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the_o second_o reason_n sect._n 2._o 2
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to_o lay_v it_o out_o upon_o christ_n you_o shall_v have_v it_o again_o with_o advantage_n for_o if_o you_o love_v he_o so_o as_o to_o keep_v his_o commandment_n christ_n have_v promise_v love_n for_o love_n his_o father_n love_n his_o own_o love_n for_o your_o love_n he_o that_o love_v i_o shall_v be_v love_v of_o my_o father_n and_o i_o will_v love_v he_o loc_n he_o gerh._n har._n in_o loc_n which_o be_v not_o to_o be_v understand_v of_o a_o general_a but_o special_a love_n not_o of_o first_o love_n but_o after_o love_n not_o of_o a_o love_n of_o benevolence_n but_o of_o friendship_n and_o complacency_n he_o will_v so_o shed_v abroad_o his_o love_n into_o your_o heart_n by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n that_o you_o shall_v know_v and_o feel_v and_o taste_v the_o love_n of_o the_o father_n and_o son_n towards_o you_o which_o appear_v further_o from_o that_o which_o be_v promise_v afterward_o christ_n love_n to_o such_o as_o love_v he_o will_v not_o be_v a_o empty_a and_o idle_a but_o a_o 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to_o christ_n only_o my_o heavenly_a spouse_n and_o to_o renounce_v the_o other_o many_o other_o such_o testimony_n may_v be_v produce_v but_o i_o shall_v close_v with_o that_o of_o one_o 162._o one_o ward_n life_n of_o faith_n in_o death_n among_o his_o sermon_n p._n 162._o kilian_n a_o dutch_a schoolmaster_n who_o to_o such_o as_o ask_v whether_o he_o love_v not_o his_o wife_n and_o child_n answer_v yes_o if_o all_o the_o world_n be_v gold_n and_o be_v i_o to_o dispose_v of_o i_o will_v give_v it_o to_o live_v with_o they_o but_o yet_o my_o soul_n and_o christ_n be_v dear_a to_o i_o than_o all_o and_o thus_o must_v we_o love_v christ_n if_o we_o will_v love_v he_o aright_o when_o we_o be_v call_v to_o it_o as_o they_o be_v i_o shall_v conclude_v this_o branch_n with_o that_o notable_a say_n of_o the_o same_o author_n who_o end_v the_o former_a 114._o former_a fligeâdis_fw-la est_fw-la magis_fw-la totum_fw-la muadum_fw-la habere_fw-la contrarium_fw-la quà m_fw-la jâsuâ_n 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christ_n plusquam_fw-la te_fw-la more_o than_o thyself_o than_o thy_o own_o life_n life_n above_o our_o own_o life_n this_o be_v one_o of_o the_o thing_n which_o our_o saviour_n require_v we_o to_o hate_v if_o we_o will_v be_v his_o disciple_n indeed_o in_o the_o place_n foremention_v luke_n 14.26_o if_o any_o man_n come_v to_o i_o and_o hate_v not_o beside_o father_n and_o mother_n etc._n etc._n as_o before_o even_o his_o own_o life_n he_o can_v be_v my_o disciple_n the_o meaning_n whereof_o be_v this_o when_o we_o can_v preserve_v our_o life_n without_o be_v treacherous_a to_o christ_n renounce_v our_o profession_n of_o he_o and_o quit_v our_o affection_n and_o service_n to_o he_o we_o must_v so_o far_o hate_v our_o own_o life_n as_o to_o part_v with_o they_o free_o upon_o the_o hard_a term_n rather_o than_o forsake_v he_o every_o christian_a be_v bind_v to_o love_v his_o neighbour_n as_o himself_o mat._n 22.39_o that_o be_v 262._o be_v mant._n on_o james_n p._n 262._o pursue_v his_o 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