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no_o promise_n to_o meet_v with_o god_n in_o his_o ordinance_n 23.4_o pro._n 23.4_o if_o thou_o cry_v after_o knowledge_n and_o lift_a up_o thy_o voice_n for_o understanding_n if_o thou_o seek_v she_o as_o silver_n and_o search_v for_o she_o as_o for_o hide_v treasure_n what_o then_o then_o shall_v thou_o understand_v the_o fear_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o find_v the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n fervency_n and_o zeal_n in_o good_a duty_n add_v wing_n unto_o they_o and_o make_v they_o sore_o aloft_o and_o pierce_v the_o heaven_n even_o into_o god_n presence_n whereas_o duty_n formal_o perform_v and_o but_o with_o lip_n labour_v only_o bring_v no_o fruit_n at_o all_o but_o hasten_v god_n sudgement_n upon_o he_o that_o do_v they_o see_v then_o that_o the_o duty_n of_o religion_n be_v so_o earnest_o to_o be_v pursue_v and_o follow_v after_o use_v 1_o this_o serve_v then_o for_o the_o just_a reprehension_n of_o those_o that_o be_v so_o far_o from_o be_v zealous_a themselves_o to_o travel_v with_o 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no_o man_n hate_v his_o own_o flesh_n 29._o eph._n 5_o 29._o but_o nourish_v and_o cherish_v it_o now_o if_o a_o man_n may_v not_o take_v away_o the_o life_n of_o another_o much_o less_o his_o own_o life_n reas_n 2_o second_o death_n in_o itself_o be_v a_o evil_n inflict_v upon_o man_n for_o sin_n the_o day_n thou_o eat_v thereof_o 2.17_o gen._n 2.17_o thou_o shall_v die_v the_o death_n now_o death_n be_v a_o punishment_n for_o sin_n a_o man_n can_v seek_v it_o but_o he_o seek_v his_o own_o judgement_n reas_n 3_o three_o it_o argue_v want_v of_o natural_a affection_n and_o make_v man_n more_o unnatural_a and_o brutish_a than_o the_o very_a beast_n which_o howsoever_o they_o may_v tear_v and_o gore_n one_o another_o yet_o will_v never_o hurt_v themselves_o now_o the_o more_o unnatural_a any_o sin_n be_v the_o great_a the_o sin_n be_v four_o it_o be_v a_o injury_n to_o the_o state_n wherein_o a_o man_n live_v to_o the_o king_n to_o the_o country_n to_o the_o church_n to_o a_o man_n 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