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they_o shall_v rather_o advantage_v than_o hurt_v we_o rather_o improve_v our_o devotion_n then_o cool_a and_o abate_v it_o rather_o increase_v our_o patience_n then_o weaken_v it_o raise_v our_o sincerity_n rather_o than_o sink_v it_o rather_o settle_v and_o confirm_v our_o confidence_n then_o shake_v it_o in_o a_o word_n he_o will_v so_o cast_v they_o out_o as_o to_o teach_v we_o to_o do_v it_o that_o we_o may_v so_o use_v they_o as_o we_o be_v teach_v to_o use_v the_o unrighteous_a mammon_n 16.9_o luk._n 16.9_o to_o cast_v they_o out_o by_o make_v they_o friend_n even_o such_o friend_n as_o may_v receive_v we_o into_o everlasting_a habitation_n which_o god_n grant_v for_o his_o son_n jesus_n christ_n sake_n etc._n etc._n the_o eight_o sermon_n part_n i._n 1_o thess_n iv_o 11._o and_o that_o you_o study_v to_o be_v quiet_a and_o to_o do_v your_o own_o business_n and_o to_o work_v with_o your_o own_o hand_n as_o we_o command_v you_o the_o sum_n of_o religion_n and_o christianity_n 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zion_n the_o second_o sermon_n matth_n v._o 4._o bless_a be_v they_o that_o mourn_v for_o they_o shall_v be_v comfort_v these_o word_n of_o our_o saviour_n present_v the_o christian_n in_o sable_n multo_fw-la deformatum_fw-la pulvere_fw-la with_o ash_n sprinkle_v on_o his_o head_n his_o garment_n rend_v his_o heart_n break_v himself_o a_o companion_n a_o man_n a_o friend_n of_o sorrow_n he_o i_o comites_fw-la qui_fw-la tenent_fw-la cura_fw-la miseriae_fw-la aegritudo_fw-la lacrymae_fw-la lamentatio_fw-la say_v he_o in_o plautus_n but_o it_o be_v the_o christian_n language_n we_o must_v look_v to_o meet_v with_o misery_n and_o care_n and_o sickness_n and_o lamentation_n we_o must_v learn_v to_o be_v poor_a and_o we_o must_v learn_v to_o be_v miserable_a blessedness_n indeed_o be_v a_o fair_a inscription_n but_o like_o that_o upon_o semiramis_n her_o tomb_n that_o he_o who_o open_v it_o shall_v find_v within_o it_o great_a treasury_n but_o when_o darius_n have_v break_v it_o up_o he_o 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