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to_o countenance_v a_o deathbed_n penitent_a d._n tailor_n on_o jer._n 13._o 16._o serm._n 2._o one_o may_v repent_v on_o his_o deathbed_n as_o well_o as_o the_o thief_n on_o the_o cross_n but_o it_o be_v dangerous_a to_o put_v off_o repentance_n till_o then_o it_o will_v be_v hard_a to_o come_v in_o it_o be_v a_o rare_a sight_n say_v one_o to_o find_v a_o young_a man_n godly_a and_o a_o old_a man_n penitent_a we_o acknowledge_v that_o as_o god_n call_v some_o at_o the_o first_o hour_n so_o may_v some_o be_v call_v at_o the_o last_o hour_n of_o the_o day_n yea_o inter_fw-la pontem_fw-la &_o fontem_fw-la d._n jackson_n indeed_o have_v a_o opinion_n that_o a_o man_n may_v proceed_v so_o far_o in_o sin_n in_o this_o life_n that_o the_o door_n of_o repentance_n may_v be_v thât_v upon_o he_o none_o of_o our_o divine_n deny_v the_o possibility_n of_o any_o man_n salvation_n while_o he_o live_v in_o this_o world_n d._n twiss_n ag_n hord._n p._n 45._o there_o be_v a_o gospel-command_a to_o 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