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dardanidum_fw-la and_o then_o after_o our_o many_o grievous_a stroke_n and_o wound_n receive_v we_o shall_v bleed_v at_o the_o heart_n and_o breath_n out_o our_o last_o gasp_n wherefore_o let_v there_o be_v no_o tinder_n of_o malice_n in_o our_o heart_n ready_a to_o take_v fire_n upon_o the_o fly_n of_o the_o least_o spark_n into_o it_o oh_o let_v we_o endeavour_v by_o all_o friendly_a office_n so_o to_o endear_v ourselves_o to_o our_o brethren_n be_v member_n one_o of_o another_o nay_o which_o be_v more_o be_v member_n of_o christ_n jesus_n and_o so_o fasten_v all_o natural_a and_o civil_a tie_n by_o religious_a obligation_n that_o we_o always_o keep_v the_o unity_n of_o the_o spirit_n in_o the_o bond_n of_o peace_n remember_v oh_o remember_v how_o that_o our_o father_n be_v the_o god_n of_o peace_n our_o bless_a saviour_n be_v the_o prince_n of_o peace_n our_o comforter_n be_v the_o spirit_n of_o peace_n and_o love_n god_n who_o be_v love_n and_o of_o his_o love_n have_v beget_v we_o love_v nothing_o more_o in_o his_o child_n of_o love_n than_o the_o mutual_a and_o brotherly_a love_n of_o his_o child_n one_o unto_o the_o other_o oh_o let_v we_o harken_v to_o the_o counsel_n of_o our_o wise_a and_o bless_a saviour_n matth._n 23._o 23.8_o you_o be_v all_o brethren_n love_v therefore_o as_o brethren_n be_v pitiful_a be_v courteous_a not_o render_v evil_a for_o evil_n nor_o rail_v for_o rail_v but_o contrariwise_o blessing_n know_v that_o you_o be_v thereunto_o call_v that_o you_o shall_v inherit_v a_o blessing_n here_o we_o see_v what_o our_o redeemer_n will_v have_v we_o to_o be_v beam_n of_o the_o same_o sun_n meet_v in_o the_o same_o centre_n of_o brotherly_a love_n but_o where_o be_v our_o obedience_n we_o turn_v the_o adder_n ear_n to_o our_o christ_n and_o his_o counsel_n and_o in_o the_o serpent_n we_o contend_v how_o we_o may_v poison_v and_o sting_v one_o the_o other_o most_o if_o foreigner_n can_v put_v on_o the_o bowel_n of_o pity_o and_o sigh_v to_o see_v brethren_n struggle_v in_o the_o same_o womb_n than_o native_n may_v weep_v when_o all_o the_o true_a family_n of_o love_n shall_v seem_v to_o be_v extinct_a in_o saint_n luke_n gospel_n christ_n demand_v this_o question_n â—_z when_o the_o son_n of_o man_n come_v shall_v he_o find_v faith_n upon_o the_o earth_n may_v he_o not_o rather_o demand_v shall_v he_o find_v love_n on_o the_o earth_n for_o the_o great_a part_n of_o man_n as_o if_o they_o have_v be_v baptise_v in_o the_o water_n of_o strife_n be_v in_o continual_a fret_n vex_n quarrel_n schism_n and_o faction_n martial_n write_v of_o two_o brother_n between_o who_o there_o be_v never_o any_o contention_n but_o this_o who_o shall_v die_v not_o who_o shall_v kill_v one_o for_o the_o other_o 1._o nobilis_fw-la haec_fw-la esset_fw-la pietatis_fw-la rixa_fw-la duobus_fw-la quod_fw-la pro_fw-la fratre_fw-la mori_fw-la vellet_fw-la uterque_fw-la prio_fw-la let_v these_o salamander_n which_o live_v perpetual_o in_o the_o fire_n of_o 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1.6_o eccles._n 1._o vanity_n of_o vanity_n all_o be_v vanity_n and_o worse_a too_o vexation_n of_o spirit_n in_o the_o end_n the_o good_a spirit_n sum_v up_o all_o fear_v god_n and_o keep_v his_o commandment_n now_o when_o his_o soul_n be_v settle_v upon_o his_o god_n and_o his_o commandment_n it_o be_v at_o peace_n and_o rest_n so_o then_o as_o we_o say_v before_o let_v the_o soul_n be_v try_v in_o all_o the_o fortune_n and_o condition_n in_o the_o world_n and_o it_o will_v rest_v in_o nothing_o till_o it_o come_v to_o its_o god_n god_n then_o be_v the_o object_n upon_o which_o our_o soul_n shall_v be_v set_v we_o shall_v always_o have_v a_o eye_n to_o god_n labour_v to_o approve_v ourselves_o to_o he_o that_o our_o soul_n may_v rest_v with_o he_o that_o we_o may_v enjoy_v the_o light_n of_o his_o countenance_n here_o and_o the_o fullness_n and_o brightness_n of_o his_o glory_n hereafter_o thus_o by_o body_n be_v mean_v body_n and_o soul_n especial_o as_o we_o have_v hear_v the_o 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god_n that_o she_o may_v be_v breathe_v out_o prayer_n to_o he_o and_o praise_n of_o he_o in_o return_n of_o his_o mercy_n take_v notice_n of_o solomon_n advice_n remember_v thy_o creator_n say_v he_o in_o the_o day_n of_o youth_n that_o be_v begin_v betimes_o hold_v on_o and_o never_o be_v weary_a of_o this_o therefore_o this_o shall_v be_v a_o thing_n that_o we_o shall_v often_o enure_v ourselves_o unto_o not_o to_o put_v the_o thought_n of_o god_n from_o we_o or_o to_o think_v they_o be_v too_o sad_a and_o serious_a and_o so_o to_o account_v they_o as_o unwelcome_a guest_n but_o we_o shall_v rather_o often_o bathe_v ourselves_o in_o these_o sweet_a thought_n in_o meditation_n and_o remembrance_n of_o god_n this_o be_v one_o part_n and_o faculty_n of_o the_o soul_n faculty_n 2_o there_o be_v a_o act_n of_o the_o will_n and_o affection_n viz._n desire_n which_o be_v a_o other_o part_n and_o faculty_n of_o the_o soul_n a_o true_a desire_n be_v one_o of_o the_o sweet_a act_n of_o the_o 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