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he_o not_o for_o his_o heart_n be_v not_o right_a with_o god_n he_o be_v a_o dissembler_n greedy_a and_o unfaithful_a person_n which_o set_v his_o heart_n and_o mind_n upon_o earthly_a thing_n always_o despise_v god_n word_n and_o follow_v his_o own_o tentation_n which_o thing_n be_v evident_a in_o this_o that_o he_o have_v no_o cause_n only_o of_o a_o wilful_a heart_n and_o through_o the_o temptation_n of_o the_o serpent_n murder_v his_o own_o brother_n whereby_o he_o have_v obtain_v to_o be_v the_o arch-father_n of_o all_o murderer_n which_o persecute_v and_o murder_v the_o seed_n of_o god_n that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o true_a believer_n only_o for_o their_o faith_n sake_n thus_o become_v abel_n the_o first_o martyr_n and_o instrument_n of_o god_n and_o of_o christ_n in_o the_o holy_a church_n devil_n for_o these_o two_o brethren_n have_v set_v forth_o before_o we_o the_o whole_a battle_n and_o strife_n which_o the_o world_n the_o city_n of_o the_o devil_n the_o child_n and_o 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thy_o neighbour_n as_o thyself_o the_o commandment_n be_v these_o thou_o shall_v honour_v father_n and_o mother_n thou_o shall_v not_o kill_v thou_o shall_v not_o break_v wedlock_n thou_o shall_v not_o steal_v thou_o shall_v bear_v no_o false_a witness_n thou_o shall_v not_o lâ—st_o in_o all_o these_o commandment_n be_v comprehend_v all_o that_o serve_v for_o a_o godly_a life_n and_o that_o any_o where_o be_v write_v of_o god_n of_o true_a serve_v of_o god_n and_o of_o right_a virtue_n towards_o this_o world_n who_o so_o now_o do_v well_o ponder_v these_o ten_o chapter_n or_o commandment_n thing_n and_o compare_v they_o to_o the_o do_n and_o work_n of_o the_o holy_a patriarch_n and_o old_a father_n which_o have_v no_o law_n in_o writing_n he_o shall_v find_v that_o the_o lord_n now_o with_o this_o his_o write_a law_n begin_v no_o new_a thing_n neither_o aught_o that_o be_v not_o afore_o in_o the_o world_n but_o rather_o renew_v the_o old_a and_o the_o law_n that_o he_o hitherto_o 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