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the_o life_n to_o come_v set_v before_o they_o in_o all_o the_o study_n of_o their_o life_n and_o not_o only_o the_o saint_n but_o also_o balaam_n himself_o want_v not_o a_o taste_n of_o such_o understanding_n 15_o six_o that_o david_n himself_o promise_v himself_o so_o great_a and_o excellent_a thing_n from_o the_o lord_n 51.6_o psalm_n 39.13_o esay_n 51.6_o who_o notwithstanding_o will_v have_v this_o life_n to_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o vanity_n whereupon_o it_o follow_v that_o he_o have_v his_o felicity_n lay_v up_o in_o a_o other_o place_n and_o look_v for_o that_o salvation_n which_o be_v join_v with_o god_n eternity_n 16_o seventhly_a that_o you_o may_v not_o otherwise_o take_v that_o which_o here_o and_o there_o he_o speak_v of_o the_o prosperous_a success_n of_o the_o faithful_a 112.7.9_o psalm_n 97.10_o
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she_o be_v appoint_v we_o in_o steed_n of_o a_o mother_n because_o the_o lord_n have_v deliver_v with_o she_o such_o ministry_n which_o shall_v be_v great_o to_o our_o edification_n 8.29_o gal._n 8.29_o till_o by_o her_o education_n we_o grow_v to_o man_n age_n therefore_o this_o manner_n of_o education_n be_v not_o to_o be_v despise_v which_o be_v profitable_a for_o we_o two_o way_n and_o to_o this_o end_n the_o use_n of_o the_o church_n be_v very_o necessary_a which_o be_v not_o only_o call_v his_o face_n but_o also_o to_o take_v away_o all_o superstition_n his_o footstool_n 6_o the_o ministry_n notwithstanding_o it_o be_v very_o forcible_a be_v not_o yet_o separate_v from_o god._n 7_o as_o touch_v the_o second_o part_n of_o the_o treatise_n of_o the_o church_n first_o he_o shew_v that_o the_o scripture_n speak_v two_o way_n of_o it_o that_o be_v to_o say_v visible_a and_o invisible_a in_o the_o visible_a church_n be_v contain_v many_o hypocrite_n covetous_a person_n ambitious_a 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