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as_o saul_n 5._o 1_o sam._n 23_o 6._o maâ—_n 27_o 5._o judas_n and_o other_o so_o that_o they_o be_v send_v away_o pack_v from_o the_o presence_n of_o god_n without_o pity_n and_o leave_v to_o what_o end_v themselves_o chuze_v even_o oft_o to_o lay_v violent_a hand_n upon_o themselves_o the_o lord_n that_o care_v what_o become_v of_o they_o it_o be_v not_o so_o here_o but_o some_o light_n be_v give_v to_o they_o that_o see_v god_n meaning_n in_o the_o afflict_a of_o their_o soul_n with_o wrath_n not_o that_o he_o may_v give_v they_o a_o taste_n of_o hell_n a_o come_n but_o that_o he_o may_v pinch_v they_o to_o return_v home_o and_o turn_v they_o from_o the_o pit_n second_o branch_n 2_o branch_n the_o lord_n add_v a_o more_o clear_a sight_n of_o himself_o to_o his_o fall_a servant_n and_o cause_v they_o more_o full_o to_o call_v to_o mind_v his_o mercy_n of_o old_a and_o thereby_o to_o be_v more_o sensible_o uphold_v this_o be_v cause_v by_o a_o revive_n of_o his_o seed_n in_o they_o 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4._o mark_n 14_o 72._o and_o therefore_o their_o sin_n be_v say_v to_o be_v ever_o before_o they_o they_o be_v say_v to_o come_v to_o themselves_o peter_n be_v say_v to_o weigh_v his_o sin_n ere_o he_o go_v out_o which_o argue_v that_o the_o weight_n of_o it_o oppress_v he_o not_o thy_o revive_n of_o the_o mind_n from_o the_o horror_n and_o oppression_n of_o it_o be_v a_o great_a mercy_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o such_o misery_n jona_n be_v enfold_v as_o in_o a_o labyrinth_n of_o sea_n 6._o jonah_n 2_o 6._o whale_n and_o conscience_n yet_o in_o this_o gulf_n he_o be_v not_o swallow_v up_o but_o conceive_v in_o his_o mind_n a_o possibleness_n for_o god_n to_o bring_v order_n out_o of_o his_o confuzion_n so_o that_o the_o first_o occasion_n of_o revolt_n the_o circumstance_n attend_v the_o degree_n follow_v and_o the_o danger_n incur_v rather_o serve_v to_o magnify_v mercy_n in_o keep_v the_o soul_n from_o utter_a apostasy_n from_o the_o live_a god_n than_o to_o beat_v off_o the_o soul_n 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and_o convince_v thou_o how_o unworthy_a a_o vessel_n thou_o be_v to_o have_v it_o pour_v into_o thou_o â—_o 2_o cor._n 12._o â—_o and_o he_o have_v need_n buffet_v thou_o and_o bring_v thou_o low_o before_o he_o dare_v trust_v thou_o with_o it_o and_o see_v all_o this_o be_v not_o from_o hatred_n but_o in_o love_n set_v thy_o heart_n at_o rest_n make_v no_o haste_n nor_o limit_v the_o lord_n but_o patient_o wait_v and_o be_v well_o do_v and_o in_o time_n the_o lord_n shall_v break_v the_o pride_n of_o thy_o heart_n and_o let_v in_o his_o promise_n by_o faith_n sweet_o into_o thou_o so_o that_o thou_o shall_v not_o repent_v thou_o that_o thou_o be_v for_o a_o time_n defer_v that_o thou_o may_v be_v after_o reward_v with_o more_o comfort_n and_o learn_v to_o boast_v of_o the_o lord_n three_o and_o last_o satisfaction_n the_o 3_o act_n in_o case_n of_o satisfaction_n if_o thou_o find_v that_o the_o lord_n have_v sweet_o satisfy_v thou_o with_o that_o fruit_n of_o the_o sacrament_n 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