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for_o labour_v beyond_o thy_o strength_n nor_o travail_v further_o than_o thy_o gift_n can_v reach_v when_o ezechiah_n pray_v for_o the_o people_n that_o the_o lord_n will_v pardon_v every_o one_o that_o prepare_v his_o heart_n to_o seek_v the_o lord_n god_n of_o his_o father_n though_o he_o be_v not_o cleanse_v according_a to_o the_o purification_n of_o the_o sanctuary_n the_o lord_n hear_v he_o and_o hearken_v unto_o he_o and_o heal_v the_o people_n 20._o people_n 2_o chro._n 30.18_o 19_o 20._o 94._o content_n not_o thyself_o with_o knowledge_n and_o understanding_n with_o utterance_n and_o discourse_n or_o with_o ability_n to_o dispute_v and_o determine_v many_o difficult_a point_n of_o religion_n though_o these_o faculty_n be_v in_o thou_o very_o eminent_a and_o singular_a but_o consider_v what_o faith_n thou_o have_v to_o believe_v and_o conscience_n to_o perform_v obedience_n but_o look_v what_o power_n god_n spirit_n have_v in_o thou_o to_o sanctification_n of_o life_n to_o 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roll_v of_o the_o righteous_a at_o this_o let_v all_o thy_o practice_n let_v all_o thy_o pleasure_n level_v at_o this_o so_o shall_v thou_o be_v certain_a to_o attain_v that_o blessing_n of_o which_o thou_o can_v not_o say_v how_o much_o thou_o do_v attain_v so_o shall_v thou_o be_v make_v both_o a_o heir_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o have_v a_o title_n of_o inheritance_n in_o heaven_n 76._o disdain_v not_o those_o that_o be_v most_o near_o link_v and_o ally_v unto_o thou_o though_o never_o so_o mean_a but_o let_v kindred_n persuade_v and_o procure_v kindness_n but_o succour_v they_o and_o befriend_v they_o whereinsoever_o thou_o may_v do_v they_o good_a as_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n teach_v and_o christian_a duty_n bind_v count_v they_o not_o a_o blemish_n to_o thy_o blood_n nor_o a_o burden_n to_o thy_o state_n the_o one_o argue_v thy_o scornfulnes_n the_o other_o thy_o miserableness_n disdain_v rather_o the_o curse_a condition_n of_o those_o monster_n in_o nature_n so_o visible_a 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and_o vexation_n or_o from_o thy_o adversary_n violent_a pursuing_n and_o villainous_a practice_n as_o in_o such_o case_n like_o job_n friend_n what_o miserable_a comforter_n be_v they_o common_o find_v yet_o thy_o god_n iness_n thy_o wisdom_n thy_o love_n thy_o humility_n thy_o mercy_n patience_n gentleness_n temperance_n and_o the_o like_a will_v abide_v with_o thou_o and_o stand_v to_o thou_o and_o suffer_v no_o misery_n to_o seize_v upon_o thou_o 80._o be_v not_o like_o those_o gormandizer_n those_o slave_n to_o their_o appetite_n who_o god_n be_v their_o belly_n and_o who_o felicity_n be_v meat_n and_o drink_v but_o retain_v temperance_n and_o soberness_n and_o discretion_n in_o thy_o repast_n live_v not_o to_o eat_v and_o drink_v but_o eat_v and_o drink_v to_o live_v that_o thy_o body_n may_v not_o faint_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o necessary_a duty_n that_o thou_o may_v be_v the_o better_a able_a to_o employ_v thyself_o in_o thy_o vocation_n feed_v thy_o body_n to_o serve_v and_o not_o to_o rule_v to_o obey_v and_o not_o to_o lead_v the_o spirit_n lest_o as_o we_o also_o say_v of_o fire_n water_n and_o money_n of_o a_o bad_a servant_n it_o prove_v a_o worse_a master_n full_a meal_n make_v foggy_a mind_n and_o fat_a body_n make_v lean_a soul_n 81._o if_o thou_o desire_v and_o hope_n for_o god_n blessing_n upon_o thy_o own_o labour_n defraud_v not_o any_o other_o any_o way_n of_o the_o fruit_n of_o his_o labour_n restrain_v thy_o heart_n from_o covet_v thy_o eye_n from_o desire_v thy_o hand_n from_o handle_v thy_o house_n from_o hold_v other_o man_n substance_n lest_o whilst_o thou_o like_v that_o which_o belong_v by_o just_a right_n to_o thy_o neighbour_n thou_o lose_v for_o ever_o that_o which_o be_v thy_o own_o lest_o if_o thou_o reap_v where_o another_o have_v sow_o another_o thresh_v that_o which_o thou_o have_v reap_v 82._o whatsoever_o bad_a practice_n now_o adays_o be_v every_o where_o to_o be_v see_v howsoever_o some_o close_o thrive_v like_o mote_n in_o 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