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so_o sweet_a to_o your_o mouth_n wherein_o you_o dwell_v day_n and_o night_n shall_v be_v take_v from_o you_o and_o in_o this_o the_o prophet_n note_v unto_o we_o the_o whole_a corruption_n of_o carnal_a and_o wicked_a man_n that_o if_o they_o be_v joyful_a or_o if_o they_o be_v sorrowful_a it_o be_v only_o for_o the_o thing_n of_o this_o life_n present_a when_o thing_n their_o barn_n and_o storehouse_n be_v fill_v their_o field_n clad_v with_o cattle_n their_o name_n exalt_v with_o worldly_a honour_n than_o they_o strike_v up_o the_o ioyfull_a music_n to_o their_o heart_n that_o they_o can_v invent_v but_o when_o their_o wealth_n decrease_v or_o sickness_n take_v they_o or_o the_o famine_n vex_v they_o or_o the_o rumour_n of_o bloody_a and_o
heart_n when_o they_o be_v joyful_a for_o as_o herod_n be_v strike_v with_o death_n while_o he_o sit_v upon_o his_o throne_n of_o majesty_n so_o be_v we_o never_o near_a to_o our_o woe_n than_o when_o we_o be_v mount_v to_o honour_n or_o seat_v in_o quietness_n the_o physician_n say_v that_o want_v of_o motion_n and_o love_n of_o rest_n breed_v more_o disease_n than_o all_o evil_a surfeit_n and_o so_o must_v we_o say_v that_o be_v the_o physician_n of_o man_n soul_n that_o more_o perish_v by_o ease_n than_o by_o labour_n by_o joy_n than_o by_o sorrow_n by_o pleasure_n than_o by_o pain_n and_o by_o idle_a religion_n than_o by_o earnest_n and_o zealous_a profession_n the_o reason_n the_o same_o that_o isay_n teach_v chap._n 65._o 12._o because_o god_n be_v refuse_v in_o his_o word_n and_o good_a reason_n why_o 1._o it_o shall_v be_v so_o for_o as_o already_o we_o have_v show_v that_o the_o word_n must_v be_v a_o light_n for_o our_o path_n and_o a_o remembrancer_n to_o our_o soul_n 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