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towards_o we_o may_v draw_v our_o love_n towards_o thou_o and_o that_o because_o mercy_n be_v with_o thou_o thou_o may_v be_v fear_v grant_v these_o thing_n good_a father_n and_o all_o other_o needful_a grace_n for_o our_o soul_n or_o body_n or_o any_o of_o thou_o through_o out_o the_o whole_a world_n for_o jesus_n christ_n sake_n in_o who_o name_n we_o further_o call_v upon_o thou_o as_o he_o have_v teach_v we_o in_o his_o gospel_n say_v our_o father_n which_o be_v in_o heaven_n etc._n etc._n finis_fw-la
the_o prentice_n practice_v in_o godliness_n and_o his_o true_a freedom_n divide_v into_o ten_o chapter_n write_a by_o b._n p._n proverb_n 17.2_o a_o discreet_a servant_n shall_v have_v more_o rule_n than_o the_o son_n that_o have_v no_o wisdom_n and_o shall_v have_v like_o heritage_n with_o the_o brethren_n london_n print_v by_o nicholas_n okes_n for_o john_n bach_n and_o be_v to_o be_v sell_v at_o his_o shop_n in_o pope_n head_n palace_n 1608._o to_o the_o religiovs_o dispose_v and_o virtuous_a young_a man_n the_o apprentice_n of_o the_o city_n of_o london_n all_o happiness_n both_o in_o this_o life_n and_o in_o the_o life_n to_o come_v pythagoras_n the_o philosopher_n express_v the_o double_a course_n of_o man_n life_n by_o the_o letter_n y_fw-fr intimate_v that_o which_o our_o saviour_n christ_n have_v more_o plain_o set_v down_o concern_v the_o double_a way_n whereof_o one_o have_v a_o strait_a passage_n and_o narrow_a gate_n at_o the_o first_o which_o few_o do_v embrace_v but_o in_o the_o end_n thereof_o there_o be_v great_a comfort_n and_o rest_n for_o it_o guide_v the_o passenger_n unto_o eternal_a happiness_n and_o salvation_n the_o other_o be_v wide_a and_o spacious_a at_o the_o beginning_n whereby_o many_o travail_n but_o in_o the_o end_n they_o find_v great_a trouble_n and_o straitness_n for_o it_o lead_v unto_o everlasting_a woe_n and_o destruction_n both_o these_o way_n be_v set_v before_o our_o eye_n as_o life_n and_o death_n for_o we_o may_v not_o be_v idle_a but_o of_o necessity_n must_v walk_v see_v our_o life_n be_v a_o pilgrimage_n and_o choose_v either_o to_o travel_v the_o narrow_a way_n unto_o life_n or_o to_o run_v the_o broad_a way_n unto_o death_n the_o way_n of_o life_n be_v a_o religious_a profession_n a_o virtuous_a and_o conscionable_a carriage_n when_o we_o give_v unto_o god_n that_o which_o be_v god_n and_o to_o cesar_n our_o magistrate_n and_o master_n that_o which_o belong_v unto_o they_o the_o gate_n of_o this_o way_n be_v 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be_v the_o way_n the_o truth_n and_o the_o life_n to_o this_o end_n i_o have_v pen_v this_o ensue_a tractate_n which_o well-beloved_a brethren_n i_o have_v commend_v unto_o your_o favourable_a acceptance_n that_o therein_o you_o may_v see_v which_o be_v the_o narrow_a way_n the_o way_n of_o life_n &_o learn_v how_o to_o travel_v therein_o neither_o let_v that_o devilish_a proverb_n a_o young_a saint_n a_o old_a devil_n direct_v your_o course_n but_o endeavour_n be_v young_a to_o be_v saint_n of_o god_n &_o to_o dedicate_v your_o youth_n to_o he_o and_o his_o service_n only_o who_o undoubted_o will_v give_v you_o constancy_n to_o persevere_v that_o you_o may_v become_v old_a saint_n on_o earth_n and_o at_o last_o a_o joyful_a end_n that_o you_o may_v be_v bless_v saint_n in_o heaven_n &_o live_v with_o he_o for_o evermore_o to_o who_o gracious_a &_o merciful_a