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they_o the_o content_n sermon_n i._o rom._n ix_o 14._o what_o shall_v we_o say_v then_o be_v there_o vnrighteousness_n with_o god_n god_n forbid_v p._n 1._o sermon_n ii_o matth._n xi_o 29._o last_v part._n and_o you_o shall_v find_v rest_n unto_o your_o soul_n p._n 29._o sermon_n iii_o matth._n vii_o 13_o 14._o enter_v you_o in_o at_o the_o strait_a gate_n for_o wide_a be_v the_o gate_n and_o broad_a be_v the_o way_n that_o lead_v to_o destruction_n and_o many_o there_o be_v which_o go_v in_o thereat_o because_o straight_o be_v the_o gate_n and_o narrow_a be_v the_o way_n which_o lead_v unto_o life_n and_o few_o there_o he_o that_o find_v it_o p._n 71._o sermon_n iu._n matth._n vi_o 19_o 20._o lay_v not_o up_o for_o yourselves_o treasure_n upon_o earth_n where_o moth_n and_o rust_n do_v corrupt_a and_o where_o thief_n break_v through_o and_o steal_v but_o lay_v up_o for_o yourselves_o treasure_n in_o heaven_n where_o neither_o moth_n nor_o rust_n do_v corrupt_a and_o where_o thief_n 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