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better_n i_o be_o command_v to_o honour_n and_o obey_v my_o superior_n ecclesiastical_a and_o civil_a in_o what_o concern_v divine_a worship_n i_o be_o bind_v to_o read_v and_o pray_v and_o meditate_v to_o instruct_v myself_o and_o family_n to_o receive_v the_o bless_a sacrament_n to_o have_v a_o veneration_n and_o respect_n for_o all_o thing_n that_o belong_v or_o relate_v to_o god_n and_o he_o to_o love_n and_o fear_n and_o trust_v and_o adore_v evermore_o all_o these_o with_o the_o particular_n include_v in_o they_o and_o all_o other_o duty_n and_o the_o special_a precept_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n be_v the_o task_n i_o cheerful_o undertake_v and_o in_o the_o performance_n whereof_o i_o will_v approve_v myself_o a_o sincere_a lover_n of_o jesus_n chap._n ii_o how_o great_a a_o happiness_n in_o eternity_n follow_v our_o love_n and_o obedience_n his_o yoke_n be_v easy_a and_o his_o burden_n light_n his_o commandment_n be_v not_o grievous_a and_o yet_o in_o keep_v of_o they_o there_o be_v great_a reward_n a_o temporal_a happiness_n than_o which_o none_o be_v great_a in_o this_o world_n and_o a_o eternal_a happiness_n infinite_o great_a than_o any_o this_o world_n can_v afford_v do_v not_o i_o see_v what_o pain_n most_o man_n be_v at_o to_o get_v a_o subsistence_n for_o this_o world_n how_o they_o run_v and_o sweat_n and_o spend_v themselves_o to_o provide_v for_o this_o perish_a life_n which_o yet_o be_v miserable_a short_a and_o uncertain_a and_o shall_v i_o not_o labour_v for_o the_o meat_n which_o abide_v to_o eternal_a life_n shall_v i_o be_v at_o no_o pain_n to_o secure_v that_o life_n which_o have_v no_o end_n and_o know_v no_o misery_n o_o that_o i_o can_v due_o understand_v the_o difference_n betwixt_o this_o life_n and_o the_o life_n to_o come_v how_o will_v i_o slight_v the_o one_o and_o desire_v the_o other_o or_o rather_o how_o cheerful_o will_v i_o employ_v this_o present_a to_o obtain_v that_o which_o be_v to_o come_v be_v not_o there_o 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