protection_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n i_o commend_v you_o all_o amen_n your_o ever_o love_a brother_n b._n p._n the_o epistle_n to_o the_o reader_n christian_n and_o charitable_a reader_n many_o be_v the_o discouragement_n that_o the_o child_n of_o god_n receive_v at_o the_o hand_n of_o wicked_a man_n in_o this_o iron_n and_o decline_a age_n of_o the_o world_n from_o the_o sincere_a embrace_v of_o the_o gospel_n or_o show_v forth_o the_o fruit_n of_o sanctification_n in_o this_o crooked_a and_o sinful_a generation_n but_o much_o more_o from_o publish_v any_o holy_a treatise_n tend_v to_o this_o purpose_n to_o omit_v the_o book_n that_o be_v write_v not_o of_o virtue_n and_o verity_n but_o of_o vileness_n and_o vanity_n which_o many_o offer_n now_o a_o day_n as_o so_o many_o sacrifice_n to_o the_o devil_n by_o the_o which_o as_o with_o so_o many_o cup_n of_o poison_n he_o infect_v the_o heart_n of_o million_o of_o people_n what_o great_a delight_n the_o enemy_n of_o mankind_n take_v herein_o he_o that_o can_v see_v any_o thing_n may_v easy_o discern_v by_o the_o curse_a instrument_n which_o he_o raise_v up_o from_o time_n to_o time_n as_o his_o child_n the_o papist_n who_o we_o have_v think_v long_o again_o have_v be_v dead_a in_o their_o nest_n yet_o now_o like_o serpent_n have_v cast_v their_o coat_n begin_v to_o lift_v up_o their_o head_n out_o of_o their_o hole_n winth_n fresh_a and_o new_a colour_a heresy_n and_o with_o their_o poison_a pen_n as_o a_o holy_a man_n of_o god_n say_v have_v defile_v not_o ink_n and_o paper_n but_o heaven_n and_o earth_n with_o their_o detestable_a and_o satanical_a wickedness_n but_o to_o let_v they_o sink_v in_o their_o sin_n till_o they_o come_v to_o the_o bottom_n of_o hell_n which_o be_v of_o old_a for_o they_o prepare_v who_o see_v not_o the_o whole_a world_n be_v rock_v asleep_a in_o the_o cradle_n of_o security_n wallow_v in_o their_o sin_n like_o fish_n in_o the_o sea_n so_o that_o we_o may_v take_v up_o that_o complaint_n which_o the_o lord_n proclaim_v from_o heaven_n in_o the_o day_n of_o hosea_n say_v the_o lord_n have_v a_o controversy_n with_o the_o world_n because_o there_o be_v no_o truth_n mercy_n nor_o knowledge_n of_o god_n but_o by_o swear_v and_o lie_v and_o steal_v and_o whore_v they_o break_v out_o and_o blood_n touch_v blood_n and_o be_v thus_o freeze_v in_o their_o dregs_n have_v make_v a_o league_n with_o death_n &_o a_o covenant_n with_o hell_n itself_o they_o be_v of_o the_o same_o mind_n with_o these_o people_n of_o who_o we_o speak_v say_v yet_o let_v no_o man_n rebuke_v or_o reprove_v another_o for_o the_o people_n be_v as_o they_o that_o rebuke_v the_o priest_n not_o only_o despise_v instruction_n and_o refuse_v admonition_n but_o they_o murmur_v at_o moses_n and_o aron_n and_o be_v ready_a to_o stone_n caleb_n and_o joshua_n the_o two_o captain_n of_o the_o lord_n host_n and_o we_o be_v become_v their_o enemy_n for_o tell_v they_o the_o truth_n howbeit_o when_o the_o eye_n of_o merciful_a man_n be_v set_v upon_o they_o &_o labour_v to_o save_v their_o soul_n from_o be_v condemn_v with_o the_o world_n beseech_v they_o to_o break_v up_o the_o fallow_a ground_n of_o their_o heart_n that_o the_o lord_n may_v rain_v righteousness_n upon_o they_o they_o be_v ready_a to_o give_v they_o steven_n reward_v for_o his_o sweet_a apology_n 7._o act_n 7._o and_o though_o they_o have_v not_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o magistrate_n yet_o with_o the_o unruly_a evil_n of_o