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other_o those_o who_o will_v enter_v into_o this_o holy_a communion_n but_o forasmuch_o as_o this_o be_v one_o of_o the_o most_o powerful_a mean_n to_o attain_v to_o this_o end_n and_o which_o deserve_v more_o important_a consideration_n i_o reserve_v it_o to_o a_o particular_a treatise_n if_o this_o first_o work_n still_o be_v favourable_o entertain_v chap._n viii_o answer_n to_o the_o objection_n and_o difficulty_n which_o may_v be_v form_v against_o this_o design_n there_o can_v be_v no_o advantage_n propose_v which_o meet_v not_o with_o its_o difficulty_n we_o can_v fetch_v gold_n out_o of_o a_o mine_n but_o with_o much_o trouble_n the_o earth_n be_v not_o make_v fertile_a but_o when_o it_o be_v dig_v and_o plough_v with_o great_a care_n and_o the_o success_n of_o the_o most_o admirable_a enter_v prize_n be_v not_o obtain_v but_o by_o surmount_v with_o industry_n all_o the_o obstacle_n which_o be_v meet_v with_o in_o the_o execution_n of_o they_o and_o yet_o this_o trouble_n we_o 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