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ready_a in_o hope_n to_o be_v delyver_v out_o of_o this_o our_o earthly_a tabernacle_n or_o hostrye_n and_o to_o enjoy_v the_o everla_a inheritance_n howbeit_o yet_o in_o the_o mean_a season_n good_a people_n we_o teach_v not_o as_o do_v these_o anabaptiste_n that_o he_o that_o have_v riches_n shall_v cast_v they_o away_o but_o that_o he_o cleave_v not_o in_o heart_n unto_o they_o like_v as_o other_o place_n of_o holy_a scripture_n do_v teach_v we_o and_o namely_o this_o present_a epistle_n of_o s._n peter_n which_o by_o a_o similitude_n of_o stranger_n or_o pylgrime_n do_v declare_v unto_o we_o that_o in_o the_o hostrye_n of_o this_o present_a world_n we_o shall_v be_v in_o love_n with_o nothing_o we_o shall_v vayn_o &_o ambicious_o require_v nothing_o that_o be_v in_o our_o hooste_n house_n which_o be_v the_o world_n even_o none_o otherwise_o than_o a_o stranger_n a_o pawmer_n or_o wayfare_v body_n do_v which_o know_v that_o nothing_o in_o he_o in_o or_o lodge_a do_v pertain_v unto_o 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