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the_o body_n as_o this_o to_o death_n of_o the_o soul_n live_v among_o god_n people_n and_o where_o god_n word_n be_v pure_o preach_v for_o there_o be_v the_o pure_a air_n psal._n 16._o 3._o all_o my_o delight_n be_v in_o the_o saint_n excel_v in_o virtue_n four_o to_o preserve_v health_n physician_n prescribe_v the_o use_n of_o 4._o good_a exercise_n the_o beâ—â—â—ercises_n to_o use_v for_o the_o health_n of_o the_o soul_n 〈◊〉_d be_v hear_v and_o read_v of_o god_n word_n pray_v also_o and_o meditate_v when_o thou_o be_v alone_o with_o conference_n of_o good_a thing_n in_o company_n these_o be_v notable_a help_n to_o bring_v thou_o through_o weakness_n and_o keep_v thy_o soul_n in_o good_a plight_n health_n and_o chearfulnesse_n fjnjs_fw-la 2._o cor._n 6._o 4._o judas_n 19_o 2_o tim._n 2._o 4._o amos_n 6._o 6._o 1._o sam._n 15._o 30._o occasion_n of_o the_o word_n sum_z of_o they_o part_n three_o duty_n these_o belong_v to_o all_o 1._o 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nimirùm_fw-la in_o libertate_fw-la nostra_fw-la nobis_fw-la relinquens_fw-la utrùm_fw-la amplecti_fw-la maluerimus_fw-la jansen_n in_o loc_n the_o text_n make_v not_o for_o freewill_n 1_o 2._o note_n of_o a_o disciple_n of_o christ._n 1._o respect_n to_o the_o word_n and_o dependence_n on_o it_o 2._o mat._n 4._o 22._o &_o 23._o 8._o joh._n 6_o 68_o respect_n to_o christ_n &_o dependence_n on_o he_o alone_o 3._o attendance_n and_o obedience_n to_o he_o joh._n 15._o 14._o melius_fw-la est_fw-la habere_fw-la paucos_fw-la discipulos_fw-la quam_fw-la mulios_fw-la auditores_fw-la thriv_n apoph_n 105._o luk._n 6._o 46._o 4._o mat._n 9_o 15._o john_n 16._o 6._o joy_n in_o he_o or_o mourn_v after_o he_o cant._n 5._o 6._o inaudita_fw-la est_fw-la dilectio_fw-la quae_fw-la amicum_fw-la diligit_fw-la &_o prâ—sentiam_fw-la ejus_fw-la non_fw-la amat_fw-la cassiod_n in_o psal._n 18._o 5._o make_v disciple_n win_v other_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mat._n 2d_o 19_o scimuo_fw-la quòd_fw-la viri_fw-la isti_fw-la nec_fw-la sibi_fw-la vixére_n nec_fw-la sibi_fw-la sunt_fw-la mortui_fw-la sed_fw-la ei_fw-la qui_fw-la pro_fw-la ipsis_fw-la mortuus_fw-la est_fw-la magis_fw-la autem_fw-la nobis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la propter_fw-la illum_fw-la bern._n serm_n petr._n &_o paul_n 1_o joh._n 2._o 6._o phil._n 1._o 20._o 6._o love_n of_o the_o brethren_n a_o special_a badge_n of_o a_o true_a christian_a gal._n 5._o 6._o hâ—b_n 2._o 4._o 2_o cor._n 5._o 7._o eph._n 5._o 2._o rejection_n of_o they_o that_o want_v it_o 1._o john_n 8._o 44._o 2._o eph._n 4._o 3._o gal._n 5._o 22._o jam_fw-la 4._o 5._o john_n 9_o 28._o 2_o tim._n 3._o 8._o 3._o isa._n 11._o 6._o 7._o 8._o gal._n 6._o 10._o john_n 4._o 9_o 4._o niltam_n commendat_fw-la