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accomplish_v your_o father_n commandment_n even_o for_o the_o love_n sake_n that_o you_o natural_o bear_v unto_o he_o 1._o because_o you_o have_v now_o receive_v the_o spirit_n of_o god_n through_o which_o you_o be_v adopt_v and_o number_v his_o love_a child_n and_o not_o servant_n and_o the_o same_o spirit_n also_o give_v such_o a_o audacity_n and_o boldness_n unto_o we_o all_o that_o when_o soever_o we_o have_v any_o necessity_n whether_o for_o soul_n or_o body_n we_o shall_v not_o fear_v to_o call_v upon_o god_n himself_o and_o say_v unto_o he_o father_n father_n at_o which_o call_v every_o love_a and_o natural_a parent_n do_v glory_n and_o rejoice_v sure_o if_o we_o have_v in_o consideration_n the_o glory_n and_o high_a majesty_n of_o god_n his_o mightiness_n and_o heavenly_a power_n we_o shall_v not_o once_o dare_v nor_o be_v so_o bold_a to_o call_v he_o father_n unless_o we_o be_v most_o perfect_o assure_v through_o the_o goodness_n of_o his_o holy_a spirit_n that_o we_o be_v 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have_v be_v afflict_v with_o persecution_n and_o imprisonment_n with_o thirst_n hunger_n sorrow_n grief_n and_o other_o calamity_n for_o christ_n sake_n and_o so_o great_o in_o subjection_n be_v the_o creature_n of_o this_o world_n to_o misery_n that_o the_o very_a circuit_n and_o compass_n of_o the_o world_n itself_o seem_v to_o continue_v altogether_o in_o misery_n as_o in_o example_n the_o air_n the_o earth_n the_o water_n with_o all_o other_o celestial_a body_n yea_o the_o very_a angel_n themselves_o be_v create_v to_o none_o other_o end_n but_o to_o set_v forth_o god_n glory_n and_o to_o show_v their_o service_n for_o the_o necessity_n of_o man_n for_o which_o cause_n the_o very_a building_n of_o the_o world_n itself_o shall_v not_o be_v free_a from_o trouble_n and_o disquietness_n until_o such_o time_n as_o perfect_v freedom_n shall_v be_v give_v to_o the_o child_n of_o god_n howbeit_o the_o world_n itself_o though_o it_o be_v insensible_a neither_o feel_v disquietness_n yet_o there_o be_v in_o it_o a_o certain_a natural_a taste_n and_o desire_v to_o come_v to_o perfection_n and_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n it_o obey_v willing_o to_o he_o for_o who_o pleasure_n it_o be_v to_o make_v it_o in_o such_o wise_n subject_v to_o disquietousnesse_n which_o so_o much_o the_o more_o patient_o abide_v his_o sorrow_n because_o his_o natural_a inclination_n do_v record_n to_o he_o himself_o that_o his_o sorrow_n shall_v not_o be_v perpetual_a but_o until_o such_o time_n as_o the_o child_n of_o god_n shall_v full_o and_o plenary_o be_v deliver_v from_o all_o their_o grief_n and_o carefulness_n at_o which_o time_n shall_v the_o whole_a cope_n thereof_o cease_v from_o his_o great_a unrest_n and_o disquietousnesse_n also_o forasmuch_o as_o we_o see_v that_o all_o the_o element_n and_o planet_n of_o this_o world_n do_v vary_v at_o so_o many_o and_o sundry_a time_n and_o do_v see_v likewise_o the_o sun_n and_o the_o moon_n to_o have_v so_o many_o eclipse_n and_o change_n as_o also_o perceive_v by_o daily_a experience_n what_o labour_n be_v take_v in_o vain_a for_o the_o repair_n of_o thing_n in_o this_o life_n which_o do_v not_o continue_v but_o fall_v again_o to_o their_o corruption_n and_o behold_v also_o the_o star_n to_o alter_v and_o strive_v one_o with_o another_o and_o in_o conclusion_n nothing_o to_o be_v in_o perpetual_a rest_n it_o can_v not_o be_v choose_v but_o even_o the_o very_a angel_n also_o of_o heaven_n look_v down_o by_o the_o power_n of_o god_n from_o a_o high_a upon_o our_o infinite_a misery_n and_o wretchedness_n be_v great_o dismay_v of_o they_o move_v at_o they_o and_o sorrow_n for_o they_o as_z much_o as_o their_o creation_n can_v suffer_v they_o to_o do_v 16._o wherefore_o all_o the_o whole_a number_n of_o creature_n and_o thing_n make_v by_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n do_v even_o groan_v &_o sigh_v with_o we_o in_o our_o misfortune_n all_o which_o after_o the_o manner_n of_o woman_n labour_v with_o child_n wish_v and_o long_a for_o the_o end_n of_o their_o great_a travel_n and_o sorrow_n and_o herein_o be_v no_o marvel_n though_o it_o chance_v to_o other_o consider_v the_o same_o happen_v to_o we_o also_o that_o first_o before_o all_o man_n have_v receive_v the_o spirit_n of_o chryst_n which_o he_o give_v most_o abundant_o unto_o we_o yet_o that_o notwithstanding_o we_o be_v entangle_v with_o thousand_o of_o care_n and_o misery_n partly_o for_o the_o sustentation_n of_o our_o life_n and_o partly_o by_o the_o occasion_n of_o wicked_a person_n always_o trouble_v and_o conspire_v against_o we_o yea_o our_o care_n be_v so_o many_o and_o variable_a so_o grievous_a terrible_a and_o unsufferable_a that_o we_o oftentimes_o do_v sorrow_n and_o lament_v our_o own_o woeful_a cause_n most_o hearty_o wish_v for_o that_o happy_a day_n when_o all_o the_o