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&_o they_o shall_v declare_v unto_o thou_o even_o these_o thing_n in_o their_o kind_n do_v praise_n god_n and_o show_v their_o love_n unto_o man_n for_o who_o they_o be_v appoint_v and_o shall_v man_n show_v no_o love_n to_o god_n and_o in_o love_n do_v nothing_o for_o god_n for_o who_o his_o creature_n do_v so_o much_o good_a &_o suffer_v so_o much_o evil_a be_v all_o put_v under_o his_o foot_n and_o subject_v to_o his_o power_n 8._o all_o sheep_n &_o ox_n yea_o &_o the_o beast_n of_o the_o field_n the_o fowl_n of_o the_o air_n and_o the_o fish_n of_o the_o sea_n god_n now_o because_o a_o man_n have_v in_o he_o life_n like_o a_o plant_n sense_n as_o a_o beast_n and_o understand_v proper_a to_o a_o man_n therefore_o it_o behoove_v he_o to_o love_n god_n with_o his_o life_n with_o his_o sense_n and_o with_o his_o reason_n our_o saviour_n say_v we_o ought_v to_o love_n god_n with_o all_o our_o heart_n with_o all_o our_o soul_n heart_n and_o with_o all_o our_o mind_n we_o ought_v to_o 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say_v sinon_n nosti_fw-la diligere_fw-la teipsum_fw-la timâ—o_fw-la ne_fw-la decipias_fw-la proximum_fw-la sicut_fw-la teipsum_fw-la if_o thou_o know_v not_o to_o love_v thyself_o i_o be_o afraid_a lest_o thou_o shall_v deceive_v thy_o neighbour_n as_o thyself_o yet_o be_v it_o no_o easy_a matter_n for_o a_o man_n to_o love_v himself_o aright_o for_o he_o that_o love_v iniquity_n hate_v his_o own_o soul_n and_o he_o that_o love_v himself_o in_o the_o way_n of_o sin_n do_v love_v a_o robber_n condemn_v to_o die_v augustine_n si_fw-mi malè_fw-la amaveris_fw-la tunc_fw-la odisti_fw-la si_fw-la benè_fw-la odeâ—is_fw-la tunc_fw-la amasti_fw-la if_o a_o man_n love_v himself_o amiss_o he_o hate_v himself_o but_o if_o he_o hate_v himself_o well_o