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delight_v with_o any_o thing_n save_v only_o for_o thy_o sake_n therefore_o let_v thy_o name_n and_o not_o i_o be_v praise_v let_v thy_o work_n and_o not_o i_o be_v extol_v let_v that_o holy_a name_n of_o thou_o be_v so_o praise_v that_o i_o may_v have_v no_o praise_n of_o man_n at_o all_o of_o thou_o will_v i_o boast_v glad_o for_o evermore_o of_o myself_o will_v i_o boast_v nothing_o save_v of_o my_o own_o infirmity_n let_v the_o jew_n desire_v mutual_a glory_n between_o themselves_o i_o will_v study_v for_o that_o which_o do_v only_o make_v for_o god_n sure_o all_o man_n glory_n all_o mortal_a honour_n all_o worldly_a loftiness_n if_o it_o be_v compare_v with_o this_o thy_o everlasting_a glory_n be_v vanity_n &_o foolishness_n oh_o my_o truth_n my_o mercy_n my_o god_n bless_a trinity_n to_o thou_o only_o be_v praise_n strength_n &_o power_n honour_n glory_n world_n without_o end_n amen_n of_o the_o contempt_n of_o mortal_a honour_n the_o xlvi_o chapter_n lord_n son_n think_v it_o no_o matter_n to_o thou_o if_o thou_o see_v other_o honour_v and_o extol_v and_o thyself_o to_o be_v despise_v and_o contemn_v lyfre_v up_o thy_o mind_n unto_o i_o into_o heaven_n and_o so_o shall_v thou_o not_o take_v it_o grievous_o to_o be_v contemn_v of_o man_n in_o this_o world_n servant_n lord_n we_o be_v in_o blindness_n &_o be_v soon_o seduce_v with_o vanity_n if_o i_o look_v right_o upon_o myself_o i_o never_o have_v any_o wrong_n do_v unto_o i_o of_o any_o creature_n whereby_o it_o happen_v that_o i_o have_v no_o cause_n to_o complain_v worthy_o of_o thou_o but_o because_o i_o have_v sin_v against_o thou_o both_o oftentimes_o and_o grievous_o god._n the_o whole_a world_n upon_o good_a cause_n be_v sharp_o set_v against_o i_o therefore_o be_v infamy_n and_o contempt_n due_a unto_o i_o to_o thou_o be_v praise_n honour_n and_o glory_n belong_v and_o except_o i_o so_o fashion_v myself_o to_o be_v despise_v and_o forsake_v of_o all_o man_n and_o take_v it_o quiet_o to_o be_v 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speak_v unto_o do_v soon_o become_v wise_a and_o do_v much_o profit_n in_o the_o spirit_n woe_n be_v to_o they_o that_o seek_v many_o curious_a thing_n at_o man_n and_o pass_v little_a upon_o the_o way_n that_o teach_v to_o serve_v i_o that_o time_n shall_v come_v when_o christ_n the_o master_n of_o master_n the_o lord_n of_o angel_n shall_v appear_v to_o require_v account_n of_o all_o man_n &_o to_o examine_v the_o conscience_n of_o all_o man_n when_o as_o he_o shall_v search_v jerusalem_n throughout_o with_o candlelight_n sun_n and_o those_o thing_n shall_v become_v manifest_a which_o have_v lie_v hide_v in_o darkness_n the_o file_a finenesie_n of_o tongue_n then_o hold_v their_o peace_n i_o be_o he_o the_o in_o one_o moment_n do_v so_o raise_v up_o the_o lowly_a mind_n that_o he_o may_v understand_v more_o reeson_n of_o the_o everlasting_a truth_n than_o another_o shall_v attain_v unto_o even_o with_o ten_o year_n study_n i_o teach_v without_o noise_n of_o word_n without_o peace_n 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be_v he_o who_o thou_o instruct_v and_o trayne_v up_o in_o knowledge_n oh_o lord_n and_o do_v teach_v thy_o law_n that_o thou_o may_v help_v he_o in_o time_n of_o trouble_n that_o he_o perish_v not_o lord_n i_o both_o have_v teach_v the_o prophet_n long_o since_o in_o old_a time_n and_o even_o yet_o also_o now_o do_v not_o cease_v to_o speak_v unto_o all_o man_n howbeit_o many_o be_v deaf_a and_o hard_a heart_a at_o my_o voice_n most_o man_n do_v more_o willing_o hear_v the_o world_n than_o god_n and_o do_v soon_o obey_v the_o appetite_n and_o desire_n of_o their_o own_o flesh_n than_o the_o will_n of_o god_n the_o world_n promise_v but_o temporal_a and_o small_a thing_n and_o yet_o be_v it_o serve_v with_o great_a greediness_n i_o do_v promise_v exceed_a great_a and_o everlasting_a thing_n &_o yet_o be_v the_o heart_n of_o man_n heavy_a and_o dull_a what_o be_v he_o that_o serve_v and_o obey_v i_o in_o all_o thing_n world_n with_o so_o great_a care_n as_o the_o world_n and_o the_o 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