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the_o allurement_n or_o rather_o to_o the_o trouble_n of_o the_o flesh_n and_o to_o return_v to_o the_o insatiable_a curiosity_n of_o the_o sense_n ecclesiaste_n say_v chap._n 2._o the_o eye_n be_v not_o satisfy_v with_o see_v nor_o the_o ear_n with_o hear_v for_o hear_v a_o experience_a man_n what_o he_o say_v thou_o be_v good_a say_v he_o o_o lord_n to_o those_o who_o hope_v in_o thou_o to_o the_o soul_n which_o seek_v thou_o from_o this_o good_a if_o any_o one_o shall_v have_v endeavour_v to_o have_v avert_v that_o holy_a soul_n i_o believe_v he_o will_v hardly_o have_v take_v it_o otherwise_o than_o if_o he_o shall_v have_v see_v himself_o to_o have_v be_v cast_v out_o of_o paradise_n and_o from_o the_o very_a entrance_n of_o glory_n hear_v yet_o another_o like_a unto_o this_o my_o heart_n say_v he_o have_v say_v to_o thou_o my_o face_n have_v seek_v thou_o thy_o face_n o_o lord_n will_v i_o seek_v whence_o he_o say_v but_o it_o be_v good_a for_o i_o to_o adhere_v to_o god_n and_o 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the_o malediction_n of_o god_n the_o father_n as_o the_o psalmist_n testify_v psal_n 118._o curse_a be_v they_o who_o decline_v from_o thy_o commandment_n the_o hatred_n of_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n who_o hate_v all_o those_o who_o work_n iniquity_n the_o departure_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n who_o take_v himself_o away_o even_o from_o thought_n which_o be_v without_o understanding_n as_o he_o say_v in_o the_o book_n of_o wisdom_n chap._n 1._o but_o much_o more_o from_o wicked_a work_n for_o these_o be_v worse_o and_o more_o horrible_a than_o the_o very_a pain_n of_o hell_n as_o say_v st._n chrysostom_n the_o great_a profit_n also_o proceed_v from_o the_o same_o aught_o to_o induce_v we_o thereunto_o for_o the_o least_o contrition_n efface_v all_o the_o blot_n of_o the_o soul_n kill_v eternal_a death_n confer_v the_o benediction_n of_o god_n the_o father_n restore_v the_o friendship_n of_o god_n the_o son_n the_o familiarity_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o the_o society_n of_o 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