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to_o be_v as_o the_o scripture_n speak_v either_o dull_a of_o hear_v heb._n 5._o 11._o when_o we_o shall_v be_v swift_a to_o hear_v james_z 1._o 19_o slow_a of_o heart_n to_o believe_v luk._n 24._o 25._o when_o we_o shall_v receive_v the_o word_n as_o they_o act._n 2._o 41._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d glad_o or_o as_o the_o more_o noble-spirited_a berean_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d with_o all_o readiness_n of_o mind_n act_v 17._o 11._o when_o the_o work_n of_o christ_n be_v a_o weariness_n to_o we_o and_o we_o puff_n at_o it_o as_o 3._o matth._n 11._o 30._o 1_o john_n 5._o 3._o under_o a_o burden_n mal._n 1._o 13._o when_o christ_n yoke_n shall_v be_v easy_a to_o we_o and_o his_o burden_n light_n and_o no_o command_n of_o his_o grievous_a in_o a_o word_n when_o what_o be_v say_v of_o the_o wanton_a widow_n in_o regard_n of_o her_o 6._o 1_o tim._n 5._o 6._o wantonness_n may_v be_v say_v of_o we_o for_o our_o sloth_n and_o negligence_n that_o we_o be_v dead_a whilst_o we_o live_v but_o be_v not_o this_o to_o seek_v the_o live_n among_o the_o dead_a or_o be_v the_o life_n of_o christ_n in_o this_o deadness_n whilst_o we_o thus_o present_a god_n with_o dead_a heart_n dead_a prayer_n and_o service_n be_v this_o as_o the_o apostle_n require_v to_o offer_v to_o he_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1._o rom._n 12._o 1._o live_a sacrifice_n thus_o to_o live_v be_v it_o christ_n or_o express_v it_o any_o thing_n of_o the_o life_n of_o christ_n who_o the_o scripture_n call_v a_o quicken_a 45._o 1_o cor._n 15._o 45._o spirit_n not_o only_o at_o the_o last_o day_n to_o raise_v up_o our_o dead_a body_n but_o now_o also_o by_o his_o grace_n and_o spirit_n to_o enliven_v our_o dead_a heart_n be_v this_o any_o partake_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n which_o be_v a_o pure_a act_n to_o be_v thus_o restive_a sure_o those_o that_o come_v near_o to_o it_o give_v another_o kind_n of_o resemblance_n of_o it_o the_o heaven_n in_o their_o unwearied_a motion_n and_o the_o sun_n 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32._o r._n michal_n p._n 24._o l._n 8._o deal_n self_n after_o he_o p._n 32._o l._n 31._o r._n add_v some_o p._n 81._o l._n ult_n r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 88_o l._n 11._o r._n josh_n 4._o 18._o p._n 91._o l._n 17._o r._n lumber_n p._n 112._o mark_fw-mi r._n legis_fw-la sectam_fw-la p._n 122._o l._n 8._o r._n in_o christ_n p._n 182._o l._n 35._o for_o god_n himself_o r._n godliness_n p._n 183._o l._n 36._o for_o cross_n r._n crass_a p._n 224._o l._n 18._o r._n mean_v p._n 230._o l._n 8._o r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 232._o l._n 9_o r._n adore_v he_o for_o p._n 233._o l._n 13._o r._n can_v bestow_v p._n 239._o l._n 38._o for_o crime_n r._n aim_v p._n 247._o l._n 4._o r._n be_v terminus_fw-la p._n 378._o l._n 1._o r._n quid_fw-la p._n 403._o l._n 15._o r._n this_o p._n 415._o l._n 8._o deal_n why_o p._n 441._o l._n 23._o r._n faedus_fw-la p._n 462._o l._n ult_n &_o 463._o l._n 1._o r._n none_o before_o the_o guide_n p._n 469._o l._n 30._o r._n person_n p._n 471._o l._n 15._o r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 474._o l._n 21._o r._n anaxagoras_n p._n 478_o l._n 35._o r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 489._o l._n 20._o r._n rearward_n p._n 511._o mark_fw-mi l._n 21._o r._n prima_fw-la q._n 105._o p._n 537._o l._n ult_n r._n conflatus_fw-la à _fw-la vulcano_n p._n 538._o l._n 2._o r._n firm_a p._n 542._o l._n 34._o r._n there_o by_z p._n 560._o l._n 23._o r._n main_a chance_n p._n 561._o l._n 21._o r._n leave_v p._n 564._o l._n 1._o after_o small_a insert_v but_o the_o king_n p._n 566._o l._n 27._o r._n abject_a l._n 26._o r._n rescue_v p._n 594._o l._n 35._o r._n the_o psalmist_n say_v p._n 614._o l._n 25._o after_o come_v add_v when_o it_o do_v come_v l._n 37._o r._n enjoy_v p._n 652._o l._n ult_n deal_n of_o it_o p._n 661._o l._n 26._o r._n jesuates_n p._n 666._o l._n 24._o r._n move_v p._n 668._o l._n 12._o after_o gen._n 30._o 29._o add_v but_o a_o christian_n shall_v say_v thus_o with_o himself_o p._n 672._o l._n 8._o r._n 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more_o be_v his_o grief_n when_o with_o anguish_n and_o horror_n he_o think_v and_o say_v surgunt_fw-la indocti_fw-la &_o rapiunt_fw-la coelum_fw-la i_o repeat_v not_o what_o follow_v in_o the_o sentence_n as_o desire_v it_o may_v never_o overtake_v any_o of_o we_o in_o those_o strait_n but_o woe_n to_o we_o if_o it_o do_v but_o the_o more_o bless_a therefore_o be_v this_o more_o excellent_a knowledge_n that_o we_o now_o speak_v of_o