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therefore_o if_o we_o will_v not_o show_v ourselves_o more_o careless_a &_o negligent_a nay_o more_o absurd_o foolish_a or_o desperate_o mad_a than_o all_o man_n we_o must_v take_v the_o opportunity_n that_o be_v offer_v to_o do_v good_a and_o use_v the_o precious_a time_n which_o god_n in_o mercy_n afford_v we_o to_o his_o glory_n our_o comfort_n and_o the_o good_a of_o other_o time_n and_o opportunity_n of_o do_v good_a be_v hieroglyphical_o resemble_v by_o calva_fw-la the_o head_n of_o a_o man_n that_o have_v lock_n of_o hair_n before_o which_o a_o man_n may_v take_v hold_n of_o but_o have_v none_o behind_o whereby_o be_v signify_v that_o when_o opportunity_n be_v past_a there_o be_v no_o possibility_n leave_v to_o do_v good_a we_o must_v not_o therefore_o let_v slip_v any_o good_a occasion_n but_o take_v hold_v of_o it_o at_o the_o first_o when_o it_o be_v offer_v hence_o it_o be_v that_o the_o apostle_n ebâ—_n 3._o 13._o bid_v we_o exhort_v one_o another_o daily_a while_o it_o 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