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be_v perfect_o give_v up_o themselves_o to_o the_o devil_n service_n and_o to_o toil_n and_o drudge_n in_o it_o as_o his_o great_a slave_n and_o as_o his_o disciple_n to_o devote_v themselves_o to_o he_o and_o become_v swear_v votary_n to_o hell_n and_o wickedness_n and_o declare_v themselves_o champion_n and_o defender_n of_o his_o cause_n and_o interest_n against_o god_n and_o religion_n it_o be_v strange_a that_o human_a nature_n shall_v be_v deprave_v and_o corrupt_v to_o these_o degree_n but_o we_o see_v too_o many_o example_n of_o it_o in_o the_o world_n and_o we_o see_v too_o what_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o it_o namely_o man_n being_n so_o strange_o harden_v and_o blind_v by_o their_o sin_n and_o have_v their_o reason_n and_o understanding_n and_o all_o the_o faculty_n of_o their_o mind_n so_o horrible_o corrupt_v and_o deprave_v by_o they_o 3._o from_o what_o have_v be_v say_v i_o shall_v make_v the_o follow_a remark_n and_o observation_n 1._o i_o observe_v from_o hence_o that_o 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no_o root_n to_o grow_v upon_o and_o the_o more_o those_o capacity_n be_v enlarge_v and_o extend_v and_o have_v agreeable_a object_n to_o fill_v and_o entertain_v they_o the_o great_a be_v the_o happiness_n of_o it_o the_o low_a creature_n that_o have_v sense_n have_v very_o small_a capacity_n and_o their_o enjoyment_n be_v very_o little_a the_o more_o we_o rise_v in_o the_o scale_n of_o being_n the_o capacity_n be_v great_a till_o we_o come_v to_o the_o all-perfect_a be_v we_o have_v bedy_o capacity_n the_o same_o with_o the_o brute_n which_o can_v partake_v of_o such_o bodily_a pleasure_n as_o they_o do_v but_o these_o be_v very_o little_a and_o narrow_a and_o confine_v to_o few_o thing_n and_o a_o short_a time_n we_o have_v much_o high_a capacity_n even_o like_o god_n himself_o whereby_o we_o take_v in_o all_o the_o truth_n that_o can_v be_v know_v and_o all_o the_o good_a that_o can_v be_v enjoy_v and_o hoard_v up_o these_o immortal_a treasure_n in_o our_o mind_n and_o in_o the_o 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object_n the_o more_o happiness_n and_o perfection_n satisfaction_n and_o enjoyment_n it_o must_v have_v and_o this_o will_v be_v its_o eternal_a heaven_n when_o we_o shall_v be_v as_o like_o god_n as_o we_o can_v be_v and_o equal_a to_o the_o angel_n in_o the_o proper_a perfection_n of_o our_o rational_a nature_n advance_v to_o the_o high_a degree_n and_o the_o most_o unspeakable_a enjoyment_n and_o satisfaction_n 2._o vice_n be_v the_o great_a corruption_n and_o depravation_n of_o the_o mind_n and_o therefore_o be_v our_o great_a misery_n it_o sink_v and_o impair_v the_o faculty_n decay_n and_o weaken_v the_o mind_n as_o a_o disease_n do_v the_o body_n and_o fill_v it_o general_o like_o that_o with_o pain_n and_o uneasiness_n as_o be_v contrary_a to_o its_o natural_a frame_n and_o to_o its_o proper_a and_o regular_a operation_n virtue_n be_v the_o vigour_n and_o health_n the_o soundness_n and_o right_a constitution_n of_o the_o soul_n the_o spiritual_a life_n which_o religion_n and_o god_n grace_n will_v advance_v it_o to_o but_o vice_n and_o wickedness_n be_v the_o spiritual_a death_n of_o it_o both_o in_o the_o language_n of_o the_o scripture_n and_o of_o the_o best_a philosopher_n of_o old_a their_o manner_n and_o custom_n of_o set_v a_o coffin_n in_o the_o place_n of_o he_o that_o have_v leave_v the_o school_n and_o precept_n of_o virtue_n be_v speak_v the_o same_o thing_n in_o emblem_n and_o figure_n with_o the_o scripture_n expression_n of_o be_v dead_a in_o trespass_n and_o sin_n the_o loss_n of_o the_o soul_n be_v just_o account_v so_o great_a a_o one_o as_o the_o gain_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n will_v not_o compensate_a what_o shall_v it_o profit_v a_o man_n say_v our_o saviour_n to_o gain_v the_o whole_a world_n and_o lose_v his_o own_o soul_n matth._n 16.26_o