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themselves_o desire_v to_o look_v into_o it_o this_o be_v gather_v out_o of_o those_o word_n which_o thing_n the_o angel_n desire_v to_o look_v into_o so_o 1_o tim._n 3._o 16._o you_o may_v see_v it_o prove_v reason_n because_o there_o be_v some_o thing_n in_o this_o mystery_n which_o the_o angel_n themselves_o be_v yet_o ignorant_a of_o matth._n 24._o 36._o into_o those_o thing_n they_o desire_v to_o look_v that_o they_o may_v know_v they_o into_o other_o thing_n that_o they_o do_v know_v they_o desire_v also_o to_o look_v that_o they_o may_v delight_v themselves_o in_o behold_v the_o glory_n of_o god_n as_o it_o be_v in_o a_o glass_n use_v this_o may_v serve_v to_o admonish_v we_o never_o to_o be_v weary_a of_o search_v into_o these_o holy_a mystery_n whether_o it_o be_v in_o hear_v the_o word_n of_o god_n in_o public_a or_o in_o read_v and_o meditate_v upon_o it_o in_o private_a verse_n 13._o wherefore_o gird_v up_o the_o loin_n of_o your_o mind_n be_v sober_a and_o hope_v to_o 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blemish_n and_o without_o spot_n verse_n 20._o who_o very_o be_v fore-ordained_n before_o the_o foundation_n of_o the_o world_n but_o be_v manifest_a in_o these_o last_o time_n for_o you_o verse_n 21._o who_o by_o he_o do_v believe_v in_o god_n that_o raise_v he_o up_o from_o the_o dead_a and_o give_v he_o glory_n that_o your_o faith_n and_o hope_n may_v be_v in_o god_n verse_n 22._o see_v you_o have_v purify_v your_o soul_n in_o obey_v the_o truth_n through_o the_o spirit_n unto_o unfeigned_a love_n of_o the_o brethren_n see_v that_o you_o love_v one_o another_o with_o a_o pure_a heart_n fervent_o verse_n 23._o be_v bear_v again_o not_o of_o corruptible_a seed_n but_o of_o incorruptible_a by_o the_o word_n of_o god_n which_o live_v and_o abide_v for_o ever_o verse_n 24._o for_o all_o flesh_n be_v as_o grass_n and_o all_o the_o glory_n of_o man_n as_o the_o flower_n of_o grass_n the_o grass_n wither_v and_o the_o flower_n thereof_o fall_v away_o verse_n 25._o but_o the_o word_n of_o 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persuasion_n that_o can_v induce_v we_o unto_o sin_n yet_o we_o feel_v such_o little_a spark_n arise_v in_o ourselves_o that_o will_v set_v the_o whole_a man_n on_o fire_n if_o they_o be_v not_o quench_v betimes_o use_v 1_o this_o may_v serve_v for_o instruction_n 1_o to_o refute_v their_o dream_n which_o imagine_v a_o perfection_n in_o this_o present_a life_n 2_o to_o refute_v the_o papist_n who_o say_v that_o concupiscence_n after_o baptism_n be_v not_o formal_o a_o sin_n for_o that_o which_o of_o its_o own_o nature_n produce_v sin_n must_v needs_o have_v the_o nature_n of_o sin_n for_o quâ—le_v effectum_fw-la talis_fw-la causa_fw-la such_o as_o the_o effect_n be_v such_o be_v the_o cause_n 2._o to_o admonish_v we_o diligent_o to_o beware_v not_o only_o of_o outward_a provocation_n that_o may_v lead_v we_o into_o temptation_n but_o also_o of_o ourselves_o and_o our_o own_o heart_n for_o there_o lie_v our_o great_a danger_n doct._n 4._o sin_n do_v not_o consist_v only_o in_o outward_a 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