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and_o be_v perfect_a that_o be_v love_v i_o altogether_o set_v your_o affection_n on_o none_o but_o i_o you_o need_v not_o go_v unto_o the_o creature_n all_o be_v in_o i_o if_o the_o creature_n can_v do_v any_o thing_n for_o to_o make_v we_o happy_a and_o not_o god_n than_o we_o may_v step_v out_o to_o it_o but_o the_o creature_n can_v add_v nothing_o to_o it_o god_n only_o be_v all-sufficient_a to_o make_v you_o perfect_v every_o way_n though_o the_o creature_n be_v use_v by_o god_n as_o a_o instrument_n yet_o it_o be_v only_a god_n that_o make_v you_o happy_a and_o give_v you_o comfort_n and_o not_o the_o creature_n second_o it_o must_v needs_o be_v so_o because_o of_o the_o vanity_n and_o emptiness_n of_o the_o creature_n it_o can_v do_v nothing_o but_o as_o it_o be_v command_v by_o god_n he_o be_v the_o lord_n of_o host_n 59.5_o who_o command_v all_o the_o creature_n as_o the_o general_n do_v his_o army_n a_o man_n have_v the_o creature_n to_o help_v he_o it_o be_v by_o virtue_n 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