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doct._n argument_n or_o title_n of_o love_n shall_v often_o be_v repeat_v my_o little_a child_n 1_o joh._n 2.1_o brethren_n 1_o joh._n 2.7_o belove_a 1_o joh._n 4.1.7.11_o reason_n 1._o because_o of_o all_o argument_n they_o be_v the_o most_o piercing_a they_o go_v from_o heart_n to_o heart_n they_o will_v work_v when_o argument_n of_o terror_n will_v not_o 2._o because_o as_o they_o quick_o pierce_v the_o affection_n so_o they_o last_o till_o death_n in_o the_o memory_n and_o work_v love_n back_o again_o as_o the_o sunbeam_n beat_v on_o a_o wall_n reverberat_fw-la and_o cause_n heat_n in_o the_o air_n near_o it_o use_v 1._o to_o blame_v strangeness_n and_o sharpness_n of_o carriage_n in_o christian_n especial_o in_o word_n when_o reproof_n and_o admonition_n savour_v rather_o of_o height_n of_o spirit_n then_o of_o love_n little_o good_a come_v by_o they_o 2._o to_o teach_v all_o superior_n minister_n especial_o to_o breath_n forth_o word_n full_a of_o affection_n especial_o to_o those_o that_o be_v godly_a though_o differ_v from_o they_o in_o matter_n of_o lesser_a moment_n love_v carriage_n be_v glue_v it_o will_v unite_v strangeness_n be_v a_o thaw_n of_o a_o sever_a quality_n and_o will_v breed_v enmity_n 2._o doct._n affliction_n come_v from_o god_n shall_v there_o be_v evil_a in_o a_o city_n and_o the_o lord_n have_v not_o do_v it_o am._n 3.6_o the_o lord_n have_v tread_v under_o foot_n all_o my_o mighty_a man_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o i_o he_o have_v call_v a_o assembly_n against_o i_o to_o crush_v my_o young_a man_n the_o lord_n have_v tread_v the_o virgin_n the_o daughter_n of_o judah_n as_o in_o a_o wine_n press_v lam._n 1.15_o reason_n 1._o because_o some_o be_v such_o as_o none_o else_o can_v inflict_v as_o