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thou_o shall_v in_o the_o next_o life_n be_v a_o companion_n of_o his_o joy_n and_o consolation_n and_o if_o thou_o suffer_v with_o he_o in_o this_o world_n thou_o shall_v afterwards_o reign_v with_o he_o everlasting_o in_o the_o other_a world_n and_o if_o here_o thou_o be_v a_o little_a afflict_a and_o grecue_v sith_o the_o afflict_a of_o this_o short_a life_n be_v but_o short_a and_o small_a thou_o shall_v afterwards_o 〈◊〉_d in_o heaven_n with_o a_o glorious_a &_o 〈◊〉_d joy_n as_o s._n d._n peter_n promise_v thou_o all_o these_o thing_n if_o thou_o consider_v they_o well_o as_o the_o holy_a saint_n aforetime_o have_v ponder_v and_o consider_v they_o thou_o will_v not_o only_o abide_v patient_o these_o thy_o present_a tribulation_n but_o yield_v most_o hearty_a thanks_n to_o that_o lord_n who_o with_o so_o singular_a love_n
do_v send_v they_o for_o thy_o benefit_n &_o d._n the_o enrich_n of_o thy_o crown_n know_v that_o it_o be_v impossible_a to_o come_v by_o so_o great_a a_o reward_n as_o we_o look_v for_o without_o great_a pain_n and_o travail_n and_o true_o great_a reason_n be_v it_o that_o christian_n like_o good_a soldier_n shall_v follow_v their_o 〈◊〉_d christ_n trace_v his_o step_n and_o walk_v the_o same_o way_n he_o go_v before_o and_o enter_v into_o his_o glory_n remedy_n against_o the_o sin_n and_o tentation_n of_o envy_n ¶_o cap._n 25._o it_o now_o remain_v to_o set_v thou_o down_o some_o remedy_n against_o the_o temptation_n of_o envy_n or_o malice_n wherewith_o the_o fiend_n be_v in_o like_a manner_n wont_a to_o assault_v &_o tempt_v we_o for_o as_o holy_a write_v a._n do_v witness_v through_o the_o malice_n of_o the_o devil_n death_n first_o enter_v into_o the_o world_n this_o make_v the_o jew_n b_o to_o seek_v our_o lord_n and_o saviour_n his_o death_n and_o by_o this_o vice_n have_v 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