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follow_v he_o and_o praise_v god_n and_o all_o the_o people_n praise_v he_o likewise_o for_o what_o be_v do_v luk._n 18._o 42._o and_o when_o christ_n have_v cast_v out_o the_o devil_n chap._n 8._o 30._o the_o man_n will_v have_v follow_v christ_n but_o he_o bid_v he_o go_v to_o his_o house_n and_o show_v what_o great_a thing_n god_n have_v do_v for_o he_o and_o he_o go_v his_o way_n and_o preach_v those_o thing_n through_o all_o the_o city_n again_o beware_v of_o relapse_n 14_o be_v far_o more_o dangerous_a than_o the_o first_o disease_n go_v and_o sin_n no_o more_o lest_o a_o worse_a thing_n come_v unto_o thou_o beware_v of_o occasion_n of_o sin_n especial_o wicked_a and_o infectious_a company_n no_o plaguy_a house_n so_o infectious_a as_o that_o last_o pity_n and_o help_v other_o sin_n we_o despise_v not_o nor_o scorn_n nor_o laugh_v at_o a_o sick_a man_n nor_o will_v one_o sick_a man_n scorn_v another_o it_o be_v thy_o own_o case_n and_o thy_o brethren_n spiritual_o be_v it_o a_o 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so_o do_v no_o other_o physician_n they_o can_v guess_v by_o inspection_n and_o see_v something_o but_o he_o see_v our_o secret_a corruption_n in_o as_o much_o as_o he_o see_v our_o heart_n and_o thought_n and_o can_v be_v deceive_v he_o see_v the_o woman_n at_o the_o well_o to_o be_v a_o harlot_n and_o matth._n 16._o 7._o he_o see_v the_o reason_n of_o their_o heart_n when_o they_o think_v he_o speak_v because_o they_o have_v no_o bread_n second_o he_o know_v the_o cure_n 2._o as_o perfect_o as_o he_o do_v the_o disease_n no_o physician_n know_v all_o the_o virtue_n of_o all_o the_o simple_n and_o drug_n he_o administer_v and_o beside_o he_o be_v whole_o ignorant_a of_o many_o but_o christ_n our_o physician_n know_v the_o infallible_a work_n of_o his_o remedy_n so_o that_o whereas_o it_o may_v be_v say_v of_o many_o young_a physician_n they_o need_v a_o new_a churchyard_n yet_o never_o any_o miscarry_v under_o his_o hand_n who_o he_o undertake_v to_o cure_v of_o all_o 18_o who_o 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in_o libertate_fw-la nostra_fw-la nobis_fw-la relinquens_fw-la utrùm_fw-la amplecti_fw-la maluerimus_fw-la jansen_n in_o loc_n the_o text_n make_v not_o for_o freewill_n 1_o 2._o note_n of_o a_o disciple_n of_o christ._n 1._o respect_n to_o the_o word_n and_o dependence_n on_o it_o 2._o mat._n 4._o 22._o &_o 23._o 8._o joh._n 6_o 68_o respect_n to_o christ_n &_o dependence_n on_o he_o alone_o 3._o attendance_n and_o obedience_n to_o he_o joh._n 15._o 14._o melius_fw-la est_fw-la habere_fw-la paucos_fw-la discipulos_fw-la quam_fw-la mulios_fw-la auditores_fw-la thriv_n apoph_n 105._o luk._n 6._o 46._o 4._o mat._n 9_o 15._o john_n 16._o 6._o joy_n in_o he_o or_o mourn_v after_o he_o cant._n 5._o 6._o