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forgetfulness_n of_o thou_o and_o grant_v that_o i_o may_v be_v ever_o mindful_a of_o thou_o as_o thou_o be_v of_o i_o but_o o_o how_o few_o be_v there_o that_o be_v thus_o sensible_a of_o their_o forgetfulness_n of_o god_n and_o their_o mindlessness_n of_o he_o and_o bewail_v it_o and_o pray_v against_o it_o no_o my_o brethren_n the_o generality_n of_o man_n live_v in_o a_o mindlessness_n and_o regardlessness_n and_o total_a and_o constant_a forgetfulness_n of_o god_n &_o love_v to_o live_v so_o this_o be_v their_o folly_n and_o their_o madness_n they_o shun_v the_o thought_n of_o god_n and_o all_o converse_n with_o god_n as_o man_n that_o have_v sore_a eye_n shun_v the_o light_n of_o the_o sun_n 14._o job_n 21._o 14._o they_o say_v unto_o the_o almighty_a depart_v from_o we_o for_o we_o desire_v not_o the_o knowledge_n of_o thy_o way_n will_v you_o think_v it_o possible_a that_o man_n shall_v ever_o arrive_v at_o that_o height_n of_o madness_n as_o not_o only_o to_o live_v stranger_n from_o god_n &_o unacquainted_a with_o he_o but_o to_o be_v content_v so_o to_o live_v yea_o to_o ref_o use_v all_o knowledge_n of_o he_o and_o scorn_v all_o acquaintance_n with_o he_o chap._n v._o exhort_v all_o to_o labour_n to_o get_v acquaintance_n with_o god_n and_o propound_v several_a motive_n thereunto_o my_o next_o work_n therefore_o shall_v be_v to_o exhort_v and_o invite_v every_o one_o of_o you_o to_o this_o acquaintance_n with_o god_n let_v i_o bespeak_v every_o one_o into_o who_o hand_n these_o line_n may_v come_v in_o the_o word_n of_o my_o text_n acquaint_v thyself_o with_o he_o there_o be_v three_o thing_n that_o be_v the_o great_a attractive_n and_o incentives_n to_o make_v we_o seek_v acquaintance_n with_o man_n first_o the_o worthiness_n of_o the_o person_n second_o the_o benefit_n we_o may_v reap_v by_o their_o acquaintance_n three_o easiness_n of_o access_n and_o acquaintance_n now_o all_o these_o be_v eminent_o and_o transcendent_o in_o god_n first_o the_o worthiness_n of_o the_o person_n man_n that_o be_v of_o great_a eminency_n either_o for_o learning_n and_o wisdom_n or_o for_o holiness_n and_o pretty_a or_o for_o power_n and_o authority_n or_o for_o honour_n and_o dignity_n o_o how_o ambition_n be_v prudent_a and_o intelligent_a man_n of_o get_v acquaintance_n with_o such_o in_o all_o these_o particular_n who_o be_v like_a unto_o god_n or_o who_o may_v be_v compare_v with_o he_o who_o be_v infinite_a in_o wisdom_n and_o holiness_n infinite_a in_o majesty_n power_n and_o glory_n he_o be_v the_o only_a potentate_n king_n of_o king_n and_o lord_n of_o lord_n who_o acquaintance_n be_v more_o worth_a than_o the_o acquaintance_n of_o all_o the_o man_n in_o the_o world_n for_o second_o what_o benefit_n can_v you_o reap_v or_o expect_v from_o acquaintance_n with_o any_o man_n in_o the_o world_n which_o be_v not_o infinite_o more_o to_o be_v have_v in_o god_n and_o that_o in_o all_o abundance_n do_v you_o look_v that_o your_o friend_n and_o acquaintance_n shall_v counsel_v you_o in_o your_o strait_n protect_v you_o in_o danger_n defend_v you_o against_o enemy_n pity_v you_o in_o your_o affliction_n supply_v your_o want_n comfort_v you_o in_o your_o heaviness_n deliver_v you_o in_o all_o your_o trouble_n who_o so_o able_a so_o willing_a to_o do_v all_o this_o as_o god_n for_o those_o that_o be_v his_o friend_n and_o acquaintance_n and_o such_o a_o one_o thou_o may_v be_v if_o thou_o will_v &_o have_v indeed_o a_o mind_n to_o it_o for_o three_o god_n be_v of_o open_a and_o easy_a access_n 13._o access_n ingrediamur_fw-la aulas_fw-la obsecro_fw-la &_o obstupescemus_fw-la tantum_fw-la argenti_fw-la &_o auri_fw-la effundi_fw-la ad_fw-la propitias_fw-la principum_fw-la aures_fw-la impetrandas_fw-la quandoque_fw-la non_fw-la hebdomades_fw-la solùm_fw-la sed_fw-la menses_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o annos_fw-la totos_fw-la expect_v andum_fw-la est_fw-la dum_fw-la principis_fw-la conclave_n &_o aures_fw-la pateunt_fw-la orationem_fw-la acturo_fw-la ad_fw-la deum_fw-la immensa_fw-la majestatis_fw-la dominum_fw-la omni_fw-la horâ_fw-la momentis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la patet_fw-la aditus_fw-la rex_fw-la coeli_fw-la nunquam_fw-la non_fw-la propitias_fw-la &_o vacivas_fw-la habet_fw-la aures_fw-la importunitatis_fw-la hîc_fw-la nemo_fw-la insimulatur_fw-la gratior_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la frequentior_fw-la &_o importunior_a adeste_fw-la terrae_fw-la vermiculi_fw-la prorepite_a scarabaeoli_fw-fr accurrito_fw-la homunculi_fw-la miselli_fw-la liberrimum_fw-la vobis_fw-la est_fw-la cum_fw-la conditore_fw-la vestro_fw-la colloquium_fw-la nec_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la vel_fw-la causae_fw-la vestra_fw-la vel_fw-la facundiae_fw-la quidquam_fw-la diffidatis_fw-la quò_fw-la simpliciùs_fw-la perorabitis_fw-la hoc_fw-la meliùs_fw-la modò_fw-la non_fw-la frâ—geat_fw-la aut_fw-la exerret_fw-la oratio_fw-la vestra_fw-la modò_fw-la eum_fw-la quem_fw-la rogatis_fw-la ex_fw-la oculis_fw-la non_fw-la vestrâ_fw-la sponte_fw-la amittatis_fw-la 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