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occasion_n liberty_n service_n else_o it_o will_v be_v in_o vain_a to_o know_v it_o if_o thy_o loin_n be_v not_o gird_v and_o thy_o lamp_n always_o burn_v to_o it_o if_o god_n have_v once_o purge_v thy_o foul_a heart_n and_o season_v it_o for_o thou_o keep_v it_o so_o he_o do_v it_o not_o with_o much_o ado_n that_o thou_o shall_v undoo_v it_o all_o at_o once_o by_o thy_o ease_n and_o sloth_n world_n pleasure_n weariness_n and_o the_o like_a let_v the_o wise_a virgin_n take_v heed_n of_o nod_v in_o this_o night_n of_o the_o age_n we_o live_v it_o let_v they_o watch_v to_o their_o work_n let_v they_o see_v how_o they_o grow_v downward_o in_o root_a and_o settledness_n upward_o in_o fruitfulness_n skill_n ease_n and_o experience_n resolution_n and_o full_a purpose_n of_o heart_n to_o cleave_v to_o god_n and_o by_o so_o do_v we_o shall_v watch_v to_o the_o come_n also_o of_o our_o lord_n jesus_n to_o translate_v we_o from_o this_o our_o poor_a walk_n with_o he_o to_o be_v with_o he_o and_o 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samvel_n man_z dwell_v at_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o swan_n in_o paul_n churchyard_n 1632._o