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1._o of_o measure_n 2._o of_o part_n mar._n 6._o 20._o 2_o king_n 10._o 31._o act_n 8._o 13._o simile_n simile_n worthiness_n put_v for_o meekness_n and_o unworthy_o for_o unmeete_o 1_o cor._n 11._o 27._o heb._n 6._o 7._o luke_n 19_o 1_o 2_o 3_o 4_o 5._o luke_n 23._o james_n 2._o 26._o what_o a_o good_a work_n be_v how_o many_o thing_n require_v to_o a_o good_a work_n 1._o good_a matter_n deut._n 12._o verse_n last_o 2_o king_n 26._o from_o verse_n 16._o till_o verse_n 21._o 2._o perso_n good_a that_o the_o manner_n may_v be_v good_a simile_n simile_n a_o threefold_a act_n of_o faith_n in_o every_o good_a work_n 1_o pet._n 2._o 5._o 〈◊〉_d 3._o 14._o 3._o good_a end_n action_n be_v measure_v by_o their_o end_n simile_n 4._o good_a mean_n good_a thing_n must_v have_v good_a mean_n gen._n 27._o she_o sin_n by_o impatiency_n 1_o sam._n 21._o 13._o psal._n 34._o 1._o 5._o circumstance_n 〈◊〉_d 3._o good_a work_n please_v god_n and_o why_o woe_n be_v to_o the_o most_o commendable_a life_n 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in_o word_n and_o in_o work_n work_n a_o feeling_n &_o suffer_v together_o act_n 14._o they_o rend_v their_o clothes_n etc._n etc._n amor_fw-la svi_fw-la diffusivus_fw-la james_n be_v report_v to_o have_v make_v his_o knee_n hard_a 〈◊〉_d camel_n knee_n with_o labour_n in_o prayer_n 2_o sam._n 15._o 15._o david_n mourning_n pe_n ter_v tear_n christ_n agony_n do_v manifest_v this_o truth_n prayer_n a_o fruit_n and_o token_n of_o our_o love_n of_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n the_o fear_n of_o god_n how_o it_o belong_v to_o the_o wicked_a rom._n 2_o verse_n last_o fear_v of_o god_n twofold_a exod._n 20._o 20._o 1._o a_o servile_a fear_n of_o this_o fear_v it_o be_v true_a which_o be_v common_o say_v who_o we_o fear_v we_o hate_v and_o wish_v they_o be_v not_o 2._o filial_a fear_n simile_n simile_n psal._n 112._o 1._o prou._n 26._o 27._o prou._n 8._o 13._o of_o ezra_n it_o be_v say_v he_o fear_v god_n great_o god_n must_v be_v fear_v according_o trust_v in_o god_n proper_a to_o the_o faithful_a 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