christianam_fw-la animam_fw-la quam_fw-la misericordia_fw-la ambr._n offic_n l._n 1._o cap._n 11._o joh._n 13._o 34._o col._n 3._o 14._o the_o first_o duty_n and_o note_n of_o a_o disciple_n four_o thing_n in_o it_o i._o what_o be_v mean_v by_o one_o self_n 1._o outward_a thing_n 2._o what_o inward_a thing_n must_v be_v deny_v 1._o rom._n 8._o 7._o 2._o 3._o 4._o qui_fw-fr depâ—niâ—_n uâ—terem_fw-la hominem_fw-la cum_fw-la operibus_fw-la suis_fw-la abnegat_fw-la sâ—ipsum_fw-la etc._n etc._n hieron_n in_o matth._n 5._o rom._n 14._o 7._o non_fw-la dixit_fw-la neget_fw-la sed_fw-la abneget_fw-la ut_fw-la hac_fw-la adjeâ—â—iunâ—â—la_fw-la plurimum_fw-la addat_fw-la etc._n etc._n greg._n phil._n 3._o 7._o 8._o ii_o the_o difficulty_n of_o this_o duty_n mar._n 9_o 43._o 47._o see_v in_o 3._o thing_n 1._o luk._n 9_o 59_o mat._n 19_o 22_o 1_o cor._n 3._o 18._o job_n 20._o 12._o 2._o 3._o mat._n 19_o 22_o iii_o the_o necessity_n of_o do_v it_o in_o six_o respect_n 1._o si_fw-mi peril_n homo_fw-la amando_fw-la se_fw-la profectò_fw-la invenitur_fw-la negando_fw-la se._n aug._n ser._n 77._o de_fw-la diversis_fw-la 2._o non_fw-la potes_fw-la perfectam_fw-la possidere_fw-la libertatem_fw-la nisi_fw-la totaliter_fw-la abneges_fw-la temetispsum_fw-la de_fw-fr imitat_fw-la christi_fw-la li._n 3._o cap._n 32._o 3._o pro._n 22._o 15._o 4._o mat._n 9_o 12._o &_o 10._o 6._o 5._o mat._n 22._o 37._o 39_o 6._o vigila_fw-la super_fw-la teipsum_fw-la excita_fw-la teipsum_fw-la admone_fw-it teipsum_fw-la &_o quicquid_fw-la de_fw-la aliis_fw-la sit_fw-la non_fw-la negligas_fw-la teipsum_fw-la tantum_n proficies_fw-la quantum_fw-la tibi_fw-la ipsi_fw-la vim_o intuleris_fw-la de_fw-fr imitat_fw-la christi_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 25._o iu_o use._n exhortation_n to_o selfe-deniall_n mischief_n by_o not_o begin_v herein_o fecerunt_fw-la civitates_fw-la dvas_fw-la amores_fw-la duo_fw-la terrenam_fw-la scilicet_fw-la amorsui_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la contemptum_fw-la deiâ—coelestem_fw-la verò_fw-la amor_fw-la dei_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la contemptum_fw-la svi_fw-la aug._n the_o civ_o dei_fw-la l._n 14._o 2._o eph._n 2._o 2._o 3._o 4._o act._n 19_o 24._o 5._o 2_o tim._n 3._o 4._o 6._o qui_fw-la leviter_fw-la ac_fw-la desunctoriè_fw-la ad_fw-la pietatis_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la accesserunt_fw-la exaruerunt_fw-la naz._n orat_fw-la 3._o quoâ—usquisque_fw-la haec_fw-la adimplevit_fw-la sed_fw-la quae_fw-la penes_fw-la homines_fw-la difficilia_fw-la penes_fw-la deum_fw-la facilia_fw-la tert._n the_o idol_n c._n 12._o help_v to_o further_o this_o difficult_a duty_n 1._o luk._n 11._o 13._o isa._n 44._o 3._o 2._o 3._o self-deniall_n the_o first_o &_o continue_a act_n of_o a_o christian._n pensemâ—s_fw-la