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delight_v in_o i_o and_o i_o in_o thou_o for_o ever_o and_o ever_o amen_n chap._n ii_o how_o christian_n may_v exercise_v themselves_o to_o godliness_n in_o the_o choice_n of_o their_o companion_n 2._o second_o thy_o duty_n be_v to_o make_v religion_n thy_o business_n and_o to_o exercise_v thyself_o to_o godliness_n in_o relation_n to_o thy_o company_n man_n say_v the_o great_a philosopher_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nature_n goodfellow_n as_o one_o english_v it_o a_o creature_n in_o love_n with_o company_n cosmographer_n observe_v that_o the_o far_a island_n of_o the_o world_n be_v so_o seat_v that_o there_o be_v none_o so_o remote_a but_o that_o from_o some_o shore_n of_o it_o another_o island_n or_o continent_n may_v be_v discover_v as_o if_o nature_n hereby_o invite_v country_n to_o mutual_a commerce_n god_n never_o intend_v that_o the_o world_n shall_v be_v a_o wilderness_n nor_o the_o chief_a inhabitant_n thereof_o as_o barbarous_a beast_n to_o live_v alone_o lurk_v in_o 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