which_o be_v not_o so_o much_o a_o tree_n of_o knowledge_n as_o a_o tree_n of_o life_n and_o be_v therefore_o call_v eternal_a life_n john_n 17._o 3._o by_o which_o my_o soul_n live_v in_o death_n that_o i_o can_v tell_v what_o to_o do_v when_o other_o far_o more_o learned_a man_n be_v at_o their_o wit_n end_n that_o in_o my_o evening_n i_o may_v have_v light_n zech._n 14._o 7._o whilst_o other_o far_a more_o sharp-sighted_a stumble_v in_o that_o dark_a entry_n into_o outer_a darkness_n for_o ever_o o_o give_v i_o that_o sweet_a bird_n that_o will_v sing_v in_o such_o a_o winter_n that_o lamp_n of_o a_o wise_a virgin_n that_o will_v burn_v clear_a at_o midnight_n that_o 8._o matth._n 25._o 6_o 7_o 8._o torch_n which_o will_v not_o light_v my_o body_n to_o the_o grave_a but_o my_o soul_n to_o heaven_n ay_o this_o this_o be_v the_o light_n of_o life_n john_n 8._o 12._o by_o which_o when_o my_o bodily_a eye_n grow_v dim_a and_o upon_o my_o eyelid_n sit_v the_o gloomy_a 16._o joh_n 16._o 16._o shadow_n of_o death_n i_o may_v then_o lift_v up_o a_o eye_n of_o faith_n with_o steven_n at_o the_o very_a point_n of_o death_n act_n 7._o 56._o and_o then_o see_v christ_n more_o clear_o and_o know_v much_o of_o he_o more_o full_o than_o ever_o before_o as_o it_o be_v relate_v of_o oecolampadius_n upon_o his_o deathbed_n be_v ask_v merientium_fw-la mylii_fw-la apophthegmata_fw-la merientium_fw-la whether_o the_o light_n of_o the_o candle_n trouble_v he_o lay_v his_o hand_n on_o his_o breast_n say_v hîc_fw-la abunde_fw-la lucis_fw-la est_fw-la or_o with_o laurentius_n at_o nox_fw-la mea_fw-la tenebras_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la the_o more_o darkness_n without_o the_o more_o light_a within_o when_o the_o curtain_n be_v draw_v christ_n more_o unvail_v and_o when_o the_o die_a body_n smell_v now_o of_o the_o earth_n to_o which_o it_o be_v sink_v the_o divine_a soul_n ut_fw-la in_fw-la rogo_fw-la imperatorum_fw-la savour_v of_o heaven_n to_o which_o it_o be_v ascend_v with_o a_o farewel-faith_n and_o welcom-vision_n no_o more_o to_o see_v christ_n as_o here_o through_o a_o glass_n dark_o but_o face_n to_o face_n to_o know_v he_o no_o more_o in_o part_n but_o 12._o 1_o cor._n 13._o 12._o even_o as_o i_o be_o know_v i_o close_v my_o eye_n to_o see_v my_o saviour_n and_o like_o old_a simeon_n lay_v down_o my_o head_n in_o my_o father_n bosom_n with_o his_o nunc_fw-la dimittis_fw-la now_o lord_n let_v thy_o servant_n depart_v in_o peace_n for_o my_o eye_n have_v see_v thy_o salvation_n the_o text_n have_v two_o part_n 1._o the_o purchase_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o excellent_a sermon_n two_o knowledge_n of_o christ_n jesus_n our_o lord_n 2._o the_o price_n that_o our_o apostle_n 1646._o preach_v at_o st._n mary_n octob._n 18._o 1646._o be_v cheerful_o willing_a to_o come_v up_o to_o that_o he_o may_v compass_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o account_v all_o thing_n loss_n that_o he_o may_v gain_v it_o in_o the_o handle_n the_o former_a part_n the_o last_o time_n i_o endeavour_v as_o i_o be_v able_a though_o infinite_o under_o its_o worth_n to_o hold_v forth_o and_o commend_v to_o you_o the_o supereminent_a excellency_n of_o the_o save_a knowledge_n of_o christ_n above_o all_o other_o thing_n and_o all_o other_o knowledge_n whatsoever_o but_o as_o they_o say_v the_o jew_n be_v now_o wont_a when_o ever_o they_o build_v a_o house_n to_o leave_v some_o part_n of_o it_o imperfect_a in_o reference_n to_o jerusalem_n ruin_n which_o they_o will_v remember_v so_o in_o all_o our_o large_a discourse_n 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the_o shore_n and_o in_o the_o second_o applicatory_a part_n of_o the_o text_n see_v what_o we_o have_v take_v or_o whether_o ourselves_o rather_o be_v so_o take_v with_o a_o holy_a admiration_n and_o desire_n of_o it_o that_o with_o our_o apostle_n we_o can_v be_v willing_a to_o suffer_v the_o loss_n of_o all_o for_o it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d yea_o doubtless_o and_o i_o count_v all_o thing_n as_o loss_n for_o the_o excellency_n of_o the_o knowledge_n of_o christ_n jesus_n my_o lord_n and_o if_o that_o be_v such_o a_o transcendent_a excellent_a knowledge_n first_o how_o low_o shall_v the_o consideration_n of_o it_o lay_v even_a scholar_n use_v 1_o of_o the_o high_a form_n in_o their_o thought_n and_o estimate_n of_o all_o their_o other_o knowledge_n in_o comparison_n of_o it_o and_o of_o themselves_o as_o long_o as_o they_o fall_v short_a of_o it_o behold_v the_o height_n of_o the_o star_n how_o high_a they_o be_v say_v eliphaz_n to_o job_n but_o it_o be_v that_o he_o may_v 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