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nay_o whensoever_o we_o have_v occasion_n they_o be_v our_o most_o obedient_a and_o faithful_a servant_n but_o man_n to_o man_n for_o the_o great_a part_n be_v either_o a_o very_a fierce_a enemy_n and_o so_o the_o worst_a of_o wild_a beast_n or_o else_o a_o very_a false_a friend_n the_o worst_a of_o tame_a one_o §_o 6._o so_o far_o therefore_o as_o we_o be_v man_n i_o think_v our_o first_o and_o great_a head_n be_v to_o be_v take_v for_o ourselves_o against_o ourselves_o not_o for_o this_o reason_n only_o because_o we_o love_v ourselves_o most_o and_o so_o be_v most_o apt_a to_o deceive_v ourselves_o the_o devil_n common_o use_v we_o as_o the_o empress_n agrippina_n her_o husband_n claudius_n whilst_o she_o poison_v that_o dish_n with_o which_o she_o know_v he_o be_v most_o delight_v and_o on_o which_o he_o be_v likely_a to_o make_v the_o plentifull_a meal_n but_o withal_o because_o the_o soul_n like_o the_o eye_n of_o man_n be_v least_o of_o all_o able_a to_o see_v itself_o 778._o 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all_o evil_a our_o three_o care_n must_v be_v that_o in_o the_o management_n of_o our_o abstinence_n we_o be_v wise_a and_o prudent_a as_o well_o as_o impartial_a and_o sincere_a which_o be_v not_o only_o a_o very_a laudable_a but_o in_o one_o respect_n at_o least_o a_o very_a needful_a qualification_n for_o we_o know_v it_o be_v very_o needful_a that_o we_o be_v innocent_a as_o dove_n which_o we_o can_v very_o hardly_o be_v unless_o we_o be_v wise_a also_o as_o serpent_n i_o mean_v so_o wise_a as_o to_o abstain_v from_o those_o indifferent_a sort_n of_o good_a which_o be_v incentives_n and_o occasion_n and_o introductory_n to_o evil_a this_o we_o learn_v from_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o here_o it_o be_v take_v by_o our_o translator_n in_o its_o second_o signification_n abstain_v not_o only_o from_o all_o the_o sort_n but_o over_z and_o above_z from_o all_o the_o appearance_n of_o evil_a not_o only_o from_o the_o kind_n but_o occasion_n of_o it_o and_o these_o i_o 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