecute_v wicked_a man_n persecute_v not_o the_o evil_a but_o the_o good_a 499._o petition_n god_n may_v grant_v they_o in_o anger_n 659._o plague_n be_v it_o never_o so_o hot_a drunkard_n be_v the_o same_o 137._o it_o have_v wrought_v little_a or_o no_o reformation_n 245._o many_o the_o worse_o for_o it_o 247._o tavern_n full_a when_o the_o street_n empty_a 248._o pledge_v the_o original_n of_o the_o word_n 327._o practice_n how_o the_o godly_a and_o wicked_a differ_v in_o their_o practice_n 249._o we_o know_v no_o more_o than_o we_o practise_v 595._o pray_v god_n people_n count_v it_o a_o sin_n not_o to_o pray_v for_o their_o great_a enemy_n 523._o pray_v not_o for_o knowledge_n without_o put_v difference_n 658._o when_o we_o can_v pray_v what_o 663._o presumptuous_o do_v drunkard_n sin_n 471._o prejudice_n make_v many_o resolve_n against_o yield_v 724._o pride_n and_o reputation_n of_o good-fellowship_n a_o cause_n of_o drunkenness_n 277._o pride_n of_o wit_n 280._o promise_v entail_v to_o believer_n and_o limit_v with_o the_o condition_n of_o faith_n and_o repentance_n 560._o profession_n of_o religion_n 382._o 532._o look_n scoff_v punishment_n wicked_a man_n complain_v of_o their_o punishment_n but_o of_o their_o sin_n they_o speak_v not_o 539._o r_o reason_n as_o it_o be_v cloud_v with_o the_o mist_n of_o original_a corruption_n a_o blind_a guide_n 202._o once_o debauch_v be_v worse_a than_o brutishness_n 693._o reckon_v worldling_n never_o think_v of_o the_o reckon_n they_o be_v to_o give_v 621._o regeneration_n what_o and_o how_o we_o may_v know_v ourselves_o to_o be_v regenerate_v 565._o repentance_n what_o and_o how_o we_o may_v know_v whether_o we_o have_v repent_v 570._o not_o to_o defer_v it_o 588._o sickness_n no_o fit_a time_n for_o it_o 79._o god_n will_v not_o accept_v our_o dry_a bone_n when_o satan_n have_v suck_v out_o all_o the_o marrow_n 586._o the_o several_a way_n whereby_o god_n call_v to_o repentance_n 478_o in_o a_o judgement_n so_o many_o as_o repent_v be_v single_v out_o for_o mercy_n 257_o if_o any_o will_v repent_v of_o and_o relinquish_v this_o sin_n of_o drunkenness_n let_v they_o first_o lie_v to_o heart_n the_o thing_n deliver_v 695._o second_o refrain_v the_o cause_n ibid._n three_o believe_v their_o state_n dangerous_a and_o that_o there_o be_v no_o way_n to_o help_v but_o by_o a_o change_n to_o the_o contrary_a 696._o four_a be_v peremptory_a in_o their_o resolution_n ibid._n five_o shame_v not_o to_o confess_v their_o dislike_n of_o it_o in_o themselves_o and_o other_o 700._o sixthly_a fly_v evil_a company_n 701._o seventhly_a take_v heed_n of_o delay_n 702._o eight_o omit_v not_o to_o pray_v for_o divine_a assistance_n ibid._n ninthly_a be_v diligent_a in_o hear_v 703._o tenthly_a frequent_a in_o the_o use_n of_o the_o lord_n supper_n ibid._n eleventhly_o meditate_v what_o god_n have_v do_v for_o they_o ibid._n twelfthly_a think_v on_o the_o union_n we_o have_v with_o christ_n ibid._n thirteenthly_a consider_v that_o god_n ever_o behold_v they_o 704._o 14_o often_o think_v of_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n ibid._n fifteenthly_a consider_v the_o heinousness_n of_o this_o sin_n and_o the_o â—vills_n which_o accompany_v it_o 705._o sixteenthly_a abstain_v from_o drunken_a company_n 709._o for_o all_o depend_v upon_o this_o seventeenthly_a abstain_v from_o drinking-place_n 710._o report_n of_o necessity_n we_o must_v be_v evil_a speak_v of_o by_o some_o 756_o the_o evil_a report_n of_o evil_a man_n a_o honour_n 763_o reputation_n he_o of_o most_o reputation_n that_o can_v drink_v most_o 139._o reward_v of_o drunkard_n 146._o and_o swearer_n 104._o they_o shall_v have_v a_o double_a portion_n of_o vengeance_n to_o other_o man_n 464_o righteous_a 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