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13._o 4_o how_o to_o behave_v ourselves_o in_o a_o mean_a estate_n ibid._n 10._o it_o be_v ordinary_a with_o worldling_n to_o trade_n with_o satan_n for_o the_o world_n obser._n with_o the_o loss_n of_o their_o soul_n pag._n 18._o reason_n hereof_o pag._n 19_o 20._o ground_n and_o manner_n of_o the_o bargain_n pag._n 22._o with_o the_o end_v propound_v thereof_o wherein_o worldling_n be_v paint_v out_o in_o the_o gather_n &_o use_n of_o riches_n pag._n 23._o 24._o pag._n 26._o use_v hereof_o 1._o for_o conviction_n of_o worldling_n p._n 27._o 2_o for_o trial_n of_o our_o estate_n hereby_o pag._n 28._o 3_o vizar_n whereby_o this_o bargain_n be_v conceal_v pag._n 31._o 32._o 33._o 34._o 1_o that_o they_o be_v god_n blessing_n pag._n 35._o 2_o that_o our_o calling_n require_v they_o p._n 34._o 35._o 36._o 3_o pretence_n of_o do_v good_a hereby_o pag._n 37._o these_o discover_v and_o reject_v with_o the_o remedy_n against_o they_o pag._n 38._o 39_o obser._n 4._o it_o be_v a_o 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