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which_o perforce_o thou_o must_v do_v in_o time_n to_o come_v and_o that_o perchance_o to_o thy_o great_a damnation_n i_o mean_v to_o enter_v into_o consideration_n of_o thy_o own_o estate_n do_v that_o now_o willing_o to_o thy_o conforte_n and_o merit_n for_o prepare_v the_o way_n to_o thy_o salvation_n prevent_v the_o day_n and_o redeem_v the_o time_n accord_v to_o s._n paul_n wise_a council_n run_v not_o headlong_o 5._o with_o the_o world_n to_o perdition_n stay_n some_o time_n as_o holy_a jeremie_n admonish_v the_o and_o say_v to_o thyself_o what_o do_v i_o whether_o 7._o do_v i_o go_v what_o course_n hold_v i_o what_o shall_v be_v my_o end_n take_v some_o time_n from_o thy_o pleasure_n and_o from_o the_o company_n of_o thy_o pleasant_a friend_n to_o do_v this_o although_o it_o be_v with_o some_o loss_n of_o pastime_n and_o recreation_n for_o i_o assure_v the_o it_o will_v recompense_v itself_o in_o the_o end_n and_o make_v the_o merye_n when_o thy_o laughinge_a frynde_n shall_v 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thes_n heathen_a philosopher_n that_o by_o that_o little_a knowledge_n they_o have_v of_o god_n they_o be_v make_v inexcusable_a then_o 20._o by_o the_o most_o just_a &_o certain_a rule_n of_o christ_n lay_v down_o in_o s._n luke_n cvi_fw-la multum_fw-la datum_fw-la est_fw-la multum_fw-la quaretur_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la that_o of_o every_o man_n 12._o which_o have_v receive_v much_o a_o great_a account_v shall_v be_v take_v for_o the_o same_o we_o be_v force_v to_o infer_v that_o our_o account_n shall_v be_v great_a and_o ourselves_o much_o more_o inexcusable_a before_o his_o divine_a majesty_n they_o the_o very_a gentile_n and_o heathen_n be_v if_o after_o all_o our_o knowledge_n and_o manifest_a understanding_n of_o his_o godhead_n and_o justice_n we_o vanish_v away_o in_o our_o cogitation_n as_o they_o do_v &_o as_o most_o part_n of_o the_o world_n at_o this_o day_n be_v see_v to_o do_v that_o be_v if_o we_o apply_v our_o cogitation_n &_o care_n about_o the_o vain_a affair_n of_o 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say_v to_o be_v free_a or_o at_o his_o own_o appointement_n or_o disposition_n in_o this_o world_n but_o oblige_v to_o perform_v that_o thing_n for_o which_o he_o be_v send_v into_o this_o habitation_n which_o point_n holy_a job_n declare_v plain_o in_o a_o certain_a invective_n that_o he_o make_v against_o such_o man_n as_o be_v careless_a and_o negligent_a in_o consideration_n of_o this_o affair_n a_o vain_a man_n say_v 11._o he_o be_v lift_v up_o in_o pride_n and_o think_v himself_o to_o be_v bear_v as_o free_v as_o the_o colt_n of_o a_o wild_a ass_n that_o be_v he_o think_v himself_o bind_v to_o nothing_o subject_a to_o nothing_o accountable_a for_o nothing_o that_o he_o do_v in_o this_o life_n but_o only_o bear_v free_a to_o pass_v his_o time_n in_o disporte_n &_o pleasure_n as_o a_o wild_a colt_n in_o a_o desert_n that_o have_v no_o master_n to_o tame_v he_o which_o in_o other_o word_n the_o wise_a man_n utter_v thus_o he_o estreme_v 15._o this_o life_n of_o we_o for_o aplaigame_n &_o therefore_o care_v not_o how_o he_o live_v or_o wherein_o he_o spéd_v &_o passove_a the_o tyme._n and_o this_o of_o the_o man_n whó_n the_o scripture_n call_v vain_a but_o now_o for_o the_o sooer_n wise_a and_o discrete_a of_o who_o it_o be_v write_v the_o way_n of_o life_n be_v upon_o the_o learned_a to_o the_o end_n they_o may_v decline_v 15._o from_o the_o low_a hell_n they_o be_v far_o from_o so_o great_a folly_n as_o to_o imagine_v that_o no_o account_n shall_v be_v demand_v of_o our_o be_v in_o this_o world_n for_o that_o they_o have_v read_v that_o god_n shall_v bring_v into_o judgement_n what_o so_o ever_o be_v 12._o do_v for_o every_o fault_n that_o be_v commit_v and_o the_o christian_a man_n know_v further_a by_o the_o mouth_n and_o asseveration_n of_o he_o save_o our_o 12._o and_z redeemour_n that_o he_o shall_v be_v accountant_a for_o every_o idle_a word_n that_o he_o misutter_v and_o final_o there_o be_v no_o man_n that_o be_v either_o of_o reason_n or_o 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