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nor_o seek_v thine_o own_o will_n etc_n etc_n expound_v the_o not_o do_v our_o own_o way_n nor_o seek_v our_o own_o will_n to_o be_v the_o consecrate_v of_o a_o glorious_a sabbaoth_n unto_o the_o lord_n the_o sabbaoth_n then_o consist_v in_o keep_v we_o from_o do_v evil_a so_o that_o necessary_o we_o must_v conclude_v this_o evil_a to_o be_v in_o our_o own_o will_n and_o way_n this_o inward_a corruption_n wherewith_o both_o our_o wit_n and_o will_n be_v poison_v be_v very_o fit_o resemble_v in_o the_o outward_a observe_v of_o the_o sabbaoth_n for_o upon_o the_o sabbaoth_n day_n the_o people_n be_v call_v from_o all_o their_o accustom_a work_n that_o they_o have_v be_v occupy_v in_o the_o six_o day_n before_o so_o that_o a_o man_n compare_v their_o do_n that_o day_n with_o those_o they_o be_v exercise_v in_o the_o other_o six_o day_n must_v of_o necessity_n say_v they_o be_v clean_o alter_v and_o change_v in_o their_o do_n from_o that_o that_o usual_o before_o they_o have_v be_v and_o 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this_o disease_n nor_o by_o nature_n incline_v thereunto_o he_o put_v himself_o and_o other_o under_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n by_o nature_n say_v we_o be_v by_o nature_n the_o child_n of_o wrath_n as_o well_o as_o other_o make_v it_o the_o common_a case_n of_o all_o man_n as_o natural_o to_o be_v incline_v to_o evil_a as_o they_o be_v to_o eat_v and_o drink_v in_o their_o hunger_n or_o thirst_n it_o be_v worth_a the_o note_n that_o he_o put_v himself_o in_o the_o number_n for_o he_o say_v of_o himself_o to_o the_o philippian_n 3.6_o that_o his_o life_n be_v not_o outward_o to_o be_v reprove_v no_o not_o before_o his_o call_n
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