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inferior_a creature_n payneful_o to_o seek_v their_o preservation_n have_v he_o deny_v the_o same_o to_o man_n who_o above_o all_o other_o he_o will_v have_v preserve_v commodite_n for_o who_o preservation_n chief_o he_o have_v not_o only_o create_v all_o thing_n and_o prescribe_v his_o law_n and_o commandment_n to_o prohibet_fw-la murder_n and_o every_o other_o thing_n tendinge_v to_o his_o destruction_n but_o also_o to_o show_v the_o abundance_n of_o his_o mercy_n spare_v not_o his_o dearelye_o belovid_v son_n but_o give_v he_o to_o the_o cruel_a death_n of_o the_o cross_n that_o man_n may_v have_v full_a salvation_n not_o only_o here_o in_o this_o world_n but_o everlasting_o in_o the_o world_n to_o come_v wherefore_o if_o he_o tender_v we_o so_o much_o as_o to_o seek_v by_o all_o mean_v possible_a our_o life_n and_o preservation_n then_o must_v it_o likewise_o