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on_o unto_o perfection_n it_o must_v not_o be_v begin_v only_o and_o continue_v in_o a_o little_a but_o finish_v or_o else_o as_o good_a never_o a_o whit_n as_o never_o the_o better_o as_o in_o a_o race_n you_o must_v run_v to_o the_o end_n of_o it_o and_o come_v timely_a to_o the_o goal_n or_o you_o have_v as_o good_a not_o start_v at_o the_o give_v of_o the_o sign_n you_o know_v the_o reproach_n and_o loss_n that_o builder_n incur_v in_o the_o gospel-parable_n who_o begin_v to_o build_v but_o be_v not_o careful_a to_o finish_v and_o the_o galation_n though_o they_o run_v well_o for_o some_o time_n yet_o because_o they_o give_v over_o and_o make_v a_o unseasonable_a halt_n be_v call_v fool_n and_o compare_v to_o man_n bewitch_v for_o stop_v in_o so_o good_a a_o course_n he_o that_o put_v his_o hand_n to_o the_o plough_n must_v not_o look_v back_o lot_n wife_n go_v out_o of_o sodom_n yet_o she_o never_o reach_v to_o zoar._n christ_n have_v many_o disciple_n who_o walk_v with_o he_o a_o 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