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exhortation_n unto_o we_o and_o gyve_v we_o such_o wholesome_a admonishment_n as_o these_o godly_a father_n in_o this_o great_a affair_n have_v do_v and_o how_o be_v it_o then_o dear_a brother_n that_o we_o be_v nothing_o stir_v up_o thereby_o nothing_o quicken_v nothing_o awake_v well_o i_o will_v conclude_v this_o whole_a chapter_n and_o treatise_n with_o a_o other_o exhortation_n and_o admonishion_n of_o s._n augustine_n for_o that_o beside_o the_o grave_a authority_n of_o the_o man_n which_o ought_v to_o move_v we_o much_o i_o think_v nothing_o can_v be_v speak_v more_o excellent_o or_o more_o agree_v to_o our_o peculiar_a purpose_n thus_o than_o he_o say_v temp_n almighty_a god_n do_v never_o despise_v the_o repentance_n of_o any_o man_n if_o it_o be_v offer_v unto_o he_o sincere_o and_o simple_o