it_o and_o beg_v god_n pardon_n for_o it_o nothing_o of_o all_o this_o can_v be_v do_v too_o soon_o because_o it_o be_v our_o duty_n to_o do_v all_o this_o so_o soon_o as_o we_o have_v sin_v and_o we_o have_v always_o have_v sin_n to_o be_v hate_v confess_v resolve_v against_o pardon_v and_o forsake_v and_o yet_o be_v this_o all_o that_o be_v mean_v by_o repentance_n though_o we_o can_v not_o but_o confess_v it_o very_o reasonable_a that_o all_o this_o shall_v be_v do_v so_o soon_o as_o we_o be_v sensible_a that_o we_o be_v sinner_n yet_o i_o fear_v we_o shall_v not_o think_v it_o altogether_o necessary_a but_o will_v rather_o flatter_v ourselves_o that_o it_o will_v be_v enough_o to_o do_v it_o in_o our_o last_o sickness_n or_o some_o few_o day_n or_o hour_n before_o we_o die_v because_o all_o this_o if_o we_o have_v but_o so_o much_o time_n and_o so_o much_o sense_n and_o understanding_n leave_v we_o as_o to_o think_v of_o it_o may_v then_o be_v do_v and_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o 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it_o that_o delay_v his_o repentance_n in_o hope_n of_o repent_v time_n enough_o hereafter_o and_o yet_o after_o all_o will_v the_o gospel_n bear_v such_o a_o sense_n as_o this_o it_o will_v not_o excuse_v the_o delay_a sinner_n either_o sin_n or_o folly_n for_o be_v he_o sure_a that_o a_o late_a repentance_n will_v be_v accept_v yet_o he_o can_v be_v sure_a that_o he_o shall_v live_v long_o enough_o to_o repent_v if_o he_o delay_v it_o never_o so_o little_a and_o it_o be_v a_o foolish_a thing_n to_o venture_v all_o upon_o a_o uncertainty_n and_o though_o he_o can_v be_v sure_a of_o this_o yet_o will_v it_o still_o show_v the_o great_a basenss_n of_o spirit_n and_o the_o mean_a sense_n of_o god_n and_o of_o all_o those_o obligation_n of_o duty_n and_o gratitude_n which_o he_o have_v lay_v upon_o we_o that_o a_o man_n can_v have_v both_o which_o i_o shall_v endeavour_v to_o make_v very_o plain_a in_o these_o follow_a period_n sect_n iii_o the_o baseness_n of_o delay_n to_o delay_v our_o 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reason_n but_o to_o enslave_v it_o to_o the_o tyranny_n of_o the_o flesh_n how_o shall_v he_o be_v reconcile_v to_o himself_o for_o dishonour_v his_o own_o nature_n and_o esteem_v of_o it_o so_o vile_o as_o though_o it_o have_v no_o pre-eminence_n above_o that_o of_o the_o mean_a animal_n all_o the_o while_n that_o we_o delay_v our_o repentance_n we_o choose_v for_o ourselves_o a_o condition_n below_o the_o worst_a condition_n that_o any_o of_o they_o can_v be_v in_o a_o state_n of_o sin_n and_o enmity_n with_o god_n wherein_o not_o the_o vile_a of_o they_o ever_o be_v or_o can_v be_v how_o sensible_a be_v we_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n of_o the_o dignity_n of_o our_o nature_n as_o we_o be_v man_n how_o can_v we_o choose_v but_o blush_v to_o continue_v any_o time_n so_o very_o unlike_a to_o that_o which_o god_n at_o first_o make_v man_n to_o be_v we_o can_v choose_v but_o know_v what_o filthy_a leprous_a creature_n sin_n have_v make_v we_o and_o why_o be_v we_o in_o no_o more_o haste_n 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