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the_o 9th_o verse_n four_o when_o they_o toil_n and_o labour_n after_o riches_n as_o by_o it_o they_o be_v make_v to_o lose_v their_o life_n &_o favour_n in_o their_o language_n and_o service_n of_o god_n turn_v their_o christian_a savour_n into_o sadness_n and_o lose_v their_o former_a forwardwardness_n and_o life_n in_o god_n way_n by_o post_v after_o the_o thing_n of_o this_o life_n 1_o tim._n 6.10_o 2_o tim._n 4.10_o contrary_n to_o psal_n 119.36_o five_o when_o the_o love_n of_o the_o world_n do_v not_o only_o hold_v man_n in_o but_o take_v man_n off_o from_o the_o service_n of_o god_n 2_o pet._n 2._o &_o the_o last_o part_n of_o the_o 14_o verse_n join_v with_o the_o 15_o suitable_a to_o isa_n 57_o apply_v the_o 9th_o and_o the_o 10_o verse_n with_o the_o 17_o verse_n ezek._n 33.31_o these_o five_o be_v to_o try_v rich_a and_o poor_a but_o especial_o the_o rich_a and_o the_o character_n of_o a_o covetous_a mind_n in_o poor_a man_n follow_v first_o when_o they_o be_v not_o 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