inaudita_fw-la est_fw-la dilectio_fw-la quae_fw-la amicum_fw-la diligit_fw-la &_o prâ—sentiam_fw-la ejus_fw-la non_fw-la amat_fw-la cassiod_n in_o psal._n 18._o 5._o make_v disciple_n win_v other_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mat._n 2d_o 19_o scimuo_fw-la quòd_fw-la viri_fw-la isti_fw-la nec_fw-la sibi_fw-la vixére_n nec_fw-la sibi_fw-la sunt_fw-la mortui_fw-la sed_fw-la ei_fw-la qui_fw-la pro_fw-la ipsis_fw-la mortuus_fw-la est_fw-la magis_fw-la autem_fw-la nobis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la propter_fw-la illum_fw-la bern._n serm_n petr._n &_o paul_n 1_o joh._n 2._o 6._o phil._n 1._o 20._o 6._o love_n of_o the_o brethren_n a_o special_a badge_n of_o a_o true_a christian_a gal._n 5._o 6._o hâ—b_n 2._o 4._o 2_o cor._n 5._o 7._o eph._n 5._o 2._o rejection_n of_o they_o that_o want_v it_o 1._o john_n 8._o 44._o 2._o eph._n 4._o 3._o gal._n 5._o 22._o jam_fw-la 4._o 5._o john_n 9_o 28._o 2_o tim._n 3._o 8._o 3._o isa._n 11._o 6._o 7._o 8._o gal._n 6._o 10._o john_n 4._o 9_o 4._o niltam_n commendat_fw-la christianam_fw-la animam_fw-la quam_fw-la misericordia_fw-la ambr._n offic_n l._n 1._o cap._n 11._o joh._n 13._o 34._o col._n 3._o 14._o the_o first_o duty_n and_o note_n of_o a_o disciple_n four_o thing_n in_o it_o i._o what_o be_v mean_v by_o one_o self_n 1._o outward_a thing_n 2._o what_o inward_a thing_n must_v be_v deny_v 1._o rom._n 8._o 7._o 2._o 3._o 4._o qui_fw-fr depâ—niâ—_n uâ—terem_fw-la hominem_fw-la cum_fw-la operibus_fw-la suis_fw-la abnegat_fw-la sâ—ipsum_fw-la etc._n etc._n hieron_n in_o matth._n 5._o rom._n 14._o 7._o non_fw-la dixit_fw-la neget_fw-la sed_fw-la abneget_fw-la ut_fw-la hac_fw-la adjeâ—â—iunâ—â—la_fw-la plurimum_fw-la addat_fw-la etc._n etc._n greg._n phil._n 3._o 7._o 8._o ii_o the_o difficulty_n of_o this_o duty_n mar._n 9_o 43._o 47._o see_v in_o 3._o thing_n 1._o luk._n 9_o 59_o mat._n 19_o 22_o 1_o cor._n 3._o 18._o job_n 20._o 12._o 2._o 3._o mat._n 19_o 22_o iii_o the_o necessity_n of_o do_v it_o in_o six_o respect_n 1._o si_fw-mi peril_n homo_fw-la amando_fw-la se_fw-la profectò_fw-la invenitur_fw-la negando_fw-la se._n aug._n ser._n 77._o de_fw-la diversis_fw-la 2._o non_fw-la potes_fw-la perfectam_fw-la possidere_fw-la libertatem_fw-la nisi_fw-la totaliter_fw-la abneges_fw-la temetispsum_fw-la de_fw-fr imitat_fw-la christi_fw-la li._n 3._o cap._n 32._o 3._o pro._n 22._o 15._o 4._o mat._n 9_o 12._o &_o 10._o 6._o 5._o mat._n 22._o 37._o 39_o 6._o vigila_fw-la super_fw-la teipsum_fw-la excita_fw-la teipsum_fw-la admone_fw-it teipsum_fw-la &_o quicquid_fw-la de_fw-la aliis_fw-la sit_fw-la non_fw-la negligas_fw-la teipsum_fw-la tantum_n proficies_fw-la quantum_fw-la tibi_fw-la ipsi_fw-la vim_o intuleris_fw-la de_fw-fr imitat_fw-la christi_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 25._o iu_o use._n exhortation_n to_o selfe-deniall_n