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not_o come_v to_o it_o but_o stand_v aloof_o pink_v and_o wink_v as_o though_o they_o be_v more_o afraid_a of_o god_n than_o the_o devil_n 33_o even_o as_o a_o candle_n that_o it_o may_v give_v light_n unto_o other_o itself_o be_v burn_v and_o consume_v or_o as_o salt_n itself_o be_v bruise_v and_o melt_a that_o it_o may_v give_v good_a season_n and_o a_o sweet_a savour_n unto_o meat_n so_o a_o true_a christian_a especial_o one_o advance_v to_o dignity_n and_o place_v in_o authority_n shall_v spare_v no_o labour_n but_o even_o break_v himself_o with_o study_n and_o care_n and_o undergo_v any_o pain_n to_o do_v good_a to_o profit_v many_o and_o to_o win_v some_o soul_n to_o god_n math_n 5.13.14_o 34_o like_o as_o in_o great_a and_o sore_a disease_n all_o the_o best_a remedy_n that_o can_v be_v devise_v be_v wont_a to_o be_v apply_v with_o all_o speed_n even_o so_o the_o more_o that_o christian_n see_v wickedness_n â—nd_v ungodliness_n to_o abound_v the_o more_o ought_v they_o to_o 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conscience_n and_o reproach_n to_o we_o and_o our_o posterity_n 8_o as_o wine_n and_o drunkenness_n make_v a_o man_n senseless_a etc._n etc._n so_o lust_n and_o pleasure_n pervert_v the_o sense_n and_o weaken_v the_o soul_n 9_o as_o fever_n or_o ague_n the_o heat_n or_o cold_a whereof_o though_o they_o be_v internal_a yet_o be_v they_o more_o extreme_a and_o more_o painful_a to_o be_v endure_v than_o the_o cold_a or_o hot_a season_n of_o all_o the_o year_n so_o likewise_o there_o be_v no_o fire_n whatsoever_o who_o heat_n be_v so_o forceable_a as_o be_v the_o scorch_a flame_n of_o our_o own_o lust_n and_o concupiscence_n liberality_n to_o the_o poor_a as_o householder_n if_o they_o keep_v their_o corn_n in_o their_o barn_n all_o the_o year_n the_o vermin_n will_v consume_v it_o and_o so_o it_o will_v decrease_v but_o if_o they_o sow_v &_o scatter_v it_o in_o the_o field_n than_o they_o receive_v increase_v thereof_o so_o likewise_o if_o we_o do_v not_o scatter_v and_o bestow_v our_o 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