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idle_a person_n cast_v the_o unprofitable_a servant_n into_o utter_a darkness_n where_o shall_v be_v weep_v and_o gnash_v of_o tooth_n mat._n 25.30_o every_o one_o though_o never_o so_o great_a and_o honourable_a stand_v in_o god_n family_n as_o a_o servant_n as_o david_n profess_v himself_o to_o be_v psal_n 116.16_o moses_n be_v faithful_a in_o all_o god_n house_n as_o a_o servant_n and_o servant_n be_v not_o idle_a every_o one_o must_v serve_v in_o some_o particular_a call_v wherein_o he_o must_v abide_v with_o god_n whether_o it_o be_v in_o the_o magistracy_n rule_v with_o god_n 1_o cor._n 7.21_o that_o be_v for_o god_n and_o be_v faithful_a with_o the_o saint_n hos_fw-la 11.12_o and_o so_o he_o must_v be_v a_o servant_n unto_o all_o thus_o as_o david_n he_o may_v serve_v his_o generation_n by_o the_o will_n of_o god_n act_v 13.36_o or_o whether_o it_o be_v in_o the_o ministry_n so_o he_o be_v to_o be_v a_o servant_n of_o jesus_n christ_n thus_o st._n paul_n in_o the_o behalf_n of_o 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myself_o what_o a_o miserable_a wretch_n be_o i_o a_o thousand_o yea_o ten_o thousand_o time_n unhappy_a that_o have_v so_o fond_o deceive_v myself_o oh_o it_o have_v be_v well_o if_o i_o have_v never_o be_v born_n sect_n thirty-nine_o a_o meditation_n in_o put_v off_o our_o clothes_n to_o go_v to_o bed_n 1._o here_o consider_v that_o clothes_n do_v not_o make_v nor_o mar_v a_o man_n the_o body_n cease_v not_o to_o be_v a_o body_n when_o the_o clothes_n be_v put_v off_o that_o the_o body_n may_v take_v its_o rest_n in_o a_o warm_a bed_n so_o it_o be_v not_o the_o body_n that_o make_v a_o man_n animus_fw-la cujusque_fw-la cuique_fw-la it_o be_v the_o mind_n or_o soul_n of_o man_n that_o be_v the_o man._n when_o the_o body_n be_v lay_v aside_o in_o the_o grave_a a_o man_n do_v not_o then_o cease_v to_o be_v but_o his_o soul_n be_v then_o take_v its_o rest_n in_o heaven_n or_o torment_v in_o hell_n death_n be_v not_o a_o annihilation_n of_o a_o man_n but_o only_o a_o dissolution_n 2._o 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death_n make_v he_o to_o rest_v from_o all_o his_o labour_n while_o the_o soul_n be_v in_o the_o body_n it_o be_v absent_a from_o the_o lord_n the_o proper_a rest_n of_o the_o soul_n the_o saint_n everlasting_a habitation_n but_o death_n carry_v lazarus_n into_o abraham_n bosom_n 3._o when_o a_o man_n put_v off_o all_o his_o clothes_n to_o go_v to_o his_o bed_n he_o lie_v not_o down_o naked_a and_o uncovered_a but_o take_v a_o cover_v upon_o he_o thus_o when_o the_o soul_n leave_v the_o body_n it_o lay_v aside_o his_o clothes_n yet_o lie_v not_o he_o without_o a_o cover_v man_n bed_n be_v his_o grave_n and_o the_o earth_n be_v his_o cover_v a_o pious_a man_n may_v think_v upon_o his_o burial_n in_o a_o grave_a as_o a_o chest_n or_o coffer_n wherein_o his_o body_n the_o apparel_n of_o his_o soul_n be_v lay_v up_o till_o the_o morning_n of_o the_o resurrection_n but_o a_o wicked_a man_n may_v think_v on_o it_o as_o a_o dark_a prison_n reserve_v his_o body_n as_o his_o soul_n be_v 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