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and_o condition_n think_v all_o be_v well_o with_o they_o they_o be_v not_o under_o wrack_a pain_n nor_o pinch_a poverty_n they_o have_v their_o want_n supply_v and_o it_o may_v be_v more_o than_o their_o heart_n can_v desire_v psal_n 73.4_o 5_o 7._o the_o language_n of_o who_o heart_n be_v the_o same_o with_o that_o of_o babylon_n rev._n 18.7_o i_o sit_v as_o a_o queen_n and_o shall_v see_v no_o sorrow_n whereas_o their_o sun_n may_v he_o decline_v and_o as_o zephar_n say_v job_n 20.5_o 6_o 7._o their_o prosperty_n be_v very_o short_a the_o remainder_n of_o their_o day_n may_v be_v fill_v with_o trouble_n perplexity_n and_o disappointment_n and_o nothing_o remain_v but_o a_o sad_a prospect_n of_o mourning_n and_o sorrow_n in_o utter_a darkness_n if_o not_o prevent_v by_o a_o timely_a and_o hearty_a repentance_n all_o be_v not_o gold_n that_o glister_v it_o be_v too_o common_a for_o man_n to_o mistake_v his_o own_o state_n and_o to_o think_v with_o laodicea_n rev._n 3.17_o because_o 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turn_v into_o a_o frightful_a visage_n by_o death_n whether_o natural_a or_o violent_a as_o absalom_n be_v who_o beauty_n surpass_v that_o of_o woman_n what_o be_v wit_n but_o a_o flash_n and_o though_o it_o be_v excellent_a and_o deserve_o covet_v by_o all_o yet_o alas_o how_o soon_o be_v the_o sharp_a wit_n spoil_v and_o confuse_v by_o melancholy_a or_o frenzy_n and_o as_o of_o these_o so_o it_o may_v be_v conclude_v of_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o nature_n endowment_n which_o loud_o proclaim_v that_o true_a blessedness_n be_v not_o in_o they_o nor_o be_v it_o in_o the_o good_n of_o fortune_n i_o confess_v fortune_n may_v render_v you_o very_o prosperous_a in_o have_v the_o advantage_n of_o her_o favourable_a and_o beneficial_a gale_n but_o the_o most_o she_o can_v do_v for_o you_o be_v to_o raise_v you_o by_o the_o wing_n of_o fame_n exalt_v you_o to_o the_o high_a pitch_n of_o honour_n set_v upon_o your_o head_n a_o fade_a diadem_n and_o waft_v you_o into_o the_o port_n of_o your_o 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say_v come_v soul_n forbear_v to_o weary_a and_o perplex_v thyself_o with_o plod_v contrive_v and_o project_v mean_n and_o artifices_fw-la for_o the_o gain_n of_o more_o cease_v to_o weary_v thyself_o by_o toilsome_a labour_n take_v thy_o ease_n thy_o fill_n of_o pleasure_n eat_v drink_v and_o be_v merry_a thou_o have_v good_n lay_v up_o for_o many_o year_n but_o notwithstanding_o the_o great_a advantage_n he_o have_v of_o other_o man_n in_o appearance_n he_o be_v in_o truth_n no_o wise_a than_o a_o fool_n nor_o happy_a by_o his_o trust_n in_o those_o thing_n than_o one_o miserable_a beyond_o all_o expression_n as_o be_v evident_a from_o the_o lord_n be_v own_o estimate_n of_o he_o and_o what_o he_o say_v to_o he_o in_o the_o 20_o verse_n and_o god_n say_v thou_o fool_n this_o night_n shall_v thy_o soul_n be_v require_v of_o thou_o than_o who_o shall_v these_o thing_n be_v which_o thou_o have_v provide_v neither_o can_v the_o high_a attainment_n in_o tongue_n and_o language_n make_v 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captain_n which_o may_v serve_v as_o a_o memorandum_n to_o the_o rich_a and_o mighty_a of_o this_o world_n that_o they_o do_v not_o crush_v the_o poor_a nor_o hurt_v the_o needy_a nor_o by_o their_o power_n and_o austerity_n unjust_o force_v the_o poor_a from_o their_o right_n nor_o by_o the_o use_n of_o violence_n and_o oppression_n increase_v their_o wealth_n insult_v over_o the_o distress_a like_o that_o imperious_a pope_n of_o who_o i_o have_v read_v that_o tread_v upon_o the_o emperor_n neck_n to_o help_v himself_o on_o horseback_n for_o a_o day_n of_o account_n will_v come_v when_o such_o will_v be_v convince_v with_o great_a horror_n and_o dread_a that_o it_o be_v not_o in_o the_o power_n of_o riches_n and_o royalty_n to_o make_v man_n bless_v and_o on_o the_o other_o hand_n there_o be_v no_o distress_n so_o great_a nor_o poverty_n so_o extreme_a nor_o affliction_n so_o deep_a as_o to_o render_v that_o man_n miserable_a who_o sin_n be_v not_o impute_v such_o a_o man_n be_v 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