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A sermon preached before the King and Queen, at White-Hall, in November 1692 by William Jane ...
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Jane, William, 1645-1707.
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precept_n v._o 110_o and_o 109._o my_o soul_n be_v continual_o in_o my_o hand_n i.e._n every_o moment_n ready_a to_o be_v snatch_v out_o of_o they_o yet_o do_v i_o not_o forget_v thy_o law_n thus_o v._n 87._o they_o have_v almost_o consume_v i_o upon_o earth_n but_o i_o forsake_v not_o thy_o commandment_n and_o v._o 157._o many_o be_v now_o my_o persecutor_n and_o enemy_n yet_o do_v i_o not_o decline_v from_o thy_o testimony_n and_o sure_o he_o that_o deliberate_o and_o entire_o devote_v himself_o to_o the_o service_n of_o religion_n have_v forca_v with_o himself_o the_o worst_a that_o can_v happen_v and_o so_o be_v by_o that_o mean_v ready_a and_o prepare_v with_o a_o undaunted_a resolution_n to_o encounter_v it_o he_o have_v consider_v what_o it_o be_v and_o so_o be_v well_o enough_o content_v to_o deny_v himself_o to_o renounce_v the_o friendship_n of_o the_o world_n to_o smile_v upon_o the_o face_n of_o danger_n to_o hate_v father_n and_o mother_n brother_n and_o sister_n land_n and_o possession_n and_o even_a life_n itself_o rather_o than_o part_v with_o that_o without_o which_o even_a life_n itself_o be_v not_o worthy_a the_o enjoy_n through_o honour_n and_o dishonour_n through_o evil_a report_n and_o good_a report_n through_o a_o red_a sea_n and_o a_o wilderness_n through_o watch_n and_o fasting_n through_o affliction_n and_o distress_n through_o danger_n and_o discouragement_n he_o will_v press_v forward_o towards_o the_o prize_n of_o his_o high_a call_n and_o will_v neither_o be_v bias_v from_o his_o mark_n by_o the_o flatter_a consideration_n of_o the_o world_n nor_o force_v from_o it_o by_o any_o terror_n or_o suffering_n whatsoever_o he_o that_o frame_v his_o resolution_n with_o this_o prospect_n will_v not_o so_o easy_o fail_v in_o the_o execution_n of_o it_o he_o foresee_v what_o he_o must_v trust_v to_o he_o know_v the_o worst_a of_o it_o he_o will_v not_o have_v his_o arm_n to_o seek_v when_o the_o enemy_n be_v upon_o he_o and_o so_o be_v not_o 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