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no_o impression_n 7._o it_o be_v a_o season_n wherein_o we_o be_v call_v to_o a_o diligent_a heedful_a attendance_n unto_o the_o duty_n of_o our_o station_n place_n and_o calling_n duty_n in_o our_o church-relation_n duty_n in_o our_o family_n duty_n in_o our_o calling_n and_o manner_n of_o conversation_n in_o the_o world_n this_o be_v the_o advice_n give_v by_o the_o apostle_n with_o respect_n unto_o such_o a_o season_n 2_o pet._n 3_o 13_o 14._o see_v that_o all_o these_o thing_n shall_v be_v dissolve_v what_o manner_n of_o person_n ought_v you_o to_o be_v in_o all_o manner_n of_o conversation_n and_o godliness_n wherefore_o be_v diligent_a that_o you_o may_v be_v find_v of_o he_o in_o peace_n without_o spot_n and_o blemish_n without_o a_o sacred_a diligence_n in_o all_o these_o duty_n we_o can_v be_v find_v in_o peace_n of_o the_o lord_n christ_n when_o he_o come_v to_o judge_v the_o world_n and_o purify_v his_o church_n with_o a_o fiery_a trial._n negligence_n coldness_n and_o 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33._o ezek._n 11._o 17_o 18_o 19_o chap._n 36._o 25_o 26_o 27._o this_o way_n the_o world_n despise_v regard_v not_o wherefore_o we_o can_v in_o nothing_o give_v a_o great_a testimony_n unto_o god_n than_o by_o insist_v on_o this_o way_n with_o faith_n and_o patience_n contemn_v the_o reproach_n of_o the_o world_n on_o the_o account_n of_o it_o 9_o let_v we_o labour_v ourselves_o to_o be_v exemplary_a in_o reformation_n thereby_o to_o promote_v it_o among_o other_o let_v we_o plead_v and_o exhort_v what_o we_o will_v unless_o we_o give_v a_o evidence_n in_o our_o own_o person_n of_o the_o necessity_n which_o we_o judge_v that_o there_o be_v of_o present_a reformation_n we_o shall_v we_o be_v of_o little_a use_n unto_o the_o promotion_n of_o it_o many_o retrenchment_n of_o liberty_n in_o conversation_n may_v be_v make_v among_o the_o best_a of_o we_o many_o duty_n may_v be_v attend_v with_o more_o diligence_n many_o cause_n offence_n avoid_v many_o evidence_n give_v of_o a_o deep_a 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