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the_o severe_a prescription_n if_o the_o prophet_n have_v bid_v thou_o do_v some_o great_a thing_n will_v thou_o not_o have_v do_v it_o 2_o king_n 5._o 3._o so_o sure_o we_o may_v conclude_v those_o endless_a joy_n propose_v by_o god_n be_v cheap_o earn_v even_o by_o the_o most_o exhaust_v labour_n the_o most_o vigorous_a task_n 6._o but_o such_o be_v the_o tenderness_n and_o indulgence_n of_o our_o gracious_a master_n so_o earnest_a his_o desire_n of_o dispense_n his_o reward_n that_o he_o will_v not_o trust_v man_n sloth_n and_o folly_n with_o such_o a_o pretence_n of_o defeat_v themselves_o and_o therefore_o have_v annex_v no_o such_o condition_n we_o have_v see_v through_o all_o the_o several_a part_n of_o duty_n which_o constitute_v the_o gentleman_n call_v that_o they_o be_v of_o a_o quite_o distant_a frame_n not_o toil_n but_o refreshment_n not_o yoke_n but_o crown_n such_o as_o differ_v only_o in_o size_n from_o those_o celestial_a one_o to_o which_o they_o tend_v so_o that_o 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the_o most_o rigid_a order_n in_o religion_n have_v still_o indulge_v some_o relaxation_n some_o time_n of_o festivity_n why_o shall_v satan_n votary_n be_v so_o much_o more_o zealous_a than_o god_n as_o to_o make_v their_o abstinence_n so_o perpetual_a 7._o it_o speak_v indeed_o the_o cruelty_n of_o that_o master_n they_o serve_v but_o so_o it_o do_v his_o policy_n also_o he_o well_o know_v that_o if_o these_o divine_a light_n shall_v but_o insinuate_v themselves_o they_o will_v soon_o undermine_v his_o whole_a foundation_n so_o ravish_v and_o attractive_a be_v they_o that_o nothing_o but_o a_o perfect_a ignorance_n of_o they_o can_v be_v amulet_n sufficient_a against_o their_o charm_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v his_o necessary_a concern_v to_o keep_v man_n from_o ever_o taste_v of_o they_o the_o least_o relish_n whereof_o will_v be_v sure_a to_o make_v they_o despise_v all_o
his_o adulterate_a delicacy_n so_o we_o see_v he_o can_v give_v some_o rational_a account_n of_o his_o part_n of_o the_o matter_n but_o what_o can_v man_n say_v for_o themselves_o who_o play_v his_o game_n for_o he_o even_o when_o their_o own_o soul_n be_v at_o the_o stake_n that_o at_o once_o renounce_v that_o eternal_a interest_n and_o present_a pleasure_n this_o be_v indeed_o in_o david_n phrase_n 2_o sam._n 3._o 33._o to_o die_v as_o a_o fool_n die_v their_o hand_n be_v not_o bind_v nor_o their_o foot_n put_v into_o fetter_n no_o extrinsic_a hindrance_n lie_v on_o they_o why_o they_o may_v not_o stretch_v forth_o their_o hand_n to_o this_o tree_n of_o life_n and_o cat_n and_o live_v happy_o here_o and_o glorious_o sore_a ever_o and_o yet_o like_o solomon_n sluggard_n they_o hide_v their_o hand_n in_o their_o bosom_n and_o will_v not_o so_o much_o as_o bring_v they_o to_o their_o mouth_n pro._n 19_o 24._o 8._o this_o be_v so_o stupid_a a_o folly_n as_o none_o that_o pretend_v to_o 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