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esteem_n value_n not_o yourself_o for_o any_o thing_n whatsoever_o neither_o for_o your_o riches_n nor_o for_o your_o quality_n nor_o beauty_n or_o good_a behaviour_n for_o the_o glory_n one_o take_v in_o these_o thing_n be_v base_a and_o impertinent_a and_o belong_v only_o to_o vain_a spirit_n nor_o for_o your_o wit_n or_o science_n for_o these_o be_v the_o gift_n of_o god_n and_o you_o offer_v he_o a_o injury_n when_o you_o raise_v yourself_o esteem_v from_o thence_o nor_o much_o less_o for_o virtue_n for_o it_o spring_v far_o less_o from_o you_o and_o he_o who_o glory_v therein_o put_v himself_o in_o danger_n of_o absolute_o lose_v it_o beside_o we_o often_o imagine_v we_o have_v perfection_n which_o we_o have_v not_o and_o when_o we_o find_v in_o ourselves_o any_o advantage_n we_o ought_v to_o give_v the_o glory_n to_o god_n who_o be_v the_o author_n of_o it_o and_o not_o to_o ourselves_o who_o have_v receive_v it_o and_o say_v from_o our_o heart_n non_fw-la nobis_fw-la 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that_o death_n be_v a_o unavoidable_a necessity_n and_o that_o after_o death_n he_o shall_v possess_v nothing_o but_o stench_n corruption_n and_o horror_n as_o to_o his_o body_n but_o as_o for_o his_o soul_n she_o be_v to_o be_v present_v before_o the_o judgement_n of_o god_n to_o receive_v there_o the_o decree_n of_o her_o eternal_a happiness_n or_o misery_n and_o this_o judgement_n shall_v be_v terrible_a
israel_n peccare_fw-la 3_o reg._n 14._o he_o who_o sin_v and_o make_v israel_n to_o sin_n and_o speak_v of_o each_o of_o his_o successor_n it_o say_v 16.19_o say_v fecit_fw-la malum_fw-la coram_fw-la domino_fw-la ambulans_fw-la in_o via_fw-la jeroboam_n &_o in_o peccato_fw-la ejus_fw-la qui_fw-la peccare_fw-la fecit_fw-la israel_n cap._n 16.19_o they_o follow_v the_o way_n of_o jeroboam_n who_o make_v israel_n to_o sin_n reproach_v and_o show_v a_o perpetual_a detestation_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o that_o wicked_a prince_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o dreadful_a consequence_n of_o his_o ill_a example_n as_o to_o the_o second_o care_n you_o ought_v to_o have_v well_o 2._o to_o govern_v well_o which_o be_v to_o govern_v well_o remember_v that_o those_o who_o govern_v bear_v the_o image_n of_o god_n govern_v visible_o inferior_n by_o their_o conduct_n as_o he_o govern_v invisible_o all_o thing_n by_o his_o providence_n if_o you_o be_v his_o image_n you_o ought_v to_o endeavour_v to_o resemble_v 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