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declare_v for_o god_n can_v not_o allow_v and_o commend_v they_o that_o honour_v he_o only_o with_o their_o lip_n but_o he_o require_v a_o true_a and_o a_o nigh_o heart_n which_o can_v not_o be_v so_o except_o it_o be_v recover_v by_o this_o shepherd_n this_o shepherd_n xv_o when_o he_o bring_v he_o again_o on_o his_o shoulder_n make_v the_o heart_n full_a of_o hope_n confirm_v it_o with_o the_o holy_a ghost_n so_o that_o now_o he_o may_v call_v bold_o on_o god_n in_o his_o kingdom_n without_o distruste_n he_o may_v earnest_o embrace_v the_o hope_n of_o salvation_n and_o not_o doubt_v to_o bestow_v this_o present_a life_n with_o all_o that_o he_o have_v for_o the_o life_n everlasting_a wherefore_o he_o so_o join_v himself_o with_o his_o shepherd_n that_o he_o be_v only_o disjoin_v from_o he_o in_o that_o that_o he_o be_v not_o yet_o deliver_v from_o the_o body_n of_o sin_n but_o yet_o while_o he_o live_v in_o this_o corporal_a life_n he_o bestow_v himself_o whole_o to_o that_o 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christ_n may_v be_v complete_a &_o whole_a iii._n but_o there_o be_v diverse_a sort_n of_o sinner_n for_o although_o christ_n come_v to_o call_v all_o sinner_n to_o repentance_n yet_o all_o do_v not_o repent_v they_o hear_v the_o word_n with_o their_o ear_n sinner_n but_o they_o change_v nothing_o of_o their_o old_a condition_n and_o manner_n they_o give_v themselves_o to_o their_o own_o sensuality_n and_o pleasure_n and_o declare_v plain_o by_o their_o life_n and_o do_n that_o they_o have_v no_o regard_n of_o eternal_a life_n but_o what_o come_v thereof_o nothing_o else_o but_o that_o although_o they_o be_v on_o christ_n shoulder_n yet_o they_o fall_v of_o again_o &_o begin_v after_o that_o to_o stray_v with_o more_o peril_n than_o ever_o they_o do_v before_o until_o at_o the_o length_n they_o be_v without_o recover_v catch_v in_o the_o devilles_n snare_n so_o that_o they_o can_v never_o rid_v themselves_o out_o of_o coveteousnes_n lechery_n and_o of_o ungodlie_a opinion_n god_n 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without_o the_o lust_n thereof_o and_o likewise_o in_o all_o other_o precept_n for_o the_o law_n require_v not_o only_o to_o do_v work_v but_o that_o the_o heart_n also_o be_v pure_a and_o agreeable_a in_o all_o point_n to_o god_n word_n and_o law_n but_o thou_o will_v say_v where_o may_v such_o a_o heart_n be_v find_v uere_o neither_o i_o neither_o thou_o have_v it_o in_o store_n for_o we_o see_v how_o soon_o we_o fall_v into_o wroth_a and_o how_o soon_o also_o sensuality_n rise_v in_o our_o heart_n yea_o otherwise_o then_o we_o think_v or_o will_v yea_o and_o where_o we_o purpose_v the_o contrary_a and_o hate_v our_o self_n therefore_o what_o must_v be_v do_v then_o we_o have_v not_o such_o perfect_a rightuousnes_n and_o a_o clean_a heart_n and_o yet_o we_o hear_v the_o sentence_n require_v that_o the_o phariseis_n rightuousnes_n have_v no_o place_n in_o heaven_n true_o this_o must_v we_o do_v we_o must_v not_o follow_v the_o scribe_n and_o phariseis_n to_o think_v ourselves_o 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