the_o tongue_n they_o assemble_v themselves_o as_o the_o prophet_n jeremy_n speak_v saying_n come_v let_v we_o smite_v they_o but_o how_o with_o sword_n or_o staff_n no_o sure_o but_o with_o the_o curse_a weapon_n of_o the_o tongue_n according_a to_o the_o custom_n of_o all_o wicked_a man_n from_o time_n to_o time_n with_o reproching_n &_o revile_n &_o with_o their_o venomous_a arrow_n as_o much_o as_o in_o they_o lie_v to_o shut_v and_o pierce_v through_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o saint_n of_o god_n with_o that_o odious_a and_o damnable_a name_n of_o hypocrite_n and_o dissembler_n so_o that_o we_o may_v say_v with_o the_o prophet_n jeremy_n we_o be_v in_o derision_n daily_o every_o one_o mock_v we_o and_o as_o he_o say_v else_o where_o woe_n be_v i_o that_o my_o mother_n have_v bear_v i_o a_o contentious_a man_n whomall_a the_o world_n hate_v yea_o sure_o so_o far_o may_v we_o be_v from_o stir_v one_o another_o up_o in_o this_o kind_n that_o we_o may_v weep_v and_o sigh_v in_o secret_a as_o diverse_a of_o the_o saint_n of_o god_n have_v do_v &_o wish_v with_o this_o prophet_n oh_o that_o my_o head_n be_v full_a of_o water_n and_o my_o eye_n a_o fountain_n of_o tear_n 9.1.2_o jer._n 9.1.2_o that_o i_o may_v weep_v day_n and_o night_n for_o the_o slay_v of_o the_o daughter_n of_o my_o people_n oh_o that_o i_o have_v in_o the_o wilderness_n a_o cottage_n of_o waifaring_a man_n yea_o
who_o fear_n god_n fol._n 11._o 12._o chap._n 4._o of_o man_n foolish_a and_o fearful_a delay_n of_o prayer_n and_o true_a repentance_n till_o the_o uncerten_a hour_n of_o death_n and_o sudden_a departure_n fol._n 19_o 20._o chap._n 5._o of_o god_n manifold_a and_o good_a mean_n to_o bring_v we_o to_o repentance_n and_o reconciliation_n with_o he_o if_o we_o have_v any_o spark_n of_o grace_n in_o we_o 28._o chap._n 6._o of_o three_o excellent_a mean_n of_o good_a government_n fol._n 38._o 39_o chap._n 7._o of_o the_o good_a mean_n to_o awake_v we_o out_o of_o the_o sleep_n of_o sin_n and_o to_o quicken_v we_o to_o a_o new_a conversation_n fol._n 47._o 48._o chap._n 8._o of_o man_n lamentable_a frailty_n and_o weakness_n ever_o to_o be_v suspect_v and_o the_o desire_n he_o shall_v have_v to_o be_v reconcile_v with_o god_n in_o christ_n fol._n 53._o 54._o chap._n 9_o of_o true_a repentance_n &_o the_o notable_a benefit_n thereof_o fol._n 59_o 60._o chap._n 10._o of_o the_o excellent_a good_a and_o profit_n of_o affliction_n to_o god_n true_a child_n fol._n 67._o last_o two_o prayer_n annex_v to_o be_v say_v in_o a_o private_a family_n both_o morning_n and_o evening_n the_o prentice_n practice_v in_o godliness_n and_o his_o true_a freedom_n chap._n 1._o it_o be_v a_o notable_a say_n my_o dear_a and_o well-beloved_a brethren_n in_o christ_n whosoever_o be_v the_o author_n that_o there_o be_v nothing_o great_a on_o earth_n but_o man_n and_o nothing_o great_a in_o man_n but_o his_o soul_n and_o therefore_o as_o all_o creature_n admire_v and_o serve_v and_o benefit_n man_n the_o wonder_n of_o the_o world_n so_o shall_v man_n himself_o also_o admire_v and_o tender_v and_o seek_v the_o behoof_n &_o advancement_n of_o his_o soul_n the_o wonder_n of_o wonder_n for_o this_o be_v our_o glory_n our_o crown_n our_o perfection_n our_o very_a life_n save_o this_o and_o save_v all_o but_o i_o know_v not_o how_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v this_o which_o shall_v be_v our_o chief_a and_o 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