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it_o seem_v needful_a to_o enlarge_v in_o show_v how_o sinful_a as_o well_o as_o how_o unreasonable_a it_o be_v for_o a_o man_n to_o encumber_v himself_o or_o to_o remain_v encumber_v more_o than_o by_o his_o duty_n necessitate_v in_o worldly_a affair_n there_o be_v nothing_o more_o common_o know_v than_o our_o lord_n reprimand_n or_o check_v to_o that_o busy_a good_a woman_n luke_n 10._o 41._o martha_n martha_n thou_o be_v careful_a and_o trouble_v about_o many_o thing_n the_o original_a term_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d apt_o express_v the_o course_n and_o nature_n of_o many_o of_o our_o life_n they_o be_v nothing_o but_o a_o state_n of_o distraction_n and_o tumult_n nor_o can_v any_o thing_n be_v more_o plain_a than_o that_o the_o care_n of_o this_o life_n and_o love_n of_o this_o world_n and_o busy_a plode_v about_o it_o do_v put_v the_o mind_n and_o affection_n at_o as_o great_a a_o distance_n from_o god_n as_o do_v most_o of_o those_o sin_n which_o be_v repute_v the_o most_o 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