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it_o be_v in_o heaven_n 〈◊〉_d but_o the_o will_n of_o god_n will_v be_v not_o do_v if_o we_o will_v do_v nothing_o therefore_o as_o the_o cherubin_n spread_v out_o their_o wing_n on_o high_a and_o cover_v the_o mercy_n seat_n 9_o so_o must_v we_o spread_v out_o our_o wing_n and_o stretch_v out_o or_o endeavour_v ourselves_o and_o be_v always_o press_v and_o ready_a to_o fly_v as_o it_o be_v to_o do_v the_o will_n of_o god_n volant_fw-fr if_o we_o will_v have_v his_o will_n do_v in_o the_o earth_n as_o it_o be_v in_o heaven_n when_o god_n at_o the_o first_o have_v make_v a_o paradise_n upon_o earth_n he_o take_v the_o man_n and_o put_v he_o into_o it_o to_o dress_v it_o and_o keep_v it_o vulgata_fw-la adam_n be_v not_o enjoin_v to_o bestow_v any_o bodily_a labour_n in_o dress_v it_o at_o that_o time_n for_o this_o be_v a_o part_n of_o his_o punishment_n afterward_o neither_o yet_o have_v he_o need_v to_o keep_v it_o from_o wild_a beast_n for_o all_o these_o be_v then_o subject_a and_o 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man_n shall_v enter_v by_o it_o because_o the_o lord_n god_n of_o israel_n have_v enter_v by_o it_o 2_o here-throgh_a signify_v that_o although_o the_o heart_n of_o a_o christian_a which_o be_v the_o temple_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n may_v let_v many_o thing_n enter_v into_o it_o at_o other_o gate_n yet_o it_o must_v keep_v the_o east_n gate_n the_o most_o illuminate_v and_o high_a power_n &_o part_n of_o it_o continual_o shut_v against_o all_o man_n yea_o against_o all_o the_o world_n and_o open_v only_o to_o one_o thing_n i_o mean_v to_o god_n who_o have_v already_o enter_v into_o it_o and_o enlighten_v it_o with_o his_o spirit_n that_o as_o at_o the_o window_n of_o noah_n ark_n there_o enter_v in_o no_o mist_n no_o water_n nothing_o else_o but_o one_o thing_n only_o which_o be_v light_a intromittiv_o so_o at_o this_o east_n gate_n no_o mist_n of_o human_a error_n no_o water_n of_o worldly_a care_n may_v enter_v in_o but_o only_o the_o light_n of_o heaven_n and_o a_o sanctify_a 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which_o drink_v upon_o his_o knee_n like_o a_o ox_n can_v possible_o go_v forward_o while_o he_o drink_v but_o he_o which_o with_o some_o of_o the_o polonian_n 110._o or_o with_o that_o dog_n diogenes_n dioge_n lap_v water_n out_o of_o his_o hand_n may_v nevertheless_o go_v forward_o while_o he_o lap_v as_o a_o egyptian_a dog_n do_v while_o he_o lap_v the_o water_n of_o nilus_n 20._o and_o like_v as_o a_o lusty_a hound_n of_o a_o good_a kind_n order_v his_o go_v so_o well_o 31_o that_o though_o he_o have_v run_v over_o very_o many_o field_n and_o through_o a_o thousand_o thicket_n already_o yet_o he_o never_o remember_v any_o labour_n which_o be_v behind_o but_o forget_v it_o and_o if_o he_o chance_v to_o lap_v water_n in_o some_o brook_n by_o the_o way_n bibet_fw-la yet_o even_o while_o he_o lap_v he_o lift_v up_o his_o head_n and_o still_o go_v on_o and_o pli_v he_o forward_o to_o his_o gain_n so_o must_v we_o do_v in_o this_o pursuit_n of_o perfection_n see_v christ_n have_v now_o 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