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be_v to_o do_v it_o he_o that_o commit_v himself_o to_o general_a experience_n and_o do_v not_o venture_v out_o of_o his_o depth_n be_v safe_a to_o do_v wise_o a_o man_n shall_v first_o take_v a_o measure_n of_o himself_o and_o next_o of_o the_o matter_n he_o take_v in_o hand_n for_o fear_v of_o overvalue_a his_o own_o strength_n one_o man_n be_v undo_v by_o presume_v too_o much_o upon_o his_o eloquence_n another_o run_v himself_o out_o of_o his_o fortune_n for_o want_v of_o proportion_v his_o expense_n to_o his_o estate_n a_o three_o kill_v himself_o with_o lay_v more_o upon_o a_o infirm_a body_n than_o it_o be_v able_a to_o bear_v wherefore_o we_o be_v to_o compare_v our_o force_n with_o our_o undertake_n and_o to_o have_v a_o care_n of_o burden_n that_o be_v too_o heavy_a for_o our_o shoulder_n we_o shall_v not_o meddle_v with_o any_o thing_n neither_o but_o what_o we_o may_v hope_v to_o go_v through_o withal_o the_o next_o thing_n be_v the_o choice_n of_o our_o companion_n for_o 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agreement_n and_o impression_n of_o nature_n without_o which_o there_o be_v not_o any_o thing_n we_o do_v that_o can_v deserve_v commendation_n the_o just_a man_n wrong_v no_o body_n but_o content_v himself_o with_o his_o own_o do_v good_a to_o all_o think_v and_o speak_v well_o of_o all_o give_v every_o man_n his_o due_a and_o be_v not_o any_o man_n hindrance_n where_o he_o be_v in_o authority_n he_o command_v righteous_a thing_n lie_v open_a to_o all_o prefer_v a_o public_a good_a before_o a_o private_a punish_v the_o wicked_a reward_v the_o good_a and_o keep_v every_o man_n in_o his_o duty_n where_o he_o be_v in_o subjection_n he_o preserve_v concord_n live_v in_o obedience_n to_o law_n and_o magistrate_n content_v himself_o in_o his_o station_n without_o hanker_a after_o office_n and_o preferment_n and_o be_v no_o meddler_n in_o other_o people_n matter_n he_o be_v just_a for_o justice-sake_n and_o ask_v no_o other_o reward_n than_o what_o he_o receive_v in_o the_o comfort_n of_o 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pleasure_n likewise_o be_v past_a but_o the_o gild_n the_o torment_n and_o the_o condemnation_n stick_v by_o we_o to_o conceal_v our_o iniquity_n be_v to_o no_o purpose_n for_o a_o guilty_a conscience_n pass_v sentence_n upon_o itself_o conscience_n be_v a_o kind_n of_o tribunal_n which_o god_n almighty_a have_v set_v up_o in_o all_o reasonable_a soul_n where_o every_o man_n be_v his_o own_o accuser_n and_o both_o witness_n and_o judge_n against_o himself_o let_v we_o therefore_o enter_v into_o a_o strict_a and_o daily_a examination_n of_o ourselves_o and_o without_o hide_v mince_a or_o drip_v of_o any_o thing_n call_v all_o our_o thought_n word_n and_o deed_n to_o a_o strict_a account_n he_o that_o say_v lord_n be_v merciful_a to_o i_o a_o sinner_n find_v mercy_n what_o be_o i_o the_o better_a for_o conceal_v my_o fault_n from_o other_o people_n so_o long_o as_o i_o be_o conscious_a of_o they_o to_o myself_o unless_o i_o have_v rather_o be_v damn_v in_o private_a than_o absolve_v in_o 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