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it_o be_v not_o only_o to_o be_v in_o the_o synagogue_n but_o at_o home_n not_o only_o in_o their_o family_n worship_n but_o when_o they_o walk_v abroad_o be_v this_o commandment_n to_o the_o jew_n and_o not_o to_o christian_n also_o have_v we_o not_o as_o great_a promise_n and_o strict_a obligation_n to_o duty_n as_o they_o have_v be_v we_o not_o to_o glorify_v god_n in_o our_o word_n as_o well_o as_o they_o or_o shall_v they_o be_v all_o confine_v to_o worldly_a business_n idle_a tale_n and_o impertinency_n and_o not_o be_v allot_v to_o the_o one_o thing_n needful_a our_o eternal_a welfare_n this_o will_v be_v more_o right_a and_o seemly_a if_o the_o thing_n of_o the_o next_o life_n be_v little_a and_o perish_a and_o those_o here_o great_a and_o endure_a for_o if_o it_o be_v so_o some_o can_v not_o be_v more_o busy_a in_o the_o affair_n of_o this_o and_o negligent_a to_o the_o other_o when_o it_o be_v just_a contrary_n for_o in_o a_o little_a while_n and_o these_o shall_v not_o be_v 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