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we_o all_o he_o be_v oppress_v and_o afflict_a yet_o he_o open_v not_o his_o mouth_n he_o be_v bring_v as_o a_o lamb_n to_o the_o slaughter_n and_o as_o a_o sheep_n before_o her_o sheerer_n be_v dumb_a so_o he_o open_v not_o his_o mouth_n he_o be_v take_v from_o prison_n and_o from_o judgement_n he_o be_v cut_v off_o out_o of_o the_o land_n of_o the_o live_n for_o the_o transgression_n of_o his_o people_n be_v he_o strike_v it_o please_v the_o lord_n to_o bruise_v he_o he_o put_v he_o to_o grief_n isa_n 53._o what_o be_v his_o whole_a life_n but_o the_o exercise_n of_o love_n and_o self-denial_n he_o deny_v himself_o in_o love_n to_o his_o father_n obey_v he_o to_o the_o death_n and_o please_v he_o in_o all_o thing_n he_o deny_v himself_o in_o love_n to_o mankind_n in_o bear_v our_o transgression_n and_o redeem_v we_o from_o the_o curse_n by_o be_v make_v a_o curse_n for_o we_o gal._n 3._o 13._o he_o make_v himself_o of_o no_o reputation_n and_o tock_n upon_o he_o the_o form_n of_o a_o servant_n and_o be_v make_v in_o the_o likeness_n of_o man_n and_o be_v find_v in_o fashion_n as_o a_o man_n he_o humble_v himself_o and_o become_v obedient_a unto_o death_n even_o the_o death_n of_o the_o cross_n phil._n 2._o 6_o 7_o 8._o and_o this_o he_o do_v to_o teach_v we_o by_o his_o example_n to_o deny_v ourselves_o to_o be_v like_v mind_v have_v the_o same_o love_n be_v of_o one_o accord_n of_o one_o mind_n that_o nothing_o be_v do_v through_o strife_n or_o vainglory_n but_o in_o lowliness_n of_o mind_n that_o each_o esteem_n other_o better_a than_o themselves_o look_v not_o every_o man_n after_o his_o own_o matter_n but_o every_o man_n also_o after_o the_o thing_n of_o other_o and_o thus_o the_o same_o mind_n shall_v be_v in_o we_o that_o be_v in_o christ_n jesus_n phil._n 2._o 3_o 4._o 5._o he_o deny_v himself_o also_o in_o obedient_a submission_n to_o governor_n he_o be_v subject_a to_o joseph_n and_o mary_n luke_n 2._o 51._o he_o pay_v tribute_n to_o caesar_n and_o 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the_o name_n of_o the_o several_a grace_n of_o the_o spirit_n and_o it_o be_v not_o passion_n but_o disorder_a passion_n that_o must_v be_v deny_v chap._n lx._n how_o far_o must_v we_o deny_v our_o own_o reason_n quest_n 10._o how_o far_o must_v we_o deny_v our_o own_o reason_n answ_n 1._o we_o must_v not_o be_v unreasonable_a nor_o live_v unreasonable_o nor_o believe_v unreasonable_o nor_o love_n or_o choose_v or_o let_v out_o any_o affection_n unreasonable_o we_o be_v command_v to_o be_v ready_a to_o give_v a_o reason_n of_o our_o hope_n it_o be_v our_o rational_a faculty_n that_o prove_v we_o man_n and_o be_v essential_a to_o we_o and_o without_o it_o we_o can_v neither_o understand_v the_o thing_n of_o god_n or_o man_n for_o how_o shall_v we_o understand_v without_o a_o understanding_n but_o yet_o reason_n must_v thus_o far_o be_v deny_v 1._o we_o must_v not_o think_v highly_o of_o our_o reason_n than_o it_o deserve_v either_o in_o itself_o or_o as_o compare_v to_o other_o 2._o 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twenty_o particular_n under_o the_o general_a head_n of_o pleasure_n and_o ten_o under_o the_o general_a head_n of_o honour_n and_o have_v refer_v you_o to_o another_o treatise_n for_o that_o which_o consist_v in_o worldly_a profit_n and_o now_o i_o come_v to_o the_o three_o part_n of_o my_o work_n which_o be_v to_o show_v you_o a_o little_a more_o full_o the_o greatness_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o selfishness_n and_o give_v you_o thence_o such_o move_a reason_n as_o may_v conduce_v to_o the_o cure_n of_o it_o which_o be_v these_o that_o follow_v chap._n lxiii_o motive_n 1._o selfishness_n the_o grand_a idolatry_n of_o the_o world_n 1._o selfishness_n be_v the_o grand_a idolatry_n of_o the_o world_n and_o self_n the_o world_n idol_n as_o i_o have_v tell_v you_o before_o it_o usurp_v the_o place_n of_o god_n himself_o in_o man_n judgement_n will_n affection_n and_o endeavour_n it_o be_v the_o work_n of_o the_o ten_o discovery_n in_o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o book_n to_o demonstrate_v 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