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that_o your_o provision_n be_v not_o more_o costly_a than_o be_v necessary_a though_o i_o know_v there_o must_v be_v wall_n the_o old_a fashion_n in_o countryman_n house_n be_v not_o amiss_o where_o the_o story_n of_o this_o rich_a glutton_n and_o lazarus_n be_v wont_a to_o be_v paint_v over_o their_o table_n on_o their_o wall_n a_o difference_n allow_v for_o person_n and_o time_n yet_o see_v that_o no_o cost_n be_v bestow_v unnecessary_o and_o let_v sober_a reason_n and_o not_o pride_n and_o gluttony_n judge_v of_o the_o necessity_n we_o common_o call_v he_o the_o rich_a glutton_n luke_n 16._o that_o fare_v sumptuous_o every_o day_n it_o be_v not_o say_v that_o he_o do_v eat_v any_o more_o than_o other_o man_n but_o that_o he_o fare_v sumptuous_o you_o can_v answer_v it_o comfortable_o to_o god_n to_o lay_v that_o out_o upon_o the_o belly_n which_o may_v do_v more_o good_a another_o way_n it_o be_v a_o horrid_a sin_n to_o spend_v such_o store_n of_o wealth_n unnecessary_o upon_o the_o 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ezek._n 14._o 3_o 4_o 14._o alas_o how_o easy_a be_v it_o for_o anâ—_n ungodly_a person_n to_o learn_v to_o say_v a_o few_o word_n by_o rote_n and_o to_o run_v they_o over_o without_o any_o sense_n of_o what_o he_o speak_v while_o the_o tongue_n be_v a_o stranger_n to_o the_o heart_n and_o speak_v not_o according_a to_o its_o desire_n §_o 8._o direct_v 7._o search_v your_o heart_n and_o watch_v they_o careful_o lest_o some_o belove_a vanity_n alienate_v 7._o direct_v 7._o they_o from_o the_o work_n in_o hand_n and_o turn_v away_o your_o thought_n or_o prepossess_v your_o affection_n so_o that_o you_o want_v they_o when_o you_o shall_v use_v they_o if_o the_o mind_n be_v set_v on_o other_o matter_n prayer_n will_v be_v a_o heartless_a lifeless_a thing_n alas_o what_o a_o dead_a and_o pitiful_a work_n be_v the_o prayer_n of_o one_o that_o have_v his_o heart_n ensnare_v in_o the_o love_n of_o money_n or_o in_o any_o ambitious_a or_o covetous_a design_n the_o thought_n will_v easy_o 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must_v be_v humble_a and_o self-suspicious_a and_o come_v to_o christ_n school_n as_o a_o little_a child_n and_o not_o have_v a_o proud_a overvalue_a of_o himself_o and_o his_o own_o understanding_n the_o proud_a and_o selfish_a be_v blind_a and_o cross_v and_o have_v usual_o some_o opinion_n or_o interest_n of_o their_o own_o that_o lie_v cross_a to_o duty_n and_o to_o other_o man_n good_a 16._o he_o must_v have_v a_o eye_n to_o posterity_n and_o not_o only_o to_o the_o present_a time_n or_o age_n and_o to_o other_o nation_n 25._o judg._n 8._o 27._o 1_o cor._n 7._o 35._o 1_o king_n 14._o 16._o &_o 15._o 26._o
this_o or_o subscribe_v this_o without_o the_o guilt_n of_o a_o deliberate_a sin_n and_o i_o can_v sin_v without_o displease_v god_n and_o hinder_v my_o salvation_n he_o that_o dare_v wilful_o sin_n himself_o and_o make_v it_o his_o deliberate_a choice_n and_o dare_v play_v away_o his_o own_o salvation_n at_o the_o poor_a game_n that_o the_o devil_n will_v invite_v he_o to_o and_o will_v sell_v his_o own_o soul_n at_o the_o base_a price_n even_o for_o a_o little_a pelf_n or_o pleasure_n or_o high_a title_n for_o so_o short_a a_o time_n certain_o this_o man_n be_v unlike_a to_o be_v very_o tender_a of_o the_o soul_n of_o other_o or_o to_o stick_v at_o scandalize_a and_o ensnare_a they_o or_o to_o care_v any_o more_o to_o murder_v soul_n than_o a_o butcher_n do_v to_o kill_v a_o hog_n iudas_n heart_n will_v make_v they_o sell_v their_o lord_n or_o his_o flock_n at_o iudas_n price_n and_o prepare_v themselves_o for_o iudas_n reward_n and_o hence_o it_o be_v that_o the_o carnal_a seed_n 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damnation_n of_o their_o brethren_n soul_n and_o what_o reward_n can_v they_o expect_v for_o such_o a_o work_n from_o such_o a_o master_n the_o devil_n use_v they_o but_o as_o man_n do_v ferret_n who_o mouth_n be_v seal_v because_o they_o must_v not_o partake_v of_o the_o prey_n but_o only_o bring_v it_o to_o their_o master_n hand_n live_v in_o a_o constant_a watchful_a resistance_n of_o temptation_n yourselves_o and_o you_o will_v have_v no_o mind_n to_o the_o drudgery_n of_o tempt_v other_o §_o 27._o direct_v 5._o set_a not_o yourselves_o upon_o any_o worldly_a ambitious_a design_n for_o the_o love_n of_o the_o riches_n 5._o direct_v 5._o and_o honour_n of_o the_o world_n will_v not_o only_o engage_v you_o in_o a_o course_n of_o sin_v but_o also_o make_v it_o seem_v your_o interest_n to_o make_v other_o as_o bad_a and_o miserable_a as_o yourselves_o and_o to_o drive_v they_o on_o to_o serve_v your_o interest_n by_o their_o sin_n §_o 28._o direct_v 6._o take_v â—heed_o lest_o a_o 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