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not_o thy_o left_a hand_n know_v what_o thy_o right_a hand_n do_v matth._n 6.3_o for_o your_o better_a information_n first_o it_o be_v never_o our_o saviour_n intention_n to_o inhibit_v all_o public_a performance_n of_o any_o personal_a duty_n for_o see_v matth._n 5.16_o he_o will_v never_o then_o have_v say_v let_v they_o see_v your_o good_a work_n see_v the_o place_n matth._n 6.5_o first_o actus_fw-la second_o aff_n ctus_fw-la three_o gestus_fw-la four_o locus_fw-la five_o finis_fw-la thus_o conceive_v when_o the_o praise_n and_o notice_n of_o man_n be_v make_v utmost_a end_n of_o our_o devotion_n and_o charity_n that_o be_v forbid_v when_o we_o seek_v it_o as_o our_o reward_n ver_fw-la 2._o understand_v therefore_o that_o these_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v comparative_o rather_o secret_n whole_o thy_o devotion_n thy_o charity_n then_o make_v man_n applause_n the_o utmost_a intention_n as_o matth._n 5.29_o 40_o 41._o think_v any_o man_n but_o a_o scoff_a julian_n that_o he_o be_v 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day_n in_o five_o degree_n you_o shall_v find_v all_o favour_n of_o god_n to_o stand_v first_o some_o common_a to_o we_o with_o all_o his_o creature_n second_o some_o common_a with_o all_o man_n three_o some_o common_a with_o his_o visible_a church_n four_o some_o common_a with_o all_o his_o child_n five_o and_o there_o â—re_n wherein_o every_o of_o god_n child_n have_v something_o extraordinary_a i_o will_v have_v none_o of_o god_n favour_n put_v over_o without_o notice_n and_o observation_n special_o those_o that_o be_v peculiar_a to_o his_o child_n least_o of_o all_o those_o wherein_o god_n have_v manifest_v his_o mercy_n towards_o we_o above_o his_o child_n and_o own_o dear_a servant_n because_o for_o these_o god_n expect_v extraordinary_a measure_n of_o thankfulness_n and_o obedience_n and_o the_o rather_o will_v i_o you_o shall_v notice_n this_o because_o that_o most_o move_v we_o in_o christian_a duty_n and_o course_n that_o we_o see_v not_o some_o special_a reward_n betwixt_o 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thou_o so_o regard_v he_o the_o rather_o because_o it_o be_v a_o teach_v peculiar_a to_o god_n child_n that_o though_o the_o general_n of_o doctrine_n touch_v god_n nature_n and_o will_v and_o special_a love_n to_o his_o child_n be_v propound_v to_o all_o man_n mind_n in_o the_o church_n yet_o this_o experimental_a teach_n in_o thing_n that_o concern_v life_n and_o godliness_n be_v the_o privilege_n of_o the_o choose_a joh._n 6.45_o they_o shall_v be_v all_o teach_v of_o god_n they_o only_o in_o this_o manner_n no_o man_n but_o god_n elect_v have_v that_o experience_n of_o what_o god_n have_v make_v several_a to_o his_o servant_n there_o be_v two_o kind_n or_o degree_n of_o knowledge_n one_o speculative_a the_o other_o practical_a or_o experimental_a the_o speculative_a stand_v in_o contemplation_n this_o have_v balaam_n numb_a 23.10_o thence_o grow_v his_o passionate_a wish_n oh_o let_v my_o soul_n die_v the_o death_n of_o the_o righteous_a the_o all-sufficiencie_n of_o the_o merit_n 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