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and_o so_o he_o promise_v i_o will_v run_v the_o way_n of_o thy_o commandment_n when_o thou_o shall_v enlarge_v my_o heart_n v._o 32._o in_o all_o which_o and_o many_o other_o say_n to_o like_a purpose_n we_o have_v two_o thing_n worth_a our_o observation_n 1._o that_o the_o keep_n of_o god_n word_n be_v a_o walk_n in_o god_n way_n and_o 2._o that_o this_o way_n of_o god_n in_o which_o we_o be_v to_o walk_v be_v also_o the_o way_n of_o life_n and_o happiness_n and_o from_o hence_o the_o collection_n be_v clear_a if_o hear_v do_v therefore_o profit_v we_o to_o eternal_a life_n because_o by_o it_o we_o learn_v the_o right_a way_n that_o lead_v thereunto_o and_o this_o way_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o keep_n of_o god_n word_n then_o hear_v be_v only_o so_o far_o available_a to_o blessedness_n as_o it_o further_v we_o to_o a_o godly_a life_n 2._o arg._n in_o scripture_n hear_v of_o god_n word_n be_v commend_v unto_o we_o as_o the_o mean_n that_o bring_v we_o to_o obedience_n and_o 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5._o i_o have_v teach_v you_o statute_n and_o judgement_n that_o you_o shall_v do_v so_o and_o ver_fw-la 10._o god_n himself_o say_v of_o his_o people_n i_o will_v make_v they_o to_o hear_v my_o word_n that_o they_o may_v leà rne_v to_o fear_v i_o that_o be_v to_o serve_v and_o obey_v i_o again_o chap._n 5.1_o hear_v o_o israel_n say_v moses_n the_o statute_n and_o judgement_n which_o i_o speak_v in_o your_o ear_n this_o day_n that_o you_o may_v learn_v they_o and_o know_v they_o and_o do_v they_o and_o ver_fw-la 31._o god_n himself_o speak_v i_o will_v speak_v say_v he_o all_o the_o commandment_n and_o statute_n and_o judgement_n which_o thou_o shall_v teach_v they_o that_o they_o may_v do_v they_o the_o like_a speech_n be_v find_v deuter._n 6.1_o 2._o and_o 31.12_o and_o elsewhere_o but_o where_o the_o case_n be_v clear_a it_o be_v needle_n to_o heap_v up_o proof_n thus_o much_o be_v plain_a from_o hence_o that_o hear_v be_v the_o mean_n and_o do_v be_v the_o end_n for_o which_o 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it_o long_o since_o deliver_v by_o the_o learned_a father_n s._n augustin_n 91._o augustin_n aug._n de_fw-fr verb._n domini_fw-la serm._n 5._o cap._n 6_o pag._n 91._o aliud_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la concupiscere_fw-la aliud_fw-la post_fw-la concupiscentias_fw-la non_fw-la ire_n it_o be_v one_o thing_n say_v he_o not_o to_o lust_n which_o the_o law_n command_v when_o it_o say_v non_fw-la concupisces_fw-la thou_o shall_v not_o lust_n and_o a_o other_o thing_n not_o to_o follow_v after_o our_o lust_n which_o a_o other_o scripture_n command_v when_o it_o say_v go_v not_o after_o thy_o lust_n ecclus_n 18.30_o for_o as_o that_o learned_a father_n further_o explain_v the_o point_n non_fw-la concupiscere_fw-la perfecti_fw-la est_fw-la not_o to_o lust_n or_o not_o to_o covet_v that_o which_o be_v unjust_a be_v the_o property_n of_o a_o perfect_a saint_n who_o habitation_n be_v in_o the_o church_n triumphant_a in_o heaven_n but_o post_v concupiscentias_fw-la svas_fw-la non_fw-la ire_n 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