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it_o how_o can_v i_o do_v that_o which_o be_v against_o the_o duty_n which_o i_o owe_v both_o to_o god_n and_o to_o my_o master_n and_o also_o against_o this_o my_o resist_a and_o reclaim_v conscience_n many_o a_o bad_a servant_n if_o he_o meet_v with_o a_o dame_n or_o a_o mistress_n as_o bad_a as_o his_o self_n will_v not_o say_v how_o shall_v i_o do_v this_o sin_n and_o wickedness_n but_o with_o the_o reprobate_n come_v let_v we_o be_v partaker_n of_o wantonness_n 9_o wisd_v â—_o 9_o let_v we_o enjoy_v the_o pleasure_n that_o be_v present_a let_v we_o leave_v some_o token_n of_o pleasure_n behind_o we_o in_o every_o place_n from_o which_o wicked_a resolution_n and_o unlawful_a love_n there_o grow_v and_o spring_v many_o great_a and_o grievous_a sin_n many_o theft_n and_o adultery_n and_o murder_n the_o dame_n must_v needs_o steal_v from_o her_o husband_n to_o maintain_v her_o man_n to_o feed_v and_o nourish_v in_o they_o their_o unlawful_a lust_n their_o gluttony_n drunkenness_n chamber_v and_o wantonness_n all_o which_o without_o cheer_n and_o charge_n can_v be_v maintain_v but_o will_v wax_v cold_a as_o for_o soul_n adultery_n filthy_a lust_n and_o long_n one_o after_o another_o and_o sin_n that_o cease_v not_o their_o eye_n be_v full_a of_o they_o and_o of_o nothing_o else_o moreover_o by_o these_o evil_a mean_n many_o a_o honest_a and_o innocent_a man_n be_v murder_v i_o mean_v through_o the_o unlawful_a love_n of_o the_o wife_n as_o many_o lamentable_a example_n both_o of_o old_a and_o of_o late_a yea_o as_o the_o prison_n and_o gallose_n can_v testify_v and_o all_o by_o the_o vice_n of_o wicked_a and_o evil_a dispose_v servant_n abraham_n have_v good_a servant_n one_o especial_o who_o in_o the_o scripture_n be_v commend_v 24._o gen._n 24._o for_o his_o fidelity_n in_o seek_v a_o wife_n for_o his_o master_n son_n isaac_n yea_o all_o his_o servant_n be_v good_a and_o obedient_a and_o such_o as_o be_v not_o now_o to_o be_v find_v in_o all_o the_o world_n for_o when_o as_o the_o lord_n have_v command_v he_o to_o circumcise_v himself_o his_o son_n and_o all_o the_o male_a servant_n of_o his_o 17._o gen._n 17._o house_n whether_o bear_v in_o his_o house_n or_o buy_v with_o money_n that_o every_o one_o shall_v be_v circumcise_v that_o be_v have_v the_o foreskin_n of_o his_o flesh_n cut_v off_o round_o abraham_n like_o a_o good_a man_n full_a of_o faith_n and_o obedience_n go_v home_o present_o and_o put_v it_o in_o execution_n out_o of_o hand_n without_o delay_n first_o he_o circumcise_v himself_o be_v ninty_a year_n of_o age_n and_o nine_o than_o his_o young_a son_n ishmael_n but_o thirteen_o year_n old_a next_o and_o immediate_o all_o his_o servant_n who_o as_o the_o text_n faith_n every_o one_o without_o murmur_a or_o resistance_n obey_v the_o will_n of_o god_n and_o their_o master_n 26_o gen._n 17._o 26_o the_o self_n same_o day_n be_v abraham_n circumcise_v and_o ishmael_n his_o son_n and_o all_o the_o man_n of_o his_o house_n and_o this_o if_o you_o mark_v and_o consider_v well_o of_o it_o be_v a_o very_a admirable_a and_o strange_a thing_n not_o only_o that_o abraham_n shall_v so_o soon_o circumcise_v and_o cut_v himself_o and_o his_o son_n of_o who_o he_o have_v power_n but_o chief_o that_o his_o servant_n will_v be_v bring_v so_o quick_o to_o so_o great_a a_o matter_n as_o to_o have_v their_o skin_n cut_v in_o that_o place_n and_o after_o that_o manner_n be_v a_o thing_n not_o only_o exceed_v painful_a but_o very_o strange_a and_o never_o before_o hear_v of_o since_o the_o world_n begin_v they_o have_v no_o scripture_n nor_o law_n so_o to_o command_v they_o no_o example_n so_o to_o show_v they_o and_o therefore_o their_o obedience_n be_v the_o more_o marvellous_a and_o commendable_a that_o they_o will_v so_o speedy_o conform_v and_o resign_v themselves_o and_o their_o will_n to_o the_o will_n of_o god_n and_o their_o master_n in_o a_o matter_n of_o so_o great_a importance_n i_o think_v if_o you_o seek_v all_o 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