quomodo_fw-la paulus_n se_fw-la abvegaverat_fw-la qui_fw-la dicebat_fw-la vivo_fw-la autem_fw-la jam_fw-la non_fw-la ego_fw-la extinctus_fw-la quip_n suerat_fw-la sevus_fw-la ille_fw-la persecutor_n et_fw-la vivere_fw-la coeperat_fw-la pius_fw-la praedicator_n greg._n in_o evang_v hom_n 32._o 4._o preservative_n against_o pride_n which_o hinder_v selfe-deniall_n 1._o 2._o 3._o 4._o 5._o also_o against_o distrustfulnes_n which_o hinder_v it_o 1_o 2._o mat._n 6._o 33._o 3._o gen._n 22._o 14_o 1_o sam._n 17._o 37._o encouragement_n to_o this_o harsh_a work_n of_o selfe-deniall_n 1._o 2._o nil_fw-la i_o juvabunt_fw-la fine_n mundi_fw-la nec_fw-la regna_fw-la huius_fw-la seculi_fw-la melius_fw-la est_fw-la wehee_v emori_fw-la propter_fw-la jesum_fw-la christum_fw-la quam_fw-la imperare_fw-la finibusterrae_fw-la ignat._n ad_fw-la rom._n psal._n 120._o 5._o 6._o 3._o heb._n 11._o 25._o 26._o gen._n 22._o 16_o mat._n 19_o 27._o heb._n 13._o 12._o 13._o rev._n 12._o 11_o ignis_fw-la crux_fw-la &_o diaboti_fw-la tormenta_fw-mi in_o i_o veniant_fw-la tantummodo_fw-la ut_fw-la jesum_fw-la nanciscar_fw-la â—dem_fw-la ibid._n 4._o 5._o siâ—_n olerum_fw-la plâ—lae_fw-la traâ—sponuntur_fw-la ut_fw-la proficiaeu_fw-la unde_fw-la enin_n videnturâ—ii_fw-la perdidsse_fw-la quod_fw-la craft_n inde_fw-la incipiunt_fw-la apparere_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la erant_fw-la greg._n ubi_fw-la supr_n note_n of_o one_o that_o deny_v himself_o 1._o 2_o cor._n 5._o 14._o 2._o phil._n 4._o 11._o 12._o 3._o four_o thing_n that_o self-deniall_n do_v in_o respect_n of_o the_o word_n regard_v whatever_n god_n teach_v act._n 10._o 33._o love_v it_o all_o even_o reproof_n quarrel_n not_o but_o submit_v suffer_v rather_o than_o the_o truth_n shall_v suffer_v 4._o resignation_n to_o god_n for_o prosperity_n deut._n 8._o 18._o of_o
adversity_n 5._o he_o be_v useful_a to_o other_o though_o enemy_n 6._o he_o can_v live_v by_o faith_n whatever_o mean_v be_v or_o be_v not_o the_o second_o duty_n and_o note_n of_o a_o disciple_n luk._n 9_o 23._o three_o thing_n in_o it_o i._o what_o the_o cross_a iâ—_n ii_o why_o it_o be_v call_v the_o cross_n 1._o 3._o iii_o what_o it_o be_v to_o take_v it_o up_o negative_o reason_n that_o we_o may_v not_o pull_v the_o cross_n on_o ourselves_o 1._o 2._o 3._o 4._o affirmative_o description_n of_o take_v up_o the_o cross_n four_o motive_n why_o it_o must_v be_v take_v up_o daily_o 1._o 2._o 3._o luk._n 22._o 28._o doctr._n 1._o every_o christian_a have_v his_o cross_n reason_n 1._o 2._o dei_fw-la filius_fw-la sustinuit_fw-la ignominiam_fw-la crucis_fw-la &_o tu_fw-la beatos_fw-la putas_fw-la qui_fw-la soelicitaâ—â—â—tius_fw-la seculi_fw-la &_o deliciis_fw-la per_fw-la 〈…〉_z untur_fw-la hieron_n 3._o two_o cause_n of_o the_o cross_n never_o want_v 2._o 4._o sicuâ—_n