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content_v myself_o with_o commend_v to_o your_o daily_a remembrance_n that_o one_o text_n of_o he_o chap._n 3.15_o love_v not_o â—he_v world_n nor_o the_o thing_n of_o this_o world_n for_o if_o any_o man_n love_v the_o world_n the_o love_n of_o the_o father_n be_v not_o in_o he_o and_o for_o avoid_v all_o sinful_a custom_n or_o fashion_n i_o shall_v only_o mind_v you_o of_o that_o general_a precept_n in_o god_n law_n erod_n 23.2_o thou_o shall_v not_o follow_v a_o multitude_n to_o do_v evil_a for_o thus_o shall_v you_o as_o st._n peter_n say_v 2_o ep._n 2.20_o escape_v the_o pollution_n of_o this_o world_n and_o to_o all_o these_o you_o be_v bind_v by_o your_o baptismal_a vow_n to_o be_v christ_n faithful_a servant_n and_o soldier_n for_o as_o our_o saviour_n say_v math._n 6.24_o you_o cannoâ—_n both_o serve_v god_n and_o mammon_n god_n and_o the_o world_n oâ—_n the_o lust_n thereof_o no_o nor_o your_o fleshly_a lust_n as_o the_o nexâ—_n answer_n teach_v you_o q._n what_o be_v mean_v 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