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not_o a_o seem_a unwillingness_n not_o a_o slowness_n not_o a_o exprobration_n not_o final_o any_o vain_a boast_n the_o thing_n itself_o will_v speak_v though_o thou_o hold_v thy_o peace_n and_o he_o who_o behold_v in_o secret_a will_v reward_v thou_o 5._o among_o the_o act_n of_o christian_a benevolence_n almsdeed_n hold_v the_o chief_a place_n for_o thereby_o faith_n be_v prove_v sin_n be_v redeem_v heaven_n be_v purchase_v take_v heed_n therefore_o of_o despise_v a_o poor_a man_n since_o though_o himself_o be_v poor_a he_o can_v make_v thou_o rich._n thou_o be_v sell_v by_o thy_o sin_n redeem_v thyself_o with_o thy_o money_n make_v of_o the_o instrument_n of_o avarice_n a_o mean_n to_o obtain_v mercy_n a_o player_n provoke_v thou_o to_o laughter_n go_v away_o reward_v shall_v christ_n promise_v thou_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n get_v nothing_o thou_o pay_v tribute_n to_o the_o prince_n whether_o thou_o will_v or_o no_o even_o although_o thou_o receive_v no_o fruit_n from_o thy_o 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it_o be_v necessity_n and_o difficulty_n the_o duty_n of_o a_o prudent_a man_n 1._o as_o no_o work_n can_v well_o be_v bring_v to_o perfection_n by_o architect_n without_o the_o line_n and_o the_o level_n so_o neither_o by_o we_o without_o prudence_n this_o be_v the_o square_a of_o other_o virtue_n the_o right_a rule_n of_o our_o action_n the_o eye_n of_o the_o soul_n the_o art_n of_o live_v that_o life_n can_v be_v pleasant_a from_o which_o prudence_n be_v absent_a all_o confess_v this_o art_n to_o be_v of_o great_a difficulty_n and_o it_o be_v also_o obscure_a the_o difficulty_n arise_v from_o this_o that_o it_o embrace_n within_o the_o compass_n of_o its_o consideration_n all_o thing_n as_o well_o in_o general_a as_o in_o particular_a and_o also_o that_o there_o be_v no_o certain_a state_n of_o humane_a thing_n which_o be_v always_o variable_a contingent_a and_o depend_v upon_o divers_a circumstance_n it_o be_v not_o for_o every_o one_o wit_n to_o settle_v in_o they_o a_o certain_a 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