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20._o 21._o 22._o verse_n 5._o teach_v every_o one_o to_o have_v care_n and_o conscience_n that_o neither_o in_o persuasion_n nor_o practice_n they_o do_v any_o thing_n to_o grieve_v or_o displease_v the_o lord_n christ_n and_o to_o cause_v he_o to_o depart_v for_o a_o time_n either_o from_o the_o whole_a church_n or_o the_o particular_a member_n thereof_o for_o beside_o that_o it_o be_v a_o grievous_a transgression_n to_o contemn_v he_o and_o so_o great_a grace_n as_o he_o bring_v with_o he_o it_o carry_v with_o it_o also_o the_o eternal_a destruction_n of_o our_o soul_n verse_n 6._o teach_v we_o that_o god_n child_n be_v and_o shall_v be_v always_o willing_a and_o content_v to_o depart_v from_o all_o thing_n for_o the_o gain_v of_o christ_n for_o if_o they_o make_v more_o account_n of_o the_o thing_n of_o this_o life_n they_o be_v not_o fit_a for_o he_o as_o he_o himself_o plain_o tell_v us._n math._n 10._o 37._o revel_v 14._o 26._o secondlye_o that_o howsoever_o the_o thing_n that_o 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they_o do_v require_v the_o same_o for_o in_o as_o much_o as_o preferment_n come_v not_o from_o the_o east_n nor_o from_o the_o west_n but_o that_o it_o be_v the_o lord_n that_o keep_v some_o low_a and_o advance_v othersome_a who_o he_o will_v the_o lord_n by_o that_o preferment_n show_v that_o it_o be_v his_o purpose_n that_o mighty_a man_n shall_v have_v the_o most_o large_a and_o liberal_a allowance_n of_o all_o his_o creature_n because_o he_o have_v as_o it_o be_v put_v they_o in_o possession_n of_o the_o same_o and_o endue_v they_o with_o most_o excellent_a mean_n for_o the_o achieve_v thereof_o notwithstanding_o always_o they_o must_v take_v heed_n that_o they_o abuse_v they_o not_o either_o in_o wastefulness_n for_o than_o they_o shall_v answer_v it_o to_o y_z e_z lord_n or_o for_o ostentation_n as_o ezechias_n do_v isaiah_n 38._o for_o that_o be_v against_o charity_n and_o the_o lord_n that_o have_v set_v they_o up_o may_v pull_v they_o down_o and_o advance_v other_o 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