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the_o devil_n but_o especial_o to_o your_o own_o flesh_n your_o own_o corruption_n but_o we_o lie_v open_a to_o the_o malice_n of_o all_o enemy_n if_o any_o sin_n be_v suffer_v to_o live_v in_o we_o a_o lust_n unmortified_a be_v as_o a_o open_a door_n to_o let_v satan_n into_o our_o soul_n it_o give_v he_o hold_v of_o we_o it_o be_v as_o dry_a tinder_n whereby_o we_o may_v present_o be_v set_v on_o fire_n or_o as_o a_o barrel_n of_o gunpowder_n as_o i_o may_v say_v within_o we_o whereby_o he_o may_v come_v and_o blow_v we_o up_o if_o we_o mortify_v our_o sin_n then_o do_v we_o mortify_v the_o world_n and_o satan_n in_o their_o power_n over_o we_o but_o if_o we_o do_v not_o then_o will_v the_o world_n be_v our_o master_n and_o satan_n will_v be_v lord_n over_o we_o second_o be_v it_o not_o necessary_a that_o we_o love_v god_n and_o christ_n and_o his_o commandment_n and_o our_o own_o soul_n and_o one_o another_o but_o we_o love_v none_o of_o these_o unless_o we_o mortify_v the_o deed_n 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