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son_n of_o man_n a_o good_a name_n be_v a_o precious_a ointment_n and_o a_o precious_a jewel_n which_o nothing_o will_v get_v so_o soon_o or_o so_o sure_o as_o goodness_n wherefore_o fight_n against_o sin_n that_o thou_o may_v have_v honour_n in_o the_o conscience_n of_o man_n and_o some_o kind_n of_o authority_n and_o command_n in_o they_o as_o i_o may_v say_v by_o virtue_n of_o this_o honour_n chap._n iu._n show_v the_o equity_n of_o the_o duty_n we_o have_v hear_v how_o needful_a duty_n three_o from_o the_o equity_n of_o the_o duty_n and_o profitable_a mortification_n be_v let_v we_o see_v also_o how_o equal_a it_o be_v no_o need_n nor_o profit_n shall_v draw_v we_o to_o that_o which_o be_v unequal_a but_o when_o equity_n be_v join_v to_o profit_n and_o necessity_n then_o shall_v the_o work_n be_v do_v without_o further_a delay_n now_o it_o be_v most_o equal_a that_o we_o kill_v our_o sin_n whether_o we_o consider_v god_n or_o christ_n or_o ourselves_o or_o sin_v itself_o enemy_n 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weep_v and_o sob_v and_o hardly_o can_v speak_v for_o weep_v o_o foolish_a man_n and_o unwise_a can_v thou_o have_v while_n and_o heart_n to_o weep_v so_o much_o for_o the_o evuill_a word_n speak_v against_o thou_o for_o the_o discourtesy_n offer_v unto_o thou_o for_o the_o loss_n and_o cross_n that_o do_v befall_v thou_o and_o can_v thou_o not_o weep_v at_o all_o for_o the_o sin_n commit_v against_o god_n for_o the_o thousand_o and_o ten_o thousand_o of_o oath_n and_o blasphemy_n that_o be_v dart_v at_o his_o name_n for_o the_o woeful_a sacrilege_n commit_v against_o his_o church_n for_o the_o ignorance_n blindness_n hypocrisy_n profaneness_n of_o the_o multitude_n and_o in_o a_o word_n for_o all_o the_o numberless_a abomination_n that_o be_v daily_a hourly_o minutely_o commit_v among_o we_o o_o heart_n possess_v with_o self-love_n and_o prize_v its_o own_o ease_n and_o welfare_n above_o god_n honour_n and_o glory_n and_o make_v more_o account_n of_o its_o self_n then_o of_o its_o 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