cibus_fw-la adhaeret_fw-la vast_a in_fw-la quo_fw-la coquitur_fw-la nisi_fw-la amoveatur_fw-la ac_fw-la perditsaporem_fw-la debitum_fw-la debitumque_fw-la colorem_fw-la sic_fw-la cor_fw-la hominis_fw-la adhaeret_fw-la isti_fw-la mundo_fw-la nisi_fw-la amoveatur_fw-la per_fw-la tribulationes_fw-la de_fw-fr contempl_a ver_fw-la pat_o §._o 3._o mat._n 3._o 12._o triticum_fw-la percussum_fw-la de_fw-la palia_fw-la sua_fw-la exiâ—it_fw-la â—oras_fw-la etc._n etc._n chrys._n ibid._n 5._o job_n 1._o 9_o use_v 1_o the_o cross_n no_o sign_n of_o god_n hatred_n use_v 2._o think_v not_o to_o get_v into_o heaven_n without_o cross_n use_v 3_o still_o expect_v the_o cross_n when_o it_o will_v come_v use_v 4._o comfort_n under_o the_o cross_n threefold_a 1._o mat._n 27._o 32_o 2._o 3._o 1_o pet._n 5._o 9_o doctr._n 2._o every_o christian_a must_v take_v up_o his_o cross_n five_o thing_n require_v thereunto_o 1._o job_n 14._o 14._o &_o 3._o 25._o 2._o 3._o 4._o job_n 1._o 22._o 5._o reason_n 1._o mat._n 10._o 29._o 30._o act._n 4._o 27._o joh._n 19_o 11._o 1_o pet._n 4._o 19_o 2._o psa._n 126._o 51_o 3._o this_o duty_n make_v we_o conformable_a to_o christ_n heb._n 12._o 2._o narrat_fw-la 〈◊〉_d vulnera_fw-la mile_n and_o serviceable_a phil._n 2._o 7._o 8._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ignat._n ad_fw-la ephes._n 4._o no_o fear_n of_o be_v overburden_v by_o the_o cross_n heb._n 2._o 17._o 2._o mat._n 27._o 46._o 3._o 5._o present_a use_n &_o future_a issue_n of_o the_o cross_n good_a 1._o 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ignat._n ad_fw-la polycar_n noli_fw-la avendere_fw-la quâ_fw-la iturus_fw-la fis_fw-la sed_fw-la quò_fw-la venturus_fw-la aug._n in_o psal._n 36._o use._n be_v ready_a to_o take_v up_o the_o cross_n daily_o mean_n 1._o 2._o animae_fw-la quior_fw-la esto_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la majorem_fw-la sustinentiam_fw-la accingere_fw-la de_fw-fr imitat_fw-la chr._n l._n 3._o c._n 57_o 3._o heb._n 11._o 26_o so_o ignatius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d epist._n ad_fw-la ephes_n 4._o word_n help_v we_o to_o bear_v the_o cross_n how_o isa._n 12._o 3._o psa._n 119._o 92_o and_o prayer_n the_o three_o duty_n and_o note_n of_o a_o disciple_n three_o thing_n in_o it_o i._o follow_v christ_n in_o his_o holy_a doctrine_n and_o life_n 1_o joh._n 2._o 6._o in_o what_o we_o may_v not_o or_o can_v follow_v he_o 1._o 2._o joh._n 13._o 15._o five_o expression_n of_o his_o piety_n to_o be_v follow_v 1._o 2._o 3._o moses_n ad_fw-la bella_fw-la non_fw-la vadit_fw-la sed_fw-la orat_fw-la et_fw-la tum_fw-la vincit_fw-la israel_n etc._n etc._n hier._n in_o levit._n 1_o tim._n 4._o 4._o 5._o 4._o john_n 2._o 17._o act._n 18._o 14._o 15._o unumquemque_fw-la christianum_fw-la zelus_fw-la dom_n we_o dei_fw-la come_v that_fw-mi v_o