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they_o they_o will_v not_o tarry_v with_o joseph_n till_o they_o be_v tempt_v by_o other_o but_o they_o seek_v all_o occasion_n and_o watch_v all_o opportunity_n to_o tempt_v other_o never_o ravenous_a beast_n do_v more_o eager_o pursue_v the_o prey_n than_o some_o do_v hunt_v after_o the_o occasion_n of_o sin_n which_o be_v madness_n with_o a_o witness_n as_o if_o the_o flesh_n be_v not_o prove_v enough_o of_o itself_o unto_o that_o which_o be_v evil_a but_o that_o pain_n must_v be_v take_v to_o help_v it_o forward_o to_o sin_n oh_o then_o how_o careful_a ought_v we_o to_o be_v to_o watch_v over_o our_o way_n and_o to_o avoid_v all_o the_o occasion_n of_o sin_n countergard_n thy_o heart_n say_v solomon_n and_o keep_v it_o with_o watch_n and_o ward_n 4.23_o prou._n
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man_n life_n our_o saviour_n lead_v we_o to_o consider_v of_o another_o thing_n for_o as_o the_o sower_n cast_v his_o seed_n abroad_o into_o sundry_a sort_n of_o ground_n and_o they_o according_a to_o their_o nature_n bring_v forth_o fruit_n according_o even_o so_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o word_n scatter_v and_o sow_n the_o seed_n of_o god_n word_n into_o the_o ground_n of_o man_n heart_n and_o as_o they_o be_v prepare_v so_o they_o bring_v forth_o fruit_n so_o by_o a_o weaver_n shuttle_n we_o see_v the_o shortness_n of_o man_n life_n go_v in_o a_o moment_n do_v thou_o see_v how_o the_o wind_n drive_v the_o chaff_n and_o dust_n of_o the_o earth_n about_o give_v it_o no_o rest_n until_o it_o be_v clean_o disperse_v away_o oh_o consider_v then_o how_o the_o curse_n of_o god_n shall_v follow_v and_o torment_v the_o wicked_a psalm_n verse_n 4._o of_o this_o psalm_n and_o never_o let_v their_o soul_n be_v at_o rest_n till_o it_o consume_v they_o do_v thou_o lie_v down_o into_o thy_o 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to_o eat_v and_o to_o drink_v to_o nourish_v thy_o body_n without_o which_o it_o can_v not_o live_v oh_o consider_v that_o thy_o soul_n do_v much_o more_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o the_o bread_n of_o life_n the_o food_n of_o thy_o soul_n do_v thou_o see_v sometime_o brimstone_n burn_v oh_o consider_v and_o quake_v for_o fear_n of_o the_o dreadful_a judgement_n of_o god_n upon_o sodom_n and_o gomer_n that_o be_v burn_v with_o fire_n and_o brimstone_n and_o how_o all_o sinner_n shall_v have_v their_o portion_n in_o the_o lake_n of_o fire_n and_o brimstone_n 19_o gen._n 19_o do_v thou_o but_o take_v a_o book_n into_o thy_o hand_n and_o open_v it_o leaf_n by_o leaf_n oh_o consider_v that_o the_o time_n will_v come_v when_o the_o book_n of_o thy_o conscience_n shall_v be_v open_v 20._o reu._n 20._o wherein_o all_o thy_o sin_n be_v write_v one_o by_o one_o and_o thou_o shall_v then_o receive_v according_a to_o thy_o work_n and_o thus_o we_o see_v that_o of_o all_o the_o creature_n of_o god_n 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