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traitor_n forfeit_v not_o only_o his_o life_n but_o his_o good_n so_o do_v we_o not_o only_o forfeit_v our_o person_n but_o all_o our_o comfort_n into_o god_n hand_n and_o it_o be_v but_o fit_a that_o the_o earth_n shall_v be_v to_o we_o after_o all_o our_o labour_n what_o we_o be_v to_o god_n after_o all_o his_o husbandry_n bestow_v upon_o we_o we_o be_v barren_a of_o good_a fruit_n as_o to_o god_n and_o so_o just_o may_v the_o land_n be_v to_o we_o i_o remember_v the_o apostle_n say_v the_o creature_n be_v make_v subject_a to_o vanity_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o willing_o rom._n 8._o 19_o the_o creature_n have_v only_o a_o natural_a tendency_n and_o inclination_n and_o that_o carry_v it_o to_o its_o own_o good_a we_o have_v freewill_n and_o choice_n but_o abuse_v it_o and_o so_o bring_v ourselves_o and_o the_o creature_n under_o the_o bondage_n and_o thraldom_n of_o corruption_n so_o that_o the_o earth_n which_o be_v intend_v to_o be_v a_o monument_n of_o god_n glory_n be_v 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and_o yet_o he_o bid_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o rebuke_v some_o gainsayer_n sharp_o there_o be_v a_o great_a deal_n of_o difference_n between_o rail_v and_o a_o reproof_n a_o sermon_n without_o some_o warmth_n and_o keenness_n in_o it_o be_v but_o like_o a_o cold_a oration_n man_n that_o speak_v from_o their_o brain_n will_v speak_v cold_o because_o they_o only_o declaim_v against_o thing_n for_o fashion_n sake_n without_o any_o sense_n or_o touch_v upon_o their_o heart_n a_o affectionate_a plead_n for_o christ_n be_v like_o strong-water_n whereas_o a_o formal_a narration_n be_v but_o like_a river_n water_n without_o any_o strength_n and_o vigour_n they_o that_o love_v christ_n will_v be_v zealous_a for_o his_o truth_n and_o ordinance_n and_o zeal_n can_v deliver_v itself_o without_o some_o smartness_n and_o earnestness_n but_o a_o cold_a indifferency_n be_v more_o â—ame_n and_o â—lat_a but_o then_o this_o must_v be_v do_v with_o great_a caution_n you_o have_v need_n 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