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do_v suppose_v it_o in_o other_o every_o man_n dâ—slikes_v his_o own_o state_n of_o life_n misery_n in_o all_o the_o state_n of_o man_n the_o love_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n can_v together_o subsist_v the_o author_n propose_v four_o thing_n to_o himself_o in_o this_o second_o part_n the_o particular_a misery_n of_o man_n be_v great_a than_o the_o general_a the_o poor_a sort_n of_o man_n the_o better_a sort_n of_o man_n the_o clergy_n their_o comfort_n the_o gentry_n their_o misery_n their_o needless_a building_n their_o fond_a purchase_n their_o many_o write_n their_o nice_a conveyance_n their_o needless_a entail_v the_o best_a entail_n the_o lawyer_n their_o slander_n their_o harsh_a study_n their_o troublesome_a practice_n the_o judge_n the_o citizen_n their_o wealth_n their_o misery_n he_o recal_v himself_o the_o noble_n their_o misery_n prince_n their_o danger_n in_o their_o war_n in_o peace_n wherein_o their_o happiness_n consist_v their_o prerogative_n their_o melancholy_a death_n wherefore_o serve_v our_o misery_n the_o several_a delight_n of_o our_o age_n the_o delight_n of_o our_o childhood_n the_o delight_n of_o our_o elder_a year_n the_o degree_n of_o our_o age_n according_a to_o decade_n the_o censure_n of_o a_o dead_a man_n wherein_o man_n great_a contentment_n consist_v the_o home-contentment_n our_o house_n be_v sometime_o our_o prison_n the_o pleasure_n of_o the_o house_n be_v according_a to_o man_n own_o apprehension_n our_o delight_n in_o our_o apparel_n our_o vanity_n in_o our_o diet_n man_n different_a valuation_n of_o his_o own_o wealth_n the_o beauty_n of_o different_a complexion_n we_o must_v condemn_v nature_n if_o we_o justify_v ourselves_o how_o hardly_o man_n be_v wean_v from_o these_o fancy_n the_o â—ove_n of_o god_n swallow_v up_o the_o love_n of_o this_o world_n the_o vanity_n of_o the_o creature_n shall_v keep_v we_o from_o the_o love_n of_o the_o creature_n never_o man_n find_v contentment_n in_o the_o creature_n the_o tale_n 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