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my_o parent_n and_o when_o my_o father_n and_o mother_n have_v forsake_v i_o have_v take_v i_o up_o and_o with_o everlasting_a kindness_n visit_v i_o shall_v i_o love_v my_o friend_n and_o shall_v not_o i_o love_v thou_o my_o joy_n my_o treasure_n my_o hiding-place_n but_o how_o can_v i_o love_v thou_o except_o i_o keep_v thy_o commandment_n how_o can_v i_o be_v thy_o friend_n except_o i_o do_v whatsoever_o thou_o command_v i_o shall_v i_o love_v thou_o in_o word_n only_o who_o have_v love_v i_o in_o deed_n shall_v i_o flatter_v thou_o with_o my_o lip_n and_o hate_v thou_o in_o my_o heart_n shall_v i_o judas_n like_v kiss_v thou_o and_o betray_v thou_o love_n thou_o and_o love_v my_o sin_n which_o be_v thy_o great_a enemy_n do_v i_o but_o love_v thou_o as_o i_o do_v a_o dear_a friend_n how_o easy_a will_v all_o thy_o precept_n seem_v how_o little_a reason_n shall_v i_o have_v to_o complain_v of_o the_o tediousness_n of_o thy_o yoke_n what_o great_a what_o noble_a what_o generous_a action_n will_v thy_o love_n put_v i_o upon_o shall_v i_o pretend_v to_o love_v my_o prince_n and_o affront_v his_o law_n how_o soon_o will_v my_o love_n be_v accuse_v of_o a_o lie_n how_o can_v i_o be_v say_v to_o love_v thou_o while_o i_o hate_v to_o conform_v myself_o to_o thy_o will_n and_o pleasure_n how_o vain_a will_v my_o love_n appear_v in_o the_o last_o day_n if_o it_o have_v be_v a_o stranger_n to_o obedience_n here_o the_o angel_n love_v thou_o and_o they_o have_v no_o other_o way_n to_o demonstrate_v their_o love_n but_o by_o run_v at_o thy_o command_n do_v i_o hope_v to_o be_v like_a unto_o the_o angel_n of_o god_n hereafter_o and_o shall_v not_o i_o take_v pattern_n by_o their_o obediential_a love_n while_o i_o sojourn_v here_o o_o my_o god_n thou_o be_v the_o proper_a object_n of_o my_o love_n i_o rob_v thou_o of_o thy_o honour_n and_o commit_v sacrilege_n if_o i_o love_v any_o thing_n here_o below_o better_a than_o thou_o i_o be_o marry_v to_o thou_o and_o i_o must_v 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my_o attempt_n to_o make_v my_o call_v and_o election_n sure_a when_o my_o stubborn_a heart_n will_v baffile_v thy_o design_n to_o save_v i_o let_v thy_o grace_n overcome_v and_o conquer_v i_o represent_v the_o love_n of_o god_n to_o i_o in_o that_o glory_n that_o i_o may_v instant_o throw_v down_o all_o i_o have_v at_o the_o foot_n of_o christ_n o_o let_v my_o soul_n be_v so_o dazzle_v with_o its_o beam_n that_o i_o may_v desire_v and_o breathe_v after_o nothing_o so_o much_o as_o after_o a_o glorious_a enjoyment_n of_o god_n break_v the_o chain_n of_o my_o sin_n command_v the_o fetter_n i_o have_v be_v bind_v in_o to_o fly_v asunder_o whatever_o good_a thought_n i_o have_v of_o god_n increase_v they_o enlarge_v my_o soul_n that_o i_o may_v true_o delight_v in_o think_v of_o thou_o let_v i_o feel_v the_o sweetness_n of_o holiness_n let_v i_o taste_v those_o joy_n which_o thou_o do_v vouchsafe_v to_o those_o that_o improve_v thy_o motion_n tempt_v i_o by_o a_o foretaste_n of_o heaven_n glory_n to_o lay_v force_n upon_o it_o give_v i_o a_o glimpse_n of_o yonder_o paradise_n that_o i_o may_v not_o faint_v in_o my_o journey_n give_v i_o argument_n against_o myself_o that_o i_o may_v be_v deliver_v from_o myself_o fill_v all_o the_o channel_n of_o my_o soul_n with_o thy_o gift_n while_o i_o sojourn_v here_o on_o earth_n let_v my_o heart_n be_v in_o heaven_n let_v not_o self-love_n in_o i_o hinder_v i_o from_o love_v thou_o take_v my_o heart_n away_o and_o give_v i_o thyself_o be_v thou_o my_o heart_n and_o all_o my_o delight_n wherever_o i_o be_o be_v thou_o my_o director_n let_v thy_o word_n be_v my_o rule_n and_o enable_v i_o to_o live_v according_a to_o that_o rule_n o_o holy_a bless_a and_o glorious_a trinity_n one_o god_n thou_o immense_a sea_n of_o happiness_n make_v i_o to_o know_v what_o it_o be_v to_o be_v one_o with_o thou_o o_o thou_o everlasting_a goodness_n o_o thou_o everlasting_a wisdom_n o_o thou_o everlasting_a sweetness_n grant_v i_o may_v see_v thou_o seeing_z may_v love_v thou_o love_v may_v admire_v thou_o admire_v may_v imitate_v thou_o and_o imitate_v thou_o may_v enjoy_v thou_o enjoy_v thou_o may_v never_o be_v separate_v from_o thou_o but_o live_v in_o thy_o light_n and_o love_n and_o glory_n to_o all_o eternity_n finis_fw-la act_n 14.11_o 14.11_o aen._n silvius_n psal._n 18.8_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hagg._n 1.5_o 7._o 1_o sam._n 15.14_o 15.14_o tertullian_n apolog._n c._n 50._o 50._o id._n ibid._n ibid._n tertull._n lib_n de_fw-fr patientia_fw-la c._n 14._o erumpentes_fw-la bestiolas_fw-la in_o eosdem_fw-la specus_fw-la &_o pastus_fw-la foraminosae_fw-la carnis_fw-la ludendo_fw-la revocibat_fw-la 1_o pet._n 5.8_o matth._n 4.3_o eph._n 6_o 12._o sucton_n in_o calig_n vid._n euseb._n nierem_fw-la de_fw-fr ador_n lib._n 1._o c._n 〈◊〉_d &_o seq_n