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thou_o have_v i_o to_o do_v lord_n he_o be_v solicitous_a to_o understand_v the_o duty_n of_o his_o station_n psal._n 119.125_o i_o be_o thy_o servant_n give_v i_o understanding_n that_o i_o may_v know_v thy_o testimony_n to_o enter_v one_o self_n the_o servant_n of_o another_o without_o any_o concern_v to_o know_v the_o business_n of_o his_o place_n show_v a_o insincere_a mind_n and_o argue_v he_o have_v more_o a_o design_n to_o serve_v himself_o upon_o his_o master_n than_o to_o serve_v he_o 4._o he_o be_v one_o that_o have_v a_o inclination_n to_o the_o work_n he_o be_v to_o do_v when_o he_o know_v it_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o incline_v bend_v of_o mind_n to_o it_o that_o which_o the_o scripture_n mean_v by_o have_v the_o law_n of_o god_n write_v in_o the_o heart_n speak_v of_o our_o lord_n himself_o in_o reference_n to_o that_o peculiar_a service_n he_o be_v to_o perform_v lo_o i_o come_v to_o do_v thy_o will_n o_o god_n thy_o law_n be_v in_o my_o heart_n psal._n 40.8_o who_o tho'_o he_o be_v a_o son_n yet_o take_v the_o form_n of_o a_o servant_n apply_v himself_o to_o that_o severe_a part_n assign_v he_o with_o a_o most_o willing_a mind_n and_o have_v hereupon_o the_o high_a approbation_n imaginable_a isa._n 42.1_o behold_v my_o servant_n who_o i_o uphold_v my_o elect_a in_o who_o my_o soul_n delight_v and_o it_o be_v speak_v of_o all_o the_o inferior_a true_a servant_n of_o god_n beside_o jer._n 31.33_o i_o will_v put_v my_o law_n in_o their_o inward_a part_n and_o write_v it_o in_o their_o heart_n it_o be_v the_o same_o thing_n with_o be_v god_n workmanship_n ephes._n 2.10_o create_v unto_o good_a work_n and_o with_o that_o readiness_n to_o every_o good_a work_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tit._n 3.1_o if_o a_o man_n heart_n be_v not_o so_o frame_v to_o god_n service_n how_o awkward_o and_o
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spirit_n serve_v the_o lord_n rom._n 12.11_o 4._o he_o be_v with_o most_o delight_n exercise_v in_o the_o most_o spiritual_a part_n of_o his_o work_n in_o the_o great_a vital_a act_n of_o faith_n love_n self-devoting_a and_o those_o most_o immediate_o proceed_v from_o they_o meditation_n prayer_n and_o praise_n 5._o he_o balk_v not_o the_o most_o hazardous_a or_o more_o costly_a part_n think_v it_o mean_v to_o serve_v god_n at_o no_o expense_n or_o with_o what_o cost_v he_o nothing_o measure_v not_o his_o duty_n by_o the_o advantage_n or_o safety_n of_o his_o own_o secular_a interest_n so_o as_o to_o decline_v it_o when_o nothing_o be_v to_o be_v get_v by_o it_o or_o if_o any_o thing_n be_v in_o danger_n to_o be_v lose_v 6._o he_o grudge_v not_o that_o other_o be_v less_o expose_v to_o danger_n in_o their_o work_n than_o he_o and_o have_v that_o liberty_n of_o serve_a god_n which_o he_o have_v not_o let_v i_o serious_o recommend_v this_o property_n and_o disposition_n of_o a_o 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the_o harvest_n to_o send_v forth_o labourer_n into_o his_o harvest_n mat._n 9.37_o 38._o if_o any_o of_o their_o own_o private_a inclination_n will_v have_v the_o necessary_a work_n of_o their_o lord_n hinder_v and_o take_v pleasure_n in_o the_o exclusion_n of_o industrious_a labourer_n for_o their_o conscientious_a disuse_n of_o thing_n by_o their_o own_o confession_n not_o necessary_a good_a lord_n what_o spirit_n be_v they_o be_v of_o i_o understand_v it_o not_o nor_o let_v my_o soul_n enter_v into_o their_o secret_n i_o have_v rather_o a_o thousandfold_n bear_v their_o anger_n than_o be_v of_o their_o spirit_n will_v any_o faithful_a servant_n rather_o wish_v his_o master_n work_n shall_v be_v in_o any_o part_n undo_v than_o do_v by_o those_o he_o dislike_v upon_o no_o more_o important_a reason_n than_o that_o their_o clothes_n perhaps_o be_v not_o of_o the_o same_o colour_n with_o his_o but_o thanks_o be_v to_o god_n that_o among_o those_o that_o differ_v from_o each_o other_o 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3.4_o it_o be_v say_v of_o barnabas_n a_o great_a number_n believe_v and_o turn_v to_o the_o lord_n act_n 11.22_o 23._o that_o when_o he_o see_v the_o grace_n of_o god_n he_o be_v glad_a for_o it_o be_v add_v he_o be_v a_o good_a man_n and_o full_a of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n 13._o he_o love_v his_o work_n and_o his_o master_n be_v willing_a to_o have_v his_o ear_n bore_v and_o serve_v he_o for_o ever_o if_o any_o thought_n arise_v of_o change_v he_o present_o repress_n it_o by_o some_o seasonable_a check_n and_o counter-thought_a not_o and_o confirm_v his_o resolution_n of_o cleave_v to_o he_o unto_o the_o end_n 14._o he_o put_v the_o high_a value_n upon_o such_o present_a encouragement_n from_o his_o lord_n as_o be_v most_o expressive_a of_o peculiar_a favour_n the_o bless_a god_n know_v what_o be_v most_o suitable_a to_o the_o genius_n and_o spirit_n of_o his_o own_o new_a creature_n they_o who_o be_v his_o sincere_a servant_n be_v his_o son_n too_o bear_v of_o he_o and_o to_o the_o 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