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p._n 297._o s_o 1._o vocation_n supernatural_a to_o solitude_n solace_v by_o god_n p._n 319._o s_o 3._o p._n 320._o s_o 1._o vanity_n do_v true_o captivate_v those_o they_o pretend_v to_o give_v liberty_n p._n 353._o s_o 1._o universal_a change_n may_v comfort_n all_o private_a calamity_n p._n 358._o vanity_n of_o this_o world_n sacrifice_v to_o god_n afford_v a_o sweet_a savour_n p._n 380._o s_o 1._o vocation_n respective_o allow_v more_o or_o less_o application_n to_o the_o world_n p._n 383._o w_n this_o world_n be_v never_o mean_v as_o a_o object_n of_o man_n love_n p._n 377._o s_o 2._o the_o world_n contempt_n be_v ordain_v by_o god_n by_o his_o subject_n all_o thing_n in_o it_o to_o man_n p._n 379._o s_o 2._o the_o world_n easy_o contemnable_a by_o the_o consideration_n of_o christ_n demeanour_n in_o it_o p._n 381._o s_o 1._o woman_n oblige_v especial_o to_o much_o purity_n in_o conversation_n p._n 146._o s_o 2._o word_n equivocal_a wrest_v to_o a_o unclean_a sense_n very_o 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