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verse_n 10._o 11_o 12_o 13_o 14_o 15_o 16_o apo._n 21._o 2_o verse_n 11._o 12_o 14_o 16_o 18_o 19_o 20_o 21_o 22_o 23_o 24_o 25_o 26_o 27_o 1._o cor._n 2._o apo._n 3._o 18._o pro._n 8._o 10._o pro._n 16._o 16_o pro._n 3._o 13._o 14_o 15_o 16_o 17_o 18_o phi._n 3._o 20._o apo._n 4._o christ_n ship_n describe_v eph._n 6._o act._n 3._o 6._o the_o cornmodity_n of_o the_o gospel_n earthly_a treasure_n do_v follow_v the_o heavenly_a mat._n 6._o 33._o 1_o king_n 3_o 12._o 13_o ruth_n 4._o 4._o 5_o 1_o tim._n 4._o 8_o apoc._n 22._o 2_o mal._n 3._o 10._o mat._n 5._o 2_o cor._n 4._o mat._n 17._o psal._n 32._o 10._o mat._n 25._o 20_o 1_o tim._n 1._o 19_o of_o their_o perpetuity_n milo_n mal._n 4._o 2._o joh._n 2._o of_o their_o security_n 3_o bee_n fran._n petrarch_n de_fw-fr remedijs_fw-la utriusque_fw-la fert_fw-la nothing_o more_o frail_a or_o unquiet_a than_o the_o life_n of_o man._n memory_n understanding_n and_o providence_n pervert_v unto_o our_o own_o toil_n etc._n etc._n care_n grieve_v vex_v afraid_a entrance_n blindness_n progress_fw-la labour_n end_v sorrow_n course_n error_n day_n morning_n war_n with_o fortune_n better_o overcome_v then_o be_v have_v in_o continual_a scorn_n the_o cause_n our_o â—owne_n lightness_n universal_a discord_n between_o man_n &_o the_o creature_n of_o the_o element_n no_o creature_n without_o war_n of_o love_n and_o marriage_n master_n &_o servant_n parent_n &_o child_n friend_n bee_n dove_n moth._n rot._n worm_n sparrow_n mildew_n moule_n the_o toil_n of_o the_o rich_a sort_n of_o man_n against_o man._n â—_z for_o thy_o wealth_n physician_n for_o health_n strife_n for_o religion_n to_o do_v nâ—_n the_o most_o do_v horace_n diruit_fw-la â—dificat_fw-la mutat_fw-la quadrata_fw-la rotundis_fw-la contention_n without_o a_o adversary_n scrivener_n soldier_n speaker_n &_o writer_n infant_n child_n young_a man_n woman_n old_a menâ—_n of_o the_o internal_a strife_n in_o a_o man_n self_n use_v object_n answ._n object_n answer_n 2._o cor_fw-la 12._o rom._n 7._o luk._n 22._o 32_o joh._n 16._o 20_o 1._o tim._n 2_o 13_o verse_n 19_o 2._o tim_n 1._o 12_o rom._n 8._o 26_o object_n answer_n heb._n 13._o how_o mosâ—men_n go_v to_o god_n house_n four_o circumstance_n 1_o place_n 2_o time_n 3_o manner_n how_o 4_o why._n 1._o cor._n 9_o 24_o 2._o cor._n 4._o joh._n 5._o 39_o joh._n 5._o 39_o psa._n 19_o 10_o ps._n 119._o 92_o pro._n 3._o 13._o 14_o 15_o 16_o 17_o the_o cross_n of_o christ_n a_o offence_n to_o some_o how_o to_o avoid_v the_o former_a offence_n prou._n 2_o 1â—_n 2_o 3_o 4_o 5_o reu._n 3._o 18._o of_o the_o time_n when_o to_o lay_v up_o etc._n etc._n eâ—cles_n 9_o eccle._n 12._o â—_o esa._n 55._o 6._o rom._n â—_o 1._o john_n 5â—_n evil_a company_n how_o dangerous_a eecle_fw-mi 9_o 18_o how_o to_o lay_v up_o heavenly_a treasure_n luk._n 12._o 33_o mar_n 19_o 21_o mat_n 25._o 34_o esa_fw-la 58._o 7._o necessary_a encouragement_n and_o why_o overplus_n for_o the_o poor_a cal._n har._n maâ—_n 10._o 42_o the_o 2_o way_n to_o lay_v up_o etc._n etc._n joh._n 15._o mat._n 10._o 39_o rom._n 8._o 17_o 35_o 36_o 37_o 2_o cor._n 4._o 16_o 17_o 18_o the_o three_o way_n to_o lay_v up_o etc._n etc._n phil._n 3._o 10._o ephe._n 1._o 4._o col._n 2._o 3._o john_n 1._o job._n 13._o 15_o esa._n 11._o 6._o dan._n 1._o 9_o psal_n 91._o 13_o hos._n 2._o 18._o the_o second_o benefit_n the_o three_o benefice_n the_o 4_o benefit_n of_o christ_n virtue_n of_o christ_n example_n consormitie_n in_o moral_a duty_n faith_n love._n meekness_n humility_n acts._n 9_o a_o true_a christian_a a_o good_a alchemist_n verse_n 21._o the_o second_o part_n contain_v the_o reason_n of_o the_o commandment_n summum_fw-la bonum_fw-la col._n 3._o 1._o 2._o verse_n 3._o four_o thing_n to_o be_v consider_v in_o this_o match_n â—_o baseness_n 1._o cor._n 13._o 11_o nehe._n 6._o 11._o proverb_n 1._o tim._n 6._o â—_o â—_o tim._n 6._o 10._o luk._n 12._o eccle._n 5._o 12_o 15_o cap._n 6._o 1._o a_o dishonour_n to_o god_n â—al_a 1._o 6._o â—_o tim._n 6._o 17_o eze._n 33._o 31_o luk._n 16._o 14_o mat._n 16._o 3_o luk_n 12._o 5â—_n luke_n 12._o 56._o 57_o mar_n 12._o 34_o luk._n 19_o psa._n 41._o 11_o joh._n 13._o 34_o comfortable_a 〈◊〉_d ezâ—ch_o 9_o 4_o joh._n 1._o 50._o 1._o cor._n 2._o 9_o mat_n 1â—_n jer._n 17._o 9_o psal._n 4._o mat._n 12._o 35_o psal._n 45._o 1_o â—sal_n 39_o 2._o lat_fw-la 12._o 35_o can._n 1._o 1._o ps._n 119._o 13_o psal._n 42._o 1._o luk._n 12._o 13_o oh_o 8._o 6._o object_n answer_n 1._o king_n 3_o mat._n 14_o object_n mat._n 13._o 20_o gal._n 5._o 22._o answer_n act._n 16._o 34_o object_n conscience_n afflict_v cant._n 5._o 1._o answer_n psal._n 27._o 8._o matth._n 5._o esa._n 55._o 2_o 3_o 4_o psal._n 43._o simile_n