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commandment_n whereto_o he_o add_v this_o people_n draw_v near_o i_o with_o their_o mouth_n 29.1.3_o mat._n 15.38_o esay_n 29.1.3_o and_o honour_v i_o with_o their_o lip_n but_o their_o hand_n be_v far_o of_o from_o i_o but_o in_o vain_a do_v they_o worship_v i_o teach_v for_o doctrine_n man_n precept_n in_o as_o much_o therefore_o as_o god_n have_v so_o far_o favour_v we_o as_o to_o teach_v we_o the_o way_n wherein_o we_o shall_v walk_v to_o heaven_n let_v we_o beware_v that_o we_o turn_v not_o either_o to_o the_o right_a hand_n or_o to_o the_o left_a but_o reject_v man_n tradition_n let_v we_o walk_v in_o that_o path_n which_o god_n in_o his_o word_n have_v show_v yet_o not_o to_o seek_v any_o praise_n or_o commendation_n to_o ourselves_o but_o to_o the_o end_n to_o glorify_v our_o god_n 11_o three_o by_o this_o name_n traveller_n we_o be_v teach_v that_o we_o must_v not_o stand_v still_o in_o the_o way_n but_o still_o go_v forward_o that_o we_o may_v fructify_v more_o and_o more_o 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