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delight_v in_o i_o and_o i_o in_o thou_o for_o ever_o and_o ever_o amen_n chap._n ii_o how_o christian_n may_v exercise_v themselves_o to_o godliness_n in_o the_o choice_n of_o their_o companion_n 2._o second_o thy_o duty_n be_v to_o make_v religion_n thy_o business_n and_o to_o exercise_v thyself_o to_o godliness_n in_o relation_n to_o thy_o company_n man_n say_v the_o great_a philosopher_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nature_n goodfellow_n as_o one_o english_v it_o a_o creature_n in_o love_n with_o company_n cosmographer_n observe_v that_o the_o far_a island_n of_o the_o world_n be_v so_o seat_v that_o there_o be_v none_o so_o remote_a but_o that_o from_o some_o shore_n of_o it_o another_o island_n or_o continent_n may_v be_v discover_v as_o if_o nature_n hereby_o invite_v country_n to_o mutual_a commerce_n god_n never_o intend_v that_o the_o world_n shall_v be_v a_o wilderness_n nor_o the_o chief_a inhabitant_n thereof_o as_o barbarous_a beast_n to_o live_v alone_o lurk_v in_o their_o monksâ—_n and_o nun_n and_o hermit_n who_o under_o pretence_n of_o sanctity_n sequester_v themselves_o from_o all_o society_n be_v so_o far_o from_o more_o holiness_n and_o be_v better_a christian_n than_o other_o that_o they_o seem_v to_o have_v put_v off_o the_o very_a humane_a nature_n and_o not_o to_o be_v so_o much_o as_o men._n unclean_a nasty_a person_n love_v to_o be_v always_o private_a and_o by_o their_o good_a will_n will_v neither_o seeâ—_n nor_o be_v see_v of_o other_o bird_n of_o prey_n fly_v always_o alone_o and_o ravenous_a brute_n come_v not_o abroad_o till_o other_o be_v retire_v psa._n 104._o 23._o our_o very_a sense_n speak_v that_o god_n will_v have_v we_o sociable_a nay_o it_o be_v the_o natural_a voice_n of_o our_o tongue_n for_o our_o speech_n and_o hear_v and_o sight_n will_v be_v in_o a_o great_a degree_n lose_v and_o our_o maker_n end_n in_o give_v we_o those_o organ_n and_o instrument_n for_o converse_n much_o frustrate_v if_o every_o man_n shall_v 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every_o good_a thing_n be_v so_o much_o the_o better_o as_o it_o have_v many_o sharer_n in_o it_o in_o this_o sense_n there_o be_v a_o truth_n in_o that_o amicitia_n it_o be_v not_o good_a for_o man_n to_o be_v alone_o not_o that_o it_o be_v a_o formal_a evil_n but_o inconvenient_a infinite_a wisdom_n have_v so_o dispense_v his_o gift_n and_o grace_n that_o no_o man_n be_v so_o sterile_a but_o he_o have_v something_o wherewith_o to_o profit_v other_o nor_o any_o man_n so_o furnish_v and_o fruitful_a but_o he_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o other_o help_n the_o head_n can_v say_v to_o the_o foot_n much-less_a the_o foot_n to_o the_o head_n i_o have_v no_o need_n of_o thou_o the_o king_n himself_o who_o seem_v to_o have_v least_o want_n can_v subsist_v without_o the_o mean_a workman_n even_o they_o that_o grind_v
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