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may_v be_v hinder_v so_o zacheus_n luke_n 19_o not_o be_v ashamed_a to_o confess_v our_o particular_a sin_n and_o renounce_v they_o unfeigned_o 5_o when_o for_o christ_n sake_n we_o love_v his_o poor_a member_n and_o 17._o impart_v of_o our_o worldly_a good_n bountiful_o to_o their_o relief_n luke_n 19_o zacheus_n 1._o joh._n 2._o joh._n 13._o psal_n 16._o 2._o 6._o when_o we_o continue_v in_o the_o powerful_a mean_n of_o the_o divine_a worship_n act._n 2._o 7._o when_o we_o consult_v not_o with_o flesh_n and_o blood_n nor_o communicate_v with_o it_o but_o do_v utter_o renounce_v the_o same_o in_o regard_n of_o heaven_n act._n 9_o gal._n 2._o matth._n 8_o etc._n etc._n 8._o and_o be_v ravish_v with_o the_o sweetness_n of_o the_o love_n of_o