c._n vides_fw-la fratrem_fw-la cunere_fw-la ad_fw-la theatrum_fw-la prohibe_fw-la moan_n contristare_fw-la si_fw-la zelus_fw-la domus_fw-la dei_fw-la comeditte_fw-la etc._n etc._n aug_n in_o joh._n trac_fw-la 10_o 5._o four_o expression_n of_o his_o chatity_n 1._o john_n 18._o 6._o 2._o 3._o rom._n 13._o 7._o 1_o sam._n 12._o 3_o 4._o paulus_n procharitate_fw-la christi_fw-la nolâ—it_fw-la habere_fw-la clâ—istum_fw-la hieron_n 1_o cor._n 13._o 5_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ii_o how_o christ_n can_v &_o must_v be_v follow_v 1._o by_o faith_n a_o threefold_a act_n of_o it_o 1._o 2._o 3._o 2._o by_o love_n 2_o cor._n 5._o 14._o gal._n 5._o 6._o 3._o in_o sincerity_n what_o it_o do_v in_o this_o thing_n 1._o 2._o 3._o 4._o with_o constancy_n iii_o motive_n thus_o to_o follow_v christ._n 1._o christiani_n nomen_fw-la ille_fw-la frustra_fw-la sortitur_fw-la qui_fw-la christum_fw-la minimè_fw-la imitatur_fw-la quid_fw-la enim_fw-la tibi_fw-la prodest_fw-la vocari_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la es_fw-la &_o nomen_fw-la usurpare_fw-la alienum_fw-la etc._n etc._n aug_n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la christiana_n 2._o danger_n of_o not_o follow_v christ_n as_o a_o guide_n 1._o 2._o justice_n of_o god_n against_o such_o 3._o great_a safety_n in_o follow_v christ._n 1._o 2._o 3._o 4._o si_fw-mi praecipientem_fw-la sequi_fw-la non_fw-la potes_fw-la sequere_fw-la antecedentem_fw-la sublata_fw-la est_fw-la hoc_fw-la modo_fw-la omnis_fw-la excusatio_fw-la etc._n etc._n lact._n l._n 4._o c._n 24._o confirmation_n of_o the_o former_a doctrine_n by_o three_o argument_n 1._o 2._o 3._o danger_n of_o fail_v in_o those_o duty_n exposition_n save_o life_n in_o a_o good_a sense_n and_o bad_a how_o a_o life_n be_v both_o lose_v &_o save_v 1._o 2._o 3._o see_v cyprian_n de_fw-fr lapsis_fw-la who_o lose_v their_o life_n for_o christ_n sake_n 1._o 2._o martyrdom_n not_o meritorious_a 1._o life_n save_v though_o not_o lose_v how_o 1._o 2._o who_o may_v not_o fly_v in_o persecution_n 1._o 2._o 3._o and_o who_o may_v 1._o luk._n 14._o 28._o 2._o 3._o euseâ—_n l._n 10._o c._n 18._o trip._n hist._n l._n 5._o c._n 3._o doctr._n maintain_v thy_o holy_a profession_n to_o the_o death_n quomodo_fw-la potest_fw-la terrenis_fw-la lachrymis_fw-la flecti_fw-la cujus_fw-la oculi_fw-la coelestem_fw-la gloriam_fw-la contuentur_fw-la reason_n 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ignat_fw-la ad_fw-la polycarp_n 2._o 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ignat._n ad_fw-la ephes._n use._n believe_v this_o doctrine_n and_o obey_v it_o i._o practice_n to_o prepare_v for_o martyrdom_n 2._o ideò_fw-la tam_fw-la pauci_fw-la illuminati_fw-la &_o liberi_fw-la intus_fw-la efflciuntur_fw-la quiaseipsos_fw-la ex_fw-la toto_fw-la