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never_o so_o mean_a and_o low_a yet_o if_o his_o part_n advance_v he_o in_o the_o commonwealth_n to_o any_o office_n or_o dignity_n 8._o agnosco_fw-la procerem_fw-la and_o look_v on_o he_o as_o meet_v to_o increase_v the_o number_n of_o the_o gentry_n or_o nobility_n godliness_n as_o it_o be_v say_v of_o the_o crown_n take_v off_o all_o taindour_n of_o blood_n and_o caeteris_fw-la paribus_fw-la make_v any_o birth_n passant_a and_o good_a yea_o godliness_n alone_o have_v a_o crown_n lay_v up_o for_o it_o 8._o hence_o forth_o there_o be_v lay_v up_o for_o i_o a_o crown_n of_o righteousness_n god_n have_v promise_v it_o to_o piety_n and_o he_o that_o have_v promise_v will_v one_o day_n set_v it_o upon_o the_o head_n of_o the_o godly_a and_o be_v set_v on_o there_o it_o shall_v rest_v to_o all_o eternity_n 4._o this_o shall_v make_v the_o child_n of_o god_n careful_a to_o answer_v their_o birth_n and_o to_o walk_v worthy_a of_o the_o lord_n who_o be_v not_o ashamed_a to_o be_v call_v 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