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fall_v away_o and_o do_v not_o continue_v because_o it_o be_v only_o in_o their_o mouth_n and_o not_o in_o their_o heart_n which_o be_v the_o root_a place_n &_o where_o it_o ought_v chief_o to_o have_v be_v and_o by_o the_o thorny_a ground_n we_o understand_v those_o covetous_a man_n of_o the_o world_n which_o have_v a_o great_a care_n to_o become_v rich_a then_o righteous_a and_o therefore_o oftentimes_o prefer_v the_o veâ—_n luke_n 5._o veâ—_n trie_v of_o their_o ox_n before_o the_o lord_n table_n yea_o and_o they_o desire_v christ_n to_o depart_v out_o of_o their_o coast_n before_o they_o will_v bear_v the_o loss_n ver_fw-la mark_n 5._o ver_fw-la of_o their_o swine_n well_o than_o these_o thing_n be_v well_o weigh_v and_o consider_v upon_o may_v be_v a_o good_a mean_a to_o procure_v we_o with_o more_o circumspection_n to_o look_v into_o ourselves_o and_o search_v out_o the_o ground_n of_o our_o own_o heart_n before_o we_o come_v to_o the_o read_n and_o hear_v of_o the_o word_n 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which_o he_o have_v in_o you_o so_o gracious_o begin_v to_o the_o glory_n of_o his_o name_n and_o your_o own_o comfort_n in_o jesu_n christ_n our_o lord_n amen_n london_n 1582._o may._n 26._o your_o worshipes_n most_o humble_a 〈◊〉_d commandment_n a._n p._n a_o description_n of_o the_o natural_a corruption_n wherewith_o mankind_n be_v infect_v by_o the_o contagion_n of_o sin_n it_o be_v a_o very_a lamentable_a thing_n to_o behold_v that_o bottomless_a sinkâ—_n of_o corruption_n and_o sin_n which_o lie_v hâ—d_n in_o manâ—_n nature_n and_o yet_o far_o more_o lamentable_a to_o behold_v his_o grossâ—_n and_o monstrous_a blindness_n which_o be_v so_o palpable_a yâ—_z although_o there_o be_v no_o sparkle_n of_o goodness_n
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so_o we_o be_v â—â—_o 〈◊〉_d and_o not_o as_o man_n do_v ac_fw-la 〈◊〉_d of_o we_o who_o oftentimes_o do_v take_v the_o garment_n of_o god_n dear_a saint_n &_o give_v they_o unto_o stranger_n and_o therefore_o it_o behove_v we_o to_o seek_v for_o a_o better_a garment_n than_o the_o praise_n of_o man_n only_o to_o cover_v ourselves_o withal_o lest_o that_o when_o we_o think_v ourselves_o to_o be_v in_o best_a case_n than_o our_o nakedness_n shall_v be_v discover_v and_o lay_v open_a not_o only_o to_o our_o own_o conscience_n but_o also_o to_o the_o whole_a world_n who_o will_v then_o laugh_v at_o our_o shame_n well_o therefore_o to_o the_o end_n that_o we_o may_v avoid_v these_o inconvenience_n &_o remain_v no_o long_o so_o blind_a as_o to_o become_v deceiver_n of_o ourselves_o by_o so_o much_o respect_v of_o man_n praise_n and_o in_o the_o mean_a 〈…〉_o éese_v the_o praâ—se_n of_o god_n 〈◊〉_d be_v the_o true_a praise_n in_o deed_n to_o the_o endâ—_n i_o say_v that_o we_o may_v avoid_v 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