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commandment_n which_o i_o command_v you_o 15._o john_n 15._o that_o you_o love_v one_o another_o even_o as_o i_o have_v love_v you_o as_o if_o he_o shall_v have_v say_v although_o you_o have_v all_o knowledge_n and_o skill_n all_o mystery_n if_o there_o be_v want_v fidelity_n and_o charity_n it_o profit_v nothing_o for_o it_o be_v say_v of_o balaamâ—_n that_o he_o be_v endow_v with_o so_o pierce_a and_o subtle_a a_o wit_n and_o reason_n that_o he_o foresee_v those_o thing_n which_o god_n many_o hundred_o year_n afterward_o bring_v to_o pass_v and_o manifest_v but_o this_o profit_v he_o nothing_o because_o as_o he_o ought_v he_o do_v not_o faithful_o in_o love_n adhere_v to_o the_o truth_n know_v thus_o much_o shall_v suffice_v for_o the_o first_o point_n 2_o the_o second_o point_n be_v this_o namely_o that_o he_o be_v free_a from_o and_o total_o deliver_v from_o self_n which_o notwithstanding_o will_v never_o seem_v so_o to_o he_o but_o rather_o he_o will_v always_o think_v that_o he_o 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require_v of_o he_o and_o what_o he_o will_v have_v he_o to_o do_v and_o cheerful_o rely_v upon_o divine_a grace_n perform_v it_o and_o satisfy_v divine_a expectation_n but_o not_o in_o the_o least_o what_o ever_o from_o thence_o arrogate_v to_o himself_o any_o thing_n 7_o seventlhy_n that_o continual_o without_o intermission_n he_o conform_v himself_o to_o divine_a will_n so_o as_o that_o he_o will_v nothing_o else_o but_o what_o god_n will_v 8_o eight_o that_o he_o will_v so_o strong_o and_o powerful_o work_v and_o excercise_n himself_o in_o god_n and_o by_o and_o immense_a force_n strong_a band_n of_o love_n so_o bound_v and_o unite_v himself_o to_o he_o that_o god_n may_v not_o as_o it_o be_v do_v any_o thing_n in_o himself_o without_o he_o nor_o he_o likewise_o perform_v any_o thing_n without_o god_n 9_o nine_o that_o in_o all_o thing_n which_o shall_v happen_v to_o he_o whether_o they_o be_v pleasant_a or_o bitter_a yea_o in_o every_o work_n in_o every_o performance_n in_o every_o place_n at_o all_o time_n he_o enjoy_v sensible_o divine_a presence_n 10_o ten_o that_o he_o receive_v nothing_o at_o all_o whether_o it_o be_v grateful_a or_o grievous_a as_o from_o the_o hand_n of_o any_o creature_n but_o all_o thing_n naked_o and_o simple_o as_o from_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n whatever_o god_n shall_v do_v or_o permit_v to_o be_v do_v by_o creature_n he_o receive_v it_o not_o otherways_o then_o as_o from_o god_n himself_o 11_o the_o eleven_o point_n be_v this_o that_o he_o never_o suffer_v himself_o to_o be_v in_o any_o measure_n overcome_v or_o take_v with_o a_o natural_a delight_n or_o savour_n of_o any_o creature_n without_o true_a and_o accountable_a necessity_n 12_o the_o twelve_o point_n be_v this_o that_o neither_o he_o be_v to_o much_o depress_v or_o overwhelm_v nor_o immoderate_o vex_v or_o inward_o grieve_v with_o any_o whatever_o adversity_n which_o may_v happen_v to_o he_o from_o the_o truth_n but_o always_o constant_o adhere_v to_o the_o truth_n 13_o the_o thirteen_o point_n that_o he_o suffer_v not_o himself_o to_o be_v deceive_v by_o any_o false_a light_n or_o by_o any_o glister_a show_n of_o any_o creature_n but_o cheerful_o and_o love_o leave_v all_o thing_n as_o he_o find_v they_o make_v the_o best_a of_o every_o thing_n and_o contend_v earnest_o to_o be_v make_v the_o better_a by_o every_o thing_n and_o by_o nothing_o to_o be_v make_v worse_a 14_o the_o fourteen_o point_n that_o he_o be_v always_o upon_o his_o guard_n sufficient_o provide_v of_o and_o arm_v with_o all_o sort_n of_o virtue_n to_o resist_v all_o vice_n whatsoever_o that_o so_o he_o may_v never_o be_v otherways_o then_o conqueror_n and_o in_o all_o conflict_n bear_v away_o the_o palm_n of_o victory_n 15_o the_o fifteen_o point_n that_o he_o naked_o endeavour_v to_o understand_v and_o contemplate_v so_o far_o as_o god_n permit_v and_o he_o be_v able_a truth_n as_o it_o be_v in_o itself_o and_o according_a to_o it_o lead_v his_o life_n and_o study_v to_o satisfy_v and_o answer_v the_o know_a truth_n in_o every_o thing_n 16_o the_o sixteenth_o point_n that_o he_o be_v perfect_a just_a and_o upright_o and_o that_o he_o esteem_v himself_o nothing_o less_o than_o so_o 17_o the_o seventeen_o point_n that_o he_o be_v spare_v in_o word_n yet_o full_a of_o inward_a vigour_n and_o life_n 18_o the_o eighteen_o point_n that_o his_o life_n be_v faithful_a retire_a humble_a which_o by_o a_o good_a example_n rather_o than_o word_n may_v preach_v to_o all_o and_o speak_v by_o do_v 19_o the_o nineteenth_o point_n that_o he_o suffer_v himself_o willing_o to_o be_v overcome_v by_o all_o which_o contend_v with_o he_o and_o that_o in_o all_o thing_n which_o belong_v to_o himself_o but_o not_o in_o thing_n which_o concern_v god_n 20_o the_o twenty_o point_n that_o above_o all_o thing_n he_o seek_v the_o glory_n of_o god_n and_o aim_v at_o and_o intend_v nothing_o else_o in_o all_o his_o action_n 21_o the_o twenty_o first_o point_n that_o he_o rejoice_v 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