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heb._n 11._o 26_o 27._o psal._n 22._o ult_n all_o nation_n shall_v remember_v and_o turn_v to_o the_o lord_n when_o the_o lord_n be_v see_v all_o our_o glory_n be_v shame_n isa._n 6._o and_o now_o glory_n in_o that_o and_o make_v he_o as_o present_v as_o at_o the_o last_o day_n than_o all_o shall_v fall_v down_o before_o he_o 4._o see_v how_o every_o service_n you_o perform_v unto_o he_o every_o act_n of_o holiness_n quicken_v by_o the_o spirit_n of_o life_n be_v please_v to_o he_o if_o a_o prince_n be_v with_o a_o man_n and_o can_v be_v please_v nothing_o can_v content_v he_o or_o we_o hear_v not_o one_o word_n from_o he_o whether_o we_o please_v he_o or_o not_o we_o shall_v grow_v weary_a of_o he_o at_o last_o but_o to_o consider_v this_o he_o that_o serve_v i_o he_o will_v my_o father_n honour_n that_o every_o cup_n of_o cold_a water_n shall_v have_v a_o disciple_n reward_n that_o every_o groan_n shall_v be_v hear_v that_o what_o you_o do_v to_o one_o of_o these_o little_a one_o 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away_o the_o filth_n of_o man_n by_o a_o spirit_n of_o burn_a not_o which_o burn_v up_o all_o holiness_n but_o filthiness_n and_o selfconfidence_n in_o any_o holiness_n and_o hypocrisy_n and_o so_o they_o shall_v be_v holy_a isa._n 4._o 3_o 4._o 3._o how_o many_o man_n stumble_v by_o opinion_n division_n etc._n etc._n the_o fruit_n of_o a_o corrupt_a head_n and_o stream_n of_o a_o dunghill_n heart_n that_o have_v rather_o live_v in_o sorrow_n among_o enemy_n than_o division_n among_o friend_n oh_o the_o spirit_n of_o people_n as_o soon_o as_o any_o new_a calf_n be_v make_v fall_v down_o and_o worship_v it_o and_o break_v the_o ancient_a landmark_n which_o the_o word_n have_v set_v and_o then_o make_v prognostication_n of_o all_o ill_a weather_n to_o arise_v from_o oppose_v their_o opinion_n never_o shall_v our_o glory_n be_v recover_v till_o these_o evil_n be_v confess_v and_o lament_v and_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o heart_n which_o beget_v they_o 4._o i_o have_v wonder_v why_o so_o few_o 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