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thou_o will_v be_v well_o rid_v of_o such_o companion_n and_o not_o be_v so_o much_o pester_v with_o these_o troublesome_a fly_n but_o most_o lamentable_a be_v the_o sin_n of_o such_o in_o this_o case_n who_o care_n be_v only_o for_o the_o body_n of_o their_o child_n but_o care_v not_o how_o they_o betray_v their_o soul_n how_o they_o leave_v they_o in_o their_o sin_n which_o they_o see_v to_o grow_v upon_o they_o and_o use_v no_o mean_n to_o cure_v they_o of_o these_o deadly_a evil_n oh_o do_v not_o deal_v with_o thy_o child_n as_o with_o thy_o beast_n as_o if_o it_o have_v only_o a_o body_n to_o be_v feed_v and_o clothe_v and_o not_o a_o soul_n to_o be_v save_v sect_n 5._o v._o sigh_v god_n do_v create_v our_o soul_n let_v we_o conceive_v that_o he_o make_v they_o for_o himself_o therefore_o let_v every_o faculty_n be_v give_v up_o to_o his_o service_n 1._o as_o for_o thy_o imagination_n let_v it_o be_v dedicate_v to_o the_o service_n of_o god_n let_v thy_o thought_n and_o 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that_o make_v the_o whole_a it_o be_v strange_a to_o think_v that_o man_n shall_v be_v excuse_v by_o ignorance_n what_o be_v that_o but_o to_o rob_v god_n of_o the_o principal_a endowment_n of_o thy_o soul_n even_o thy_o understanding_n it_o be_v a_o miserable_a folly_n when_o man_n labour_v for_o skill_n in_o earthly_a thing_n and_o will_v be_v wise_a every_o way_n except_o in_o heavenly_a thing_n and_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n least_o of_o all_o regard_n to_o know_v the_o lord_n as_o if_o the_o top_n of_o the_o soul_n the_o head_n of_o the_o inward_a man_n be_v make_v to_o be_v a_o
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the_o psalmist_n traveller_n at_o the_o foot_n of_o the_o hill_n look_v up_o to_o the_o top_n and_o now_o oh_o that_o i_o be_v there_o with_o a_o wish_n so_o a_o christian_a in_o the_o valley_n of_o humiliation_n and_o in_o the_o sense_n of_o his_o own_o want_n lock_v up_o to_o god_n and_o his_o holy_a mount_n and_o now_o oh_o that_o i_o be_v with_o the_o lord_n oh_o that_o i_o be_v near_o to_o he_o and_o can_v more_o full_o enjoy_v he_o oh_o that_o i_o have_v more_o of_o his_o spirit_n more_o of_o his_o fullness_n more_o of_o his_o grace_n my_o soul_n thirst_v for_o the_o lord_n even_o for_o the_o live_a god_n and_o when_o once_o thou_o come_v to_o this_o how_o can_v thou_o choose_v but_o from_o thy_o heart_n loath_a all_o sin_n tender_v or_o suggest_v to_o thou_o by_o satan_n the_o world_n or_o the_o flesh_n if_o once_o thou_o thus_o love_v god_n thou_o will_v not_o make_v league_n with_o any_o enemy_n of_o his._n 3._o then_o thou_o will_v rejoice_v in_o the_o lord_n with_o joy_n 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