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please_v to_o he_o and_o not_o offensive_a to_o this_o end_n we_o must_v remove_v those_o thing_n which_o be_v displease_v and_o deck_v ourselves_o with_o such_o thing_n as_o he_o do_v delight_n in_o we_o must_v therefore_o tune_v the_o disorder_a string_n of_o our_o sinful_a soul_n &_o labour_n for_o a_o sweet_a consent_n in_o all_o our_o affection_n that_o they_o may_v be_v joint_o fix_v upon_o good_a and_o not_o on_o evil_n &_o that_o there_o may_v be_v as_o little_a discord_n &_o jar_v in_o they_o as_o be_v possible_a while_o we_o continue_v in_o these_o house_n of_o clay_n we_o must_v yet_o proceed_v a_o little_a further_o labour_v with_o all_o our_o power_n to_o cleanse_v our_o soul_n &_o body_n of_o all_o filthiness_n of_o sin_n we_o must_v kill_v the_o spider_n of_o a_o poisonfull_a and_o rancorous_a spirit_n we_o must_v brush_v down_o the_o cobweb_n of_o proud_a and_o haughty_a imagination_n which_o be_v mount_v up_o into_o the_o turret_n of_o the_o head_n and_o cleave_v as_o 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take_v away_o all_o the_o abomination_n out_o of_o all_o his_o country_n so_o let_v we_o by_o true_a repentance_n remove_v all_o our_o sin_n which_o be_v all_o abominable_a out_o of_o all_o the_o corner_n of_o our_o heart_n and_o as_o the_o 29.16.18_o priest_n and_o levit_n cleanse_v all_o the_o house_n of_o god_n and_o bring_v out_o all_o the_o uncleanness_n &_o throw_v it_o into_o kidron_n so_o let_v we_o which_o be_v spiritual_a 1.6_o priest_n in_o god_n spiritual_a temple_n cleanse_v the_o house_n of_o our_o heart_n of_o all_o uncleanness_n of_o our_o sin_n and_o condemn_v and_o cast_v they_o into_o the_o pit_n of_o hell_n that_o sulphirie_n lake_n from_o whence_o they_o come_v that_o so_o the_o work_n of_o the_o devil_n be_v dissolve_v &_o himself_o eject_v he_o may_v be_v past_o all_o hope_n of_o future_a entrance_n and_o recovery_n of_o his_o former_a hold_n that_o howsoever_o he_o may_v look_v in_o at_o the_o door_n or_o peep_v in_o at_o the_o window_n by_o his_o tentation_n 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achieve_v his_o hard_a and_o weighty_a work_n he_o take_v david_n from_o the_o 68.70_o sheepfold_n and_o change_v his_o shepherd_n staff_n into_o a_o kingly_a sceptre_n he_o take_v amos_n from_o the_o 7.15_o flock_n and_o make_v he_o his_o prophet_n he_o make_v 19_o peter_n and_o andrew_n of_o fisherman_n to_o become_v fisher_n of_o man_n paul_n say_v that_o he_o and_o his_o 4.9.13_o fellow-apostle_n be_v the_o gaze_a stock_n of_o the_o world_n and_o as_o filth_n and_o ofskour_n yet_o be_v they_o the_o lord_n 20._o ambassador_n god_n have_v choose_v they_o to_o be_v his_o labourer_n and_o have_v set_v they_o about_o a_o honourable_a and_o weighty_a piece_n of_o service_n he_o have_v 5.18_o give_v they_o the_o word_n of_o reconciliation_n he_o set_v they_o to_o plant_v his_o church_n to_o supplant_v the_o synagogue_n of_o satan_n to_o collect_v the_o disperse_a sheep_n of_o christ_n to_o dispel_v the_o wolf_n which_o seek_v to_o kill_v they_o and_o to_o save_v they_o from_o the_o fox_n 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