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the_o lord_n unworthy_o shall_v be_v guilty_a of_o the_o body_n and_o blood_n of_o the_o lord_n even_o for_o this_o cause_n because_o it_o be_v the_o show_v forth_o of_o christ_n death_n till_o he_o come_v therefore_o if_o thou_o eat_v and_o drink_v unworthy_o come_v in_o thy_o sin_n and_o resolve_v to_o go_v on_o in_o they_o that_o as_o thou_o be_v proud_a before_o thou_o come_v to_o the_o sacrament_n so_o thou_o be_v still_o as_o thou_o be_v choleric_a angry_a and_o impatient_a before_o so_o thou_o be_v still_o as_o thou_o be_v lukewarm_a and_o deadhearted_n in_o god_n service_n before_o so_o thou_o remain_v still_o remember_v i_o pray_v thou_o that_o as_o oft_o as_o thou_o have_v come_v unto_o the_o
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that_o walk_v not_o with_o god_n in_o his_o thought_n thou_o shall_v love_v the_o lord_n thy_o god_n etc._n etc._n mat._n 22._o 37._o so_o i_o do_v say_v one_o and_o yet_o i_o think_v on_o my_o vanity_n too_o and_o thus_o carnal_a man_n think_v they_o love_v god_n but_o if_o thou_o love_v god_n with_o all_o thy_o heart_n thou_o love_v he_o with_o all_o that_o be_v in_o thy_o heart_n for_o what_o be_v a_o man_n heart_n but_o the_o purpose_n of_o his_o heart_n now_o if_o a_o man_n give_v not_o over_o vain_a purpose_n he_o love_v not_o god_n with_o all_o his_o heart_n 4._o that_o man_n that_o can_v forsake_v sin_n be_v in_o the_o state_n of_o misery_n and_o can_v never_o enter_v into_o life_n see_v the_o text_n the_o wicked_a must_v forsake_v his_o way_n a_o man_n must_v deny_v his_o own_o word_n and_o speak_v according_a to_o god_n own_o warrant_n the_o action_n of_o man_n life_n be_v the_o way_n of_o their_o thought_n the_o tongue_n must_v not_o only_o forsake_v his_o way_n but_o the_o 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therefore_o it_o be_v a_o horrible_a sin_n for_o a_o man_n not_o to_o set_v his_o heart_n upon_o god_n objection_n but_o can_v a_o man_n live_v without_o thought_n do_v grace_n call_v we_o to_o leave_v think_v then_o a_o man_n must_v cease_v to_o be_v answer_n non_fw-la tollit_fw-la sed_fw-la attollit_fw-la naturam_fw-la it_o take_v they_o not_o away_o but_o it_o take_v they_o up_o he_o do_v not_o say_v let_v the_o wicked_a forsake_fw-mi thought_n but_o his_o thought_n let_v he_o set_v they_o on_o other_o matter_n when_o god_n call_v man_n unto_o he_o he_o be_v so_o far_o from_o take_v away_o man_n thought_n as_o that_o he_o will_v rather_o increase_v they_o if_o thou_o be_v a_o new_a creature_n thou_o must_v have_v more_o thought_n thou_o be_v full_a of_o thought_n now_o but_o then_o thou_o will_v be_v full_a psal_n 119._o 59_o when_o david_n turn_v to_o god_n his_o heart_n think_v upon_o his_o way_n the_o word_n in_o the_o original_n be_v he_o think_v on_o his_o way_n on_o both_o 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