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thing_n we_o much_o accustom_v ourselves_o unto_o they_o will_v at_o length_n plead_v 5._o plead_v see_v chap._n 21._o â—_o 5._o s._n aust_n confess_v 1._o 8._o c._n 5._o say_v i_o be_v bind_v not_o in_o gaoler_n iron_n but_o by_o my_o own_o iron-will_a the_o enemy_n have_v make_v a_o chain_n of_o that_o my_o perverse_a will_n become_v lust_n lust_n serve_v become_v a_o custom_n and_o custom_n let_v alone_o become_v necessity_n in_o a_o chain_n make_v up_o of_o these_o link_n lay_v i_o a_o poor_a and_o miserable_a slave_n to_o sin_n therefore_o give_v the_o water_n no_o passage_n eccles_n 25._o 25._o let_v every_o one_o that_o name_v the_o name_n of_o christ_n stand_v aloof_o off_o from_o iniquity_n 2_o tim._n 2._o 19_o let_v not_o sin_n enter_v the_o first_o door_n of_o sense_n eye_n or_o ear_n or_o etc._n etc._n not_o the_o second_o of_o fancy_n nor_o the_o three_o of_o understanding_n nor_o the_o four_o of_o will_n lest_o it_o
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will_v die_v rather_o than_o deny_v chri_n and_o in_o those_o who_o will_v have_v make_v christ_n a_o king_n john_n 6._o 15._o and_o soon_o after_o rage_v against_o he_o affection_n while_o these_o be_v calm_a and_o unprovoke_v and_o yet_o both_o the_o apprehension_n and_o impression_n quick_o vanish_v upon_o the_o start_n or_o provocation_n of_o contrary_a fancy_n or_o affection_n to_o begin_v with_o observation_n moral_a he_o that_o shall_v have_v see_v alexander_n pheraeus_n 132._o pheraeus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mollissima_fw-la corda_fw-la humano_fw-la generi_fw-la dare_v se_fw-la natura_fw-la fatetur_fw-la quae_fw-la lacrymas_fw-la dedit_fw-la hzec_fw-la nostri_fw-la pars_fw-la optima_fw-la censuâ—_n plorare_fw-la ergo_fw-la jubet_fw-la causam_fw-la lugentis_fw-la amici_fw-la naturae_fw-la imperio_fw-la gemimus_fw-la cum_fw-la sunus_fw-la adultae_fw-la virgin_n occurrit_fw-la aut_fw-la terra_fw-la clauditur_fw-la infans_fw-la juvenal_n sat._n 15._o v._n 132._o 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