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the_o morning_n o_o lord_n in_o the_o morning_n will_v i_o direct_v my_o prayer_n unto_o thou_o and_o will_v look_v up_o call_n i_o wiâ—h_v that_o have_v do_v with_o the_o more_o immediate_a service_n of_o my_o god_n in_o pray_v and_o read_v both_o in_o my_o closet_n and_o family_n i_o may_v proceed_v to_o serve_v he_o in_o my_o shop_n and_o particular_a call_v when_o god_n say_v man_n be_v bear_v to_o labour_n i_o must_v not_o sing_v with_o the_o fool_n soul_n take_v thy_o ease_n a_o idle_a person_n be_v like_a caterpillar_n and_o mouse_n that_o devour_v god_n creature_n and_o do_v no_o good_a to_o other_o it_o be_v pity_n he_o ever_o live_v the_o book_n of_o who_o life_n be_v fill_v up_o with_o nothing_o but_o cipher_n nature_n never_o intend_v man_n to_o be_v drone_n to_o feed_v on_o other_o labour_n nor_o bat_n to_o spend_v their_o life_n in_o the_o company_n of_o sleep_n the_o brother_n of_o death_n my_o god_n my_o soul_n my_o family_n my_o country_n do_v all_o call_v upon_o i_o to_o be_v diligent_a in_o that_o call_n whereto_o he_o have_v call_v i_o my_o god_n be_v a_o pure_a act_n himself_o and_o have_v capacitate_v all_o his_o creature_n for_o action_n he_o create_v all_o man_n but_o never_o make_v a_o sluggard_n the_o idle_a person_n whole_o degenerate_v from_o the_o end_n of_o his_o be_v and_o receive_v his_o faculty_n in_o vain_a the_o command_n for_o civil_a labour_n have_v the_o same_o divine_a stamp_n as_o that_o for_o sacred_a rest_n i_o have_v also_o his_o pattern_n for_o my_o encouragement_n as_o well_o as_o his_o precept_n for_o my_o warrant_n hitherto_o my_o father_n work_v and_o i_o work_v my_o soul_n also_o stand_v in_o as_o much_o need_n of_o exercise_n as_o my_o body_n idleness_n be_v the_o door_n at_o which_o disease_n enter_v into_o both_o rust_n eat_v up_o vessel_n that_o be_v lay_v by_o and_o unused_a the_o mind_n be_v never_o more_o bright_a than_o when_o it_o be_v in_o employment_n from_o do_v nothing_o we_o proceed_v to_o do_v evil_a idleness_n be_v not_o only_o a_o vice_n itself_o but_o also_o have_v this_o unhappiness_n to_o usher_v in_o all_o other_o this_o be_v the_o least_o advantage_n of_o industry_n that_o it_o give_v the_o soul_n no_o leisure_n to_o play_v with_o sin_n or_o to_o entertain_v the_o wicked_a one_o stand_v water_n do_v not_o soon_o putrify_v then_o lazy_a soul_n it_o be_v action_n that_o preserve_v the_o â—oul_n in_o health_n as_o goat_n dance_n up_o and_o down_o in_o the_o sun_n and_o then_o sit_v down_o and_o sting_v the_o next_o hand_n they_o seize_v upon_o so_o they_o who_o have_v no_o time_n to_o work_v have_v much_o to_o employ_v in_o slander_v and_o backbiting_a other_o one_o sin_n never_o go_v alone_o again_o my_o family_n may_v well_o rouse_v i_o out_o of_o the_o bed_n of_o laziness_n if_o i_o expect_v supply_n of_o their_o want_n it_o must_v come_v in_o with_o god_n blessing_n at_o the_o door_n of_o diligence_n i_o be_o steal_v from_o my_o wife_n and_o child_n all_o the_o while_o i_o be_o loiter_v the_o heaven_n may_v cause_v seed_n sow_v to_o ripen_v into_o a_o joyful_a harvest_n but_o untilled_a land_n will_v afford_v no_o crop_n save_v of_o weed_n or_o stone_n once_o more_o my_o country_n command_v i_o to_o my_o call_n i_o be_o but_o a_o ill_a member_n in_o the_o body_n politic_n if_o as_o a_o disease_a part_n i_o take_v of_o its_o nourishment_n but_o rather_o hinder_v its_o growth_n then_o contribute_v to_o its_o health_n a_o jar_a string_n be_v not_o more_o prejudicial_a to_o the_o rare_a viol_n in_o the_o hand_n of_o a_o skilful_a artist_n than_o a_o idle_a person_n to_o the_o music_n and_o composure_n of_o the_o universe_n the_o most_o venomous_a
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adultery_n and_o fornicaâ—ions_n matth._n 15.19_o you_o will_v say_v that_o murder_n and_o theft_n be_v hand-sin_n and_o that_o adultery_n and_o fornication_n belong_v to_o the_o eye_n and_o outward_a part_n of_o the_o body_n but_o alas_o the_o heart_n be_v the_o womb_n wherein_o they_o be_v conceive_v and_o breed_v the_o outward_a part_n be_v but_o the_o midwife_n to_o deliver_v the_o mother_n of_o those_o monster_n and_o to_o bring_v they_o into_o the_o world_n a_o evil_a man_n out_o of_o the_o evil_a treasure_n in_o his_o heart_n bring_v forth_o evil_a thing_n there_o be_v no_o sin_n but_o be_v dress_v in_o the_o withdraw_a room_n of_o the_o heart_n before_o it_o appear_v on_o the_o stage_n of_o the_o life_n apollidorus_n dream_v one_o night_n that_o the_o scythian_n have_v take_v he_o and_o flay_v off_o his_o skin_n moral_a with_o a_o intent_n to_o boil_v he_o and_o as_o he_o be_v lift_v into_o the_o cauldron_n his_o heart_n say_v unto_o he_o it_o be_v i_o that_o have_v bring_v 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