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he_o go_v till_o he_o bless_v they_o with_o his_o acquaintance_n yet_o do_v they_o expect_v to_o partake_v of_o god_n as_o full_o as_o zachary_n and_o elizabeth_n who_o wait_v upon_o he_o daily_o and_o walk_v in_o his_o commandment_n without_o reproof_n but_o how_o vain_o these_o expect_v grape_n from_o thorn_n and_o fig_n from_o thistle_n the_o consequence_n show_v god_n keep_v they_o at_o distance_n he_o feed_v they_o with_o the_o husk_n he_o love_v those_o that_o fear_v he_o not_o formidine_fw-la poenae_fw-la sed_fw-la virtutis_fw-la amore_fw-la and_o he_o value_v those_o high_a who_o be_v most_o importunate_a undismissable_a who_o not_o a_o non_fw-la decet_fw-la will_v discourage_v from_o beg_a crumb_n 27._o mat._n 15.26_o 27._o who_o no_o moment_n no_o company_n will_v dishearten_v from_o resolve_v with_o job_n though_o thâ—u_n kill_v i_o 13.15_o job_n 13.15_o yet_o will_v i_o trust_v in_o thou_o these_o be_v the_o merchant_n our_o
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diliciis_fw-la fruuntur_fw-la magna_fw-la ira_fw-la est_fw-la quandâ—_n peccantibus_fw-la non_fw-la irascitur_fw-la deus_fw-la ep._n 33._o ad_fw-la castrutium_fw-la peter_n and_o paul_n the_o great_a apostle_n be_v put_v to_o death_n by_o wicked_a nero_n yea_o the_o son_n of_o god_n suffer_v by_o the_o jew_n and_o castrutius_n do_v thou_o think_v the_o prosperity_n of_o this_o world_n a_o portion_n for_o god_n beloved_a one_o god_n be_v never_o less_o in_o love_n with_o man_n then_o when_o they_o go_v unpunished_a and_o have_v the_o world_n at_o will_n god_n then_o do_v afflict_v he_o and_o his_o hear_v his_o voice_n when_o he_o call_v to_o they_o to_o afflict_v themselves_o not_o like_a creature_n of_o envy_n who_o when_o they_o want_v other_o object_n to_o torment_n rend_v &_o perplex_v themselves_o by_o vain_a and_o impertinent_a angariation_n god_n love_v not_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o fool_n nor_o the_o devotion_n of_o mad_a man_n he_o delight_v in_o the_o reasonable_a service_n we_o offer_v religion_n be_v no_o heathenish_a digladiation_n but_o a_o holy_a imitation_n of_o christ_n and_o a_o willing_a resignation_n to_o the_o rule_n of_o his_o word_n it_o command_v man_n to_o chasten_v nature_n not_o by_o destroy_v it_o as_o that_o philosopher_n do_v his_o bag_n which_o he_o throw_v away_o into_o the_o sea_n lucinium_n perdam_fw-la te_fw-la ne_fw-la perdas_fw-la i_o aurum_fw-la deponere_fw-la incipientium_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la perfectorum_fw-la fecit_fw-la hoc_fw-la crates_n thebanus_n fecit_fw-la antisthenes_n scipsum_fw-la offer_n deo_fw-la proprie_fw-la christianorum_fw-la est_fw-la &_o apostolerum_fw-la s._n hyeron_n ep._n 28._o ad_fw-la lucinium_n that_o they_o may_v not_o throw_v he_o away_o no_o man_n have_v any_o warrant_n for_o self-abuse_n we_o be_v not_o nostri_fw-la sed_fw-la alieni_fw-la juris_fw-la and_o god_n will_v see_v we_o shall_v not_o destroy_v his_o work_n beside_o his_o will_n we_o be_v to_o afflict_v ourselves_o but_o not_o as_o 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