abnegarenesciunt_fw-la de_fw-fr imitat_fw-la christi_fw-la l._n 4._o c._n 8._o 2_o tim._n 4._o 10._o 3._o heb._n 11._o 38._o mat._n 7._o 27._o 4._o 5._o 6._o ii_o meditation_n avail_v thereunto_o 1._o 2._o promise_n to_o they_o that_o suffer_v for_o god_n 1._o 2._o 3._o 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d igna._n ad_fw-la polycar_n rev._n 2._o 26._o &_o 3._o 12._o 3._o heb._n 12._o 2._o 2._o argument_n unprofitablenesse_n of_o win_v all_o with_o the_o soul_n loss_n prolepsis_n exposition_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d world_n what_o it_o be_v here_o gain_v of_o the_o world_n what_o gen._n 46._o 27_o bucer_n luk._n 12._o 5._o note_n from_o the_o manner_n of_o propound_v this_o truth_n 1._o note_n preach_v well_o for_o matter_n &_o manner_n reason_n 1._o 2._o isa._n 50._o 4._o use_v 1_o use_v 2._o heb._n 4._o 12._o use_v 3_o 2._o note_n in_o weighty_a matter_n use_v special_a vehemency_n use._n 3._o note_n we_o be_v natural_o addict_v to_o the_o world_n crâ—â—es_n facilius_fw-la saccus_fw-la relinquitur_fw-la quam_fw-la volumas_fw-la si_fw-la vultis_fw-la &_o retinendo_fw-la relinquitis_fw-la use_v 1_o religion_n what_o it_o do_v to_o expel_v covetousness_n 1_o tim._n 6_o 6._o 2._o earthline_v in_o the_o godly_a very_o scandalous_a nonsolùm_fw-la avarus_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la rapit_fw-la aliena_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o ille_fw-la avarus_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la cupidè_fw-la seruat_fw-la sua_fw-la aug._n doctr._n 1._o danger_n by_o earthly_a gain_n to_o lose_v the_o soul_n reason_n 1._o col._n 3._o 5._o jam._n 4._o 4._o 〈◊〉_d psa._n 73._o 27._o peccatum_fw-la avaritiâ—_n mentem_fw-la quum_fw-la infecerit_fw-la ita_fw-la gravem_fw-la reddit_fw-la â—t_a ad_fw-la appetenda_fw-la sublimia_fw-la atâ—olli_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la greg._n moral_a l._n 14._o 2._o sed_fw-la quae_fw-la reverentia_fw-la lâ—gum_fw-la quis_fw-la metus_fw-la aut_fw-la pudor_fw-la est_fw-la unquam_fw-la properantis_fw-la avari_fw-la juven_n sit_v 14._o 3._o luk._n 10._o 41._o 42._o whence_o this_o danger_n come_v 1._o 2._o pro._n 30._o 15._o use_v 1_o covetousness_n a_o sin_n hardly_o note_v &_o confess_v why_o 1._o 2._o 3._o mark_v of_o it_o 1._o 2._o 3._o 4._o 5._o heb._n 13._o 5._o mat._n 6._o 32._o use_v 2._o overjoy_v not_o these_o dangerous_a comfort_n use_v 3_o use_v 4._o how_o to_o avoid_v the_o danger_n of_o earthly_a gain_n 1._o luk._n 169._o 2._o 3._o 4._o psal._n 39_o 12._o doct._n 2._o many_o lose_v their_o soul_n for_o the_o world_n 1._o instance_n &_o proof_n thereof_o 2._o sign_n of_o christ_n undervalue_v for_n the_o wrorld_n 1._o 2._o 3._o mat._n 12._o 34._o psal._n 45._o 1._o speech_n of_o the_o world_n how_o to_o be_v limit_v 1._o 2._o 3._o 3._o