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and_o drink_v sacred_o 403_o to_o 415_o sober_o 315_o seasonable_o page_n 425_o affair_n of_o eternity_n of_o great_a weight_n page_n 57_o self_n examination_n a_o duty_n page_n 266_o f_o faith_n special_o requisite_a in_o holy_a duty_n page_n 120_o 125_o faith_n necessary_a in_o hear_v page_n 226_o faith_n necessary_a at_o a_o sacrament_n page_n 271_o faith_n have_v a_o threefold_a act_n 303_o faith_n try_v page_n 272_o religion_n must_v be_v set_v up_o in_o family_n page_n 515_o irreligious_a family_n do_v much_o hurt_n page_n 517_o irreligious_a family_n be_v curse_v page_n 521_o religious_a family_n be_v bless_v page_n 520_o those_o that_o will_v make_v religion_n their_o business_n as_o they_o be_v governor_n of_o family_n must_v be_v careful_a who_o they_o take_v into_o their_o
10.1_o 2._o exercise_v thyself_o to_o this_o worship_v the_o true_a god_n according_a to_o his_o revealed_z will_n do_v not_o dally_v and_o trifle_v at_o it_o be_v not_o cold_a and_o careless_a about_o it_o take_v heed_n of_o the_o worldling_n politic_a principle_n fair_a and_o soft_o go_v far_o too_o much_o of_o one_o thing_n be_v good_a for_o nothing_o it_o be_v good_a to_o be_v religious_a but_o not_o too_o conscientious_a a_o little_a moderation_n will_v not_o do_v amiss_o these_o man_n will_v serve_v thou_o as_o ignorant_a montebank_n do_v their_o patient_n that_o whilst_o they_o go_v about_o to_o cool_v the_o liver_n lest_o it_o shall_v set_v the_o blood_n in_o a_o flame_n kill_v the_o stomach_n and_o thereby_o necessary_o destroy_v the_o body_n they_o pretend_v some_o fear_n that_o thou_o may_v work_v too_o hard_o even_o to_o thy_o hurt_n when_o thou_o can_v never_o do_v enough_o much_o less_o too_o much_o for_o thy_o god_n and_o thy_o everlasting_a good_a i_o must_v needs_o tell_v thou_o that_o there_o be_v a_o impossibility_n of_o divide_v thy_o service_n betwixt_o thy_o sin_n and_o thy_o saviour_n and_o of_o part_v thy_o heart_n and_o work_n between_o the_o world_n and_o the_o word_n no_o man_n can_v serve_v two_o master_n mat._n 6.24_o if_o like_o a_o meteor_n thou_o hang_v between_o heaven_n and_o earth_n halt_a between_o christ_n and_o the_o flesh_n as_o a_o hunt_a dog_n between_o too_o hare_n run_v sometime_o after_o this_o sometime_o after_o that_o thou_o will_v be_v sure_a at_o last_o to_o lose_v both_o those_o creature_n under_o the_o law_n which_o do_v both_o move_v in_o the_o water_n and_o hover_v up_o and_o down_o in_o the_o air_n be_v unclean_a in_o god_n account_n leu._n 11.10_o there_o be_v a_o story_n of_o a_o bastard_n eagle_n which_o have_v one_o foot_n close_o like_o a_o goose_n with_o which_o she_o swim_v in_o the_o water_n and_o dive_v for_o fish_n and_o another_o foot_n open_a and_o arm_v with_o talon_n with_o which_o she_o soar_v 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signify_v industrious_a and_o diligent_a labour_n be_v the_o way_n to_o get_v and_o increase_v virtue_n and_o the_o more_o virtuous_a thou_o be_v the_o more_o laborious_a thou_o will_v be_v frequent_a use_n must_v keep_v thy_o spiritual_a arm_n from_o rust_n it_o be_v a_o more_o worthy_a thing_n to_o abound_v in_o work_n rit_fw-fr in_o operibus_fw-la sit_fw-la abundantia_fw-la mea_fw-la div_o tiis_fw-la per_fw-la i_o lâ—cet_fw-la abundet_fw-la quisquis_fw-la volue_v rit_fw-fr then_o to_o abound_v in_o wealth_n melancthon_n speak_v noble_o let_v other_o take_v riches_n give_v i_o labour_n they_o who_o have_v be_v busy_a about_o much_o mean_a study_n have_v yet_o pursue_v they_o with_o incredible_a pleasure_n and_o extraordinary_a pain_n plutarch_n plutarch_n endymion_n spend_v whole_a night_n on_o rock_n and_o mountain_n in_o contemplate_v the_o motion_n of_o the_o star_n it_o be_v say_v of_o chrysippus_n that_o he_o be_v so_o intent_n on_o his_o book_n that_o he_o have_v starve_v his_o 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