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surfeit_v with_o human_a applause_n and_o all_o worldly_a thing_n appear_v most_o vain_a and_o unsatisfactory_a when_o we_o have_v try_v they_o most_o but_o though_o i_o feel_v that_o this_o have_v some_o hand_n in_o the_o effect_n yet_o as_o far_o as_o i_o can_v perceive_v the_o knowledge_n of_o man_n nothingness_n and_o god_n transcendent_a greatness_n with_o who_o it_o be_v that_o i_o have_v most_o to_o do_v and_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o brevity_n of_o humane_a thing_n and_o the_o nearness_n of_o eternity_n be_v the_o principal_a cause_n of_o this_o effect_n which_o some_o have_v impute_v to_o selfconceitedness_a and_o morosity_n 31._o i_o be_o more_o and_o more_o please_v with_o a_o solitary_a life_n and_o though_o in_o a_o way_n of_o self-denial_n i_o can_v submit_v to_o the_o most_o public_a life_n for_o the_o service_n of_o god_n when_o he_o require_v it_o and_o will_v not_o be_v unprofitable_a that_o i_o may_v be_v private_a yet_o i_o must_v confess_v it_o be_v much_o more_o 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