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the_o good_n of_o all_o shall_v become_v the_o good_n of_o every_o one_o and_o whatsoever_o any_o one_o have_v not_o of_o himself_o he_o shall_v possess_v it_o by_o another_o charity_n and_o love_n be_v the_o way_n of_o god_n to_o man_n and_o the_o way_n of_o man_n to_o god_n for_o through_o love_n god_n come_v to_o man_n he_o come_v into_o man_n and_o he_o be_v make_v man_n by_o charity_n and_o love_n man_n love_n god_n they_o choose_v he_o above_o all_o thing_n they_o fly_v unto_o he_o and_o live_v to_o he_o so_o familiar_a be_v charity_n with_o god_n that_o he_o will_v have_v no_o abide_v place_n where_o charity_n be_v not_o then_o if_o thou_o have_v love_n and_o charity_n than_o have_v god_n because_o god_n be_v charity_n chap._n viii_o a_o persuasion_n to_o love_v god_n wretch_n that_o i_o be_o how_o much_o ought_v i_o to_o love_v my_o lord_n my_o god_n who_o make_v i_o when_o i_o be_v not_o redeem_v i_o when_o else_o i_o have_v be_v lose_v and_o perish_v i_o be_v not_o yet_o he_o 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prevent_v i_o he_o my_o god_n have_v often_o deliver_v i_o from_o many_o peril_n and_o danger_n when_o i_o err_v he_o lead_v i_o forth_o of_o it_o when_o i_o be_v ignorant_a he_o teach_v i_o when_o i_o sin_v be_v correct_v i_o when_o i_o be_v sad_a he_o comfort_v i_o when_o i_o dispair_v be_v strengthen_v i_o again_o when_o i_o fall_v he_o rear_v i_o when_o i_o stand_v he_o hold_v i_o when_o i_o go_v he_o lead_v i_o when_o i_o come_v he_o receive_v i_o this_o and_o many_o other_o thing_n my_o lord_n my_o god_n do_v for_o i_o of_o which_o his_o goodness_n sweet_a it_o be_v to_o i_o ever_o to_o speak_v of_o always_o to_o think_v of_o and_o always_o to_o give_v he_o thanks_o for_o and_o i_o desire_v he_o that_o for_o all_o his_o benefit_n i_o may_v for_o ever_o prayss_n he_o and_o love_v he_o for_o as_o he_o be_v a_o aider_n to_o every_o one_o fill_v and_o satisfy_v every_o one_o have_v care_n over_o all_o and_o aswell_o provident_a to_o every_o one_o as_o to_o all_o so_o i_o see_v he_o 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which_o i_o be_o ashamed_a and_o for_o which_o i_o great_o fear_v to_o displease_v he_o neither_o have_v i_o for_o all_o these_o thing_n anything_o to_o render_v he_o but_o only_o i_o will_v love_v he_o for_o there_o be_v nothing_o better_a or_o more_o become_v then_o to_o render_v that_o by_o love_n which_o be_v give_v for_o love_n chap._n ix_o of_o the_o inward_a sense_n and_o the_o outward_a there_o be_v two_o sense_n in_o man_n one_o inward_a and_o a_o other_o outward_a and_o either_o of_o they_o have_v his_o good_a in_o which_o it_o be_v recreated_a and_o comfort_v the_o inward_a sense_n be_v refresh_v &_o comfort_v in_o the_o contemplation_n of_o divinity_n the_o outward_a sense_n in_o behold_v of_o matter_n belong_v to_o man_n wherefore_o god_n be_v make_v man_n that_o he_o may_v make_v bless_v the_o whole_a man_n in_o himself_o and_o that_o the_o whole_a conversion_n of_o man_n may_v be_v to_o he_o and_o that_o all_o the_o love_n of_o man_n shall_v be_v in_o he_o but_o this_o be_v all_o the_o good_a of_o man_n that_o whether_o he_o shall_v go_v in_o or_o go_v out_o he_o shall_v find_v comfort_n in_o his_o maker_n comfort_v abroad_o in_o the_o flesh_n of_o his_o saviour_n comfort_v inward_o in_o the_o godhead_n and_o divinity_n of_o his_o creator_n but_o there_o be_v a_o evil_n follow_v this_o great_a good_a because_o the_o good_a lose_v that_o be_v within_o the_o soul_n be_v go_v forth_o to_o stray_v good_n that_o be_v abroad_o and_o make_v a_o covenant_n with_o the_o delight_n of_o the_o world_n repose_v upon_o they_o not_o regard_v the_o absence_n of_o his_o inward_a good_a in_o that_o that_o he_o possess_v his_o consolation_n in_o strange_a good_n for_o while_o the_o outward_a carnal_a sense_n use_v his_o good_a the_o inward_a sense_n of_o the_o mind_n lie_v as_o it_o be_v asleep_a for_o he_o do_v not_o know_v the_o good_n of_o the_o inward_a sense_n which_o be_v take_v and_o ensnare_v with_o the_o jollity_n of_o outward_a thing_n for_o he_o that_o 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