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so_o free_o proffer_v to_o thou_o a_o little_a ground_n a_o few_o ox_n a_o farm_n a_o wife_n a_o two_o penny_n matter_n a_o play_n nay_o the_o fear_n of_o a_o mock_n a_o scoff_n or_o a_o jeer_n be_v of_o great_a weight_n to_o draw_v thou_o back_o than_o the_o salvation_n of_o thy_o soul_n to_o draw_v thou_o forward_o 7._o and_o thou_o have_v hear_v that_o whosoever_o will_v be_v a_o friend_n of_o the_o world_n be_v the_o enemy_n of_o god_n jam._n 4._o 4._o but_o thou_o regard_v not_o these_o thing_n but_o contrariwise_o rather_o than_o thou_o will_v be_v out_o of_o the_o friendship_n and_o favour_n of_o this_o world_n thou_o will_v sin_v against_o thy_o own_o conscience_n and_o get_v thyself_o inâ—o_o favour_n by_o fawn_v and_o flatter_v of_o the_o world_n yea_o rather_o than_o thou_o will_v go_v without_o it_o thou_o will_v dissemble_v lie_v backbite_v thy_o neighbour_n and_o a_o hundred_o other_o trick_n thou_o will_v have_v 8._o you_o have_v hear_v that_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n be_v near_o in_o which_o you_o and_o i_o all_o of_o we_o must_v appear_v before_o the_o tribunal_n of_o jesus_n christ_n and_o there_o be_v make_v to_o give_v a_o account_n to_o he_o that_o be_v ready_a to_o judge_v the_o quick_a and_o the_o dead_a even_o of_o all_o that_o ever_o we_o do_v yea_o of_o all_o our_o sin_n in_o thought_n word_n and_o deed_n and_o shall_v certain_o be_v damn_v for_o they_o too_o if_o we_o close_v not_o in_o with_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n and_o what_o he_o have_v do_v and_o suffer_v for_o eternal_a life_n and_o that_o not_o notional_o or_o traditional_o but_o real_o and_o save_o in_o the_o power_n and_o by_o the_o operation_n of_o the_o spirit_n through_o faith_n eccles._n 11._o 9_o 12._o 14._o heb._n 9_o 27._o act_n 10._o 42_o act_n 17._o 30_o 31._o 2_o cor._n 5._o 10._o rev._n 20._o 12._o and_o i_o see_v the_o dead_a small_a and_o great_a stand_v before_o god_n and_o the_o book_n be_v open_v and_o another_o book_n be_v open_v which_o be_v 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