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they_o that_o have_v they_o as_o they_o look_v to_o be_v benefit_v by_o they_o râ—ches_n be_v thorn_n which_o be_v wound_v tear_v thing_n they_o tear_v off_o the_o fleece_n instead_o of_o afford_v shelter_n many_o time_n and_o not_o only_o the_o fleece_n but_o skin_n and_o flesh_n and_o our_o very_a heart_n be_v rend_v and_o tear_v away_o after_o they_o 2._o honour_n and_o great_a place_n etc._n etc._n they_o be_v vanity_n these_o thing_n be_v wind_n apt_a to_o make_v man_n that_o have_v they_o to_o swell_v above_o their_o measure_n hence_o so_o many_o quarrel_n for_o elbow-room_n in_o the_o world_n the_o narrow_a way_n to_o heaven_n be_v not_o broad_a enough_o for_o many_o great_a one_o they_o must_v be_v allow_v a_o great_a latitude_n and_o the_o great_a
widowhood_n lest_o desolation_n come_v upon_o thou_o sudden_o which_o thou_o shall_v not_o know_v say_v not_o with_o western_a babylon_n that_o be_v rome_n so_o austin_n call_v she_o i_o sit_v a_o queen_n and_o be_o no_o widow_n and_o shall_v see_v no_o sorrow_n lest_o it_o be_v say_v therefore_o shall_v thy_o plague_n come_v in_o one_o day_n death_n and_o mourning_n and_o famine_n etc._n etc._n revel_v 18.7_o 8._o trust_v not_o in_o uncertain_a riches_n but_o in_o the_o live_a god_n set_v before_o your_o eye_n always_o the_o vanity_n of_o this_o world_n and_o of_o your_o condition_n here_o be_v it_o never_o so_o flourish_a let_v not_o your_o thought_n be_v as_o their_o thought_n be_v psal_n 49.11_o of_o who_o the_o psalmist_n witness_v their_o inward_a thought_n be_v that_o their_o house_n shall_v continue_v for_o ever_o and_o their_o dwelling-place_n to_o all_o generation_n they_o call_v their_o land_n after_o their_o own_o name_n they_o think_v their_o family_n and_o name_n shall_v 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yourselves_o therefore_o the_o only_a happy_a man_n and_o to_o despise_v other_o take_v heed_n your_o height_n make_v not_o your_o brethren_n below_o seem_v as_o dwarf_n as_o little_a or_o as_o nothing_o in_o your_o eye_n if_o the_o height_n you_o be_v in_o once_o make_v you_o dizzy_a and_o giddy_a as_o we_o say_v you_o be_v like_a to_o fall_v present_o and_o lay_v all_o your_o honour_n in_o the_o dust_n or_o dirt_n do_v not_o you_o idolise_v yourselves_o and_o let_v not_o the_o world_n deify_v you_o or_o do_v not_o you_o deify_v yourselves_o and_o let_v not_o the_o world_n idolise_v you_o for_o both_o these_o be_v vanity_n to_o make_v you_o god_n to_o give_v you_o that_o honour_n which_o belong_v to_o god_n be_v to_o make_v you_o idol_n and_o to_o make_v you_o idol_n be_v to_o make_v you_o vanity_n and_o lie_v and_o nothing_o it_o be_v indeed_o quite_o to_o mar_v you_o to_o undo_v you_o this_o text_n well_o study_v will_v be_v a_o good_a antidote_n against_o the_o swell_a of_o the_o poison_n or_o against_o the_o tympany_n of_o pride_n in_o mighty_a man_n and_o a_o good_a cordial_n against_o the_o pining-consumption_n of_o envy_n in_o mean_a man_n at_o the_o prosperity_n of_o other_o the_o fashion_n beauty_n glory_n of_o the_o world_n pass_v away_o every_o man_n at_o his_o best_a estate_n be_v altogether_o vanity_n selab_n and_o here_o i_o shall_v back_o this_o lesson_n with_o these_o follow_a consideration_n let_v high_a and_o low_a rich_a and_o poor_a together_o consider_v 1._o that_o in_o adam_n our_o common-father_n we_o be_v all_o mould_v out_o of_o the_o same_o red_a earth_n we_o grow_v all_o from_o one_o root_n we_o issue_v all_o from_o one_o fountain_n the_o high_a we_o derive_v our_o pedigree_n the_o near_o we_o be_v all_o akin_a we_o be_v all_o line_n from_o one_o centre_n and_o the_o near_o we_o go_v to_o the_o centre_n the_o near_o we_o be_v one_o to_o another_o god_n make_v of_o one_o blood_n all_o nation_n and_o family_n to_o dwell_v upon_o the_o 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