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they_o will_v deliver_v you_o up_o to_o the_o counsel_n and_o will_v scourge_v you_o in_o their_o synagogue_n and_o you_o shall_v be_v mark_v this_o word_n you_o shall_v be_v bring_v to_o the_o governor_n and_o king_n for_o my_o sake_n in_o witness_n to_o they_o and_o to_o the_o gentile_n if_o any_o man_n come_v to_o i_o say_v christ_n luk._n 14._o 26._o and_o hate_v not_o his_o father_n and_o mother_n and_o wife_n and_o child_n and_o brethren_n and_o sister_n yea_o and_o his_o own_o life_n also_o he_o can_v be_v my_o disciple_n christ_n and_o the_o cross_n i_o mean_v persecution_n and_o trouble_n be_v so_o néer_o join_v together_o that_o nothing_o must_v part_v they_o and_o therefore_o christ_n say_v he_o that_o will_v follow_v i_o must_v take_v up_o his_o cross_n and_o follow_v i_o and_o if_o any_o look_n for_o a_o seat_n in_o heaven_n they_o must_v taste_v of_o a_o bitter_a cup_n here_o on_o earth_n the_o apostle_n know_v how_o near_o the_o love_n of_o god_n and_o the_o cross_n 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like_a to_o be_v deface_v unless_o thou_o offer_v thyself_o to_o stand_v to_o the_o maintenance_n and_o in_o the_o defence_n thereof_o before_o king_n and_o ruler_n and_o against_o their_o unlawful_a decree_n and_o wicked_a statute_n will_v thou_o shrink_v thou_o must_v yield_v to_o the_o one_o or_o to_o the_o other_o either_o thou_o must_v deny_v god_n &_o his_o truth_n for_o the_o countenance_n of_o the_o world_n and_o the_o enjoy_n of_o this_o life_n and_o the_o comfort_n of_o this_o world_n or_o else_o thou_o must_v forsake_v yea_o and_o hate_v the_o world_n and_o the_o comfort_n thereof_o and_o despise_v thy_o life_n in_o this_o respect_n choose_v which_o thou_o will_v take_v fire_n and_o water_n be_v set_v before_o thou_o life_n and_o death_n good_a &_o evil_a stretch_v out_o thy_o hand_n to_o whether_o thou_o will_v leave_v the_o one_o embrace_v the_o other_o now_o deceive_v not_o thyself_o and_o think_v thou_o have_v the_o choice_n for_o thou_o be_v not_o at_o thy_o liberty_n god_n have_v command_v to_o endure_v all_o trouble_n yea_o and_o death_n itself_o rather_o then_o to_o forsake_v his_o truth_n and_o the_o maintenance_n of_o the_o same_o if_o we_o must_v pass_v through_o the_o fire_n shall_v we_o look_v for_o water_n if_o we_o be_v command_v not_o to_o fear_v the_o sword_n shall_v we_o be_v desirous_a to_o sleep_v in_o a_o whole_a skin_n that_o which_o seem_v to_o be_v good_a to_o we_o be_v evil_a and_o that_o which_o we_o think_v to_o be_v life_n we_o shall_v find_v to_o be_v death_n seek_v not_o to_o save_v thy_o life_n for_o thou_o must_v loose_v it_o and_o better_a to_o loose_v it_o in_o this_o world_n then_o in_o the_o world_n to_o come_v if_o thou_o refuse_v thou_o shall_v be_v refuse_v if_o thou_o deny_v thou_o shall_v be_v deny_v mat._n 16._o 26._o alas_o what_o shall_v it_o profit_v a_o man_n or_o any_o of_o we_o all_o though_o we_o shall_v be_v king_n and_o emperor_n and_o though_o we_o shall_v win_v the_o whole_a world_n if_o we_o lose_v 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