mischief_n by_o not_o begin_v herein_o fecerunt_fw-la civitates_fw-la dvas_fw-la amores_fw-la duo_fw-la terrenam_fw-la scilicet_fw-la amorsui_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la contemptum_fw-la deiâ—coelestem_fw-la verò_fw-la amor_fw-la dei_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la contemptum_fw-la svi_fw-la aug._n the_o civ_o dei_fw-la l._n 14._o 2._o eph._n 2._o 2._o 3._o 4._o act._n 19_o 24._o 5._o 2_o tim._n 3._o 4._o 6._o qui_fw-la leviter_fw-la ac_fw-la desunctoriè_fw-la ad_fw-la pietatis_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la accesserunt_fw-la exaruerunt_fw-la naz._n orat_fw-la 3._o quoâ—usquisque_fw-la haec_fw-la adimplevit_fw-la sed_fw-la quae_fw-la penes_fw-la homines_fw-la difficilia_fw-la penes_fw-la deum_fw-la facilia_fw-la tert._n the_o idol_n c._n 12._o help_v to_o further_o this_o difficult_a duty_n 1._o luk._n 11._o 13._o isa._n 44._o 3._o 2._o 3._o self-deniall_n the_o first_o &_o continue_a act_n of_o a_o christian._n pensemâ—s_fw-la quomodo_fw-la paulus_n se_fw-la abvegaverat_fw-la qui_fw-la dicebat_fw-la vivo_fw-la autem_fw-la jam_fw-la non_fw-la ego_fw-la extinctus_fw-la quip_n suerat_fw-la sevus_fw-la ille_fw-la persecutor_n et_fw-la vivere_fw-la coeperat_fw-la pius_fw-la praedicator_n greg._n in_o evang_v hom_n 32._o 4._o preservative_n against_o pride_n which_o hinder_v selfe-deniall_n 1._o 2._o 3._o 4._o 5._o also_o against_o distrustfulnes_n which_o hinder_v it_o 1_o 2._o mat._n 6._o 33._o 3._o gen._n 22._o 14_o 1_o sam._n 17._o 37._o encouragement_n to_o this_o harsh_a work_n of_o selfe-deniall_n 1._o 2._o nil_fw-la i_o juvabunt_fw-la fine_n mundi_fw-la nec_fw-la regna_fw-la huius_fw-la seculi_fw-la melius_fw-la est_fw-la wehee_v emori_fw-la propter_fw-la jesum_fw-la christum_fw-la quam_fw-la imperare_fw-la finibusterrae_fw-la ignat._n ad_fw-la rom._n psal._n 120._o 5._o 6._o 3._o heb._n 11._o 25._o 26._o gen._n 22._o 16_o mat._n 19_o 27._o heb._n 13._o 12._o 13._o rev._n 12._o 11_o ignis_fw-la crux_fw-la &_o diaboti_fw-la tormenta_fw-mi in_o i_o veniant_fw-la tantummodo_fw-la ut_fw-la jesum_fw-la nanciscar_fw-la â—dem_fw-la ibid._n 4._o 5._o siâ—_n olerum_fw-la plâ—lae_fw-la traâ—sponuntur_fw-la ut_fw-la proficiaeu_fw-la unde_fw-la enin_n videnturâ—ii_fw-la perdidsse_fw-la quod_fw-la craft_n inde_fw-la incipiunt_fw-la apparere_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la erant_fw-la greg._n ubi_fw-la supr_n note_n of_o one_o that_o deny_v himself_o 1._o 2_o cor._n 5._o 14._o 2._o phil._n 4._o 11._o 12._o 3._o four_o thing_n that_o self-deniall_n do_v in_o respect_n of_o the_o word_n regard_v whatever_n god_n teach_v act._n 10._o 33._o love_v it_o all_o even_o reproof_n quarrel_n not_o but_o submit_v suffer_v rather_o than_o the_o truth_n shall_v suffer_v 4._o resignation_n to_o god_n for_o prosperity_n deut._n 8._o 18._o of_o