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shall_v be_v or_o now_o dwell_v under_o these_o roof_n and_o cease_v so_o impropriate_a humane_a and_o common_a misery_n to_o thyself_o we_o serm_n must_v consider_v what_o man_n be_v that_o we_o may_v learn_v to_o bear_v humane_a misery_n with_o a_o christian_a resolution_n man_n begin_v with_o tear_n the_o first_o language_n of_o man_n strew_v the_o condition_n in_o which_o and_o to_o which_o he_o be_v bear_v he_o that_o be_v ignorant_a of_o all_o thing_n else_o know_v how_o to_o cry_v in_o his_o nativity_n as_o if_o in_o that_o auspication_n he_o do_v by_o a_o natural_a instinct_n lament_v the_o anxiety_n and_o labour_n of_o this_o life_n the_o silly_a wretch_n resâ—iffeth_v a_o fore_n se_fw-la i_o of_o the_o world_n storm_n so_o soon_o as_o he_o enter_v into_o this_o glassy_a sea_n there_o be_v a_o time_n when_o man_n be_v depute_v to_o action_n only_o 28._o when_o god_n say_v 〈◊〉_d the_o earth_n and_o subdue_v it_o but_o for_o our_o sin_n he_o pron_z ow_v ce_v the_o irrevocable_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d all_o mankind_n to_o a_o miserable_a serui_fw-la ude_n under_o labour_n 〈◊〉_d 19_o sorrow_n curse_v be_v the_o earth_n for_o thy_o sake_n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thou_o â—ate_z of_o it_o all_o the_o day_n of_o thy_o life_n in_o the_o sweat_n of_o thy_o 〈◊〉_d shall_v thou_o â—at_a bread_n till_o thâ—â—_n return_v unto_o the_o ground_n beside_o we_o carry_v about_o bodiâ—â—_n subject_a to_o many_o injury_n open_v 7._o to_o many_o malady_n what_o madness_n be_v it_o then_o impatient_o to_o bear_v that_o in_o other_o which_o we_o have_v in_o ourselves_o on_o in_o ourselves_o which_o we_o can_v no_o way_n avoid_v or_o lessen_v but_o by_o patient_a bear_v especial_o when_o we_o suffer_v no_o evil_a