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eye_n 31_o dearly_n thy_o witness_v truth_n i_o hold_v from_o shame_n lord_n i_o discharge_v 32_o daily_a in_o thy_o way_n run_v i_o will_v if_o thou_o my_o heart_n enlarge_v chap._n v._n §._o 1._o the_o confirmation_n of_o the_o major_a proposition_n in_o my_o second_o syllogism_n at_o numb_a 25._o in_o my_o m_n s._n mr._n w._n repeat_v in_o his_o p._n 44._o where_o he_o have_v such_o jejune_n and_o lanquid_a exception_n against_o some_o explication_n be_v insert_v in_o parenthesis_n and_o so_o separate_v from_o the_o syllogism_n itself_o that_o i_o judge_v it_o needless_a to_o make_v any_o defence_n against_o they_o there_o be_v none_o i_o think_v who_o manage_v a_o dispute_n in_o writing_n who_o do_v not_o use_v the_o like_a although_o its_o true_a in_o disputation_n face_n to_o face_n there_o be_v less_o need_n of_o they_o any_o mistake_n which_o may_v occur_v about_o the_o meaning_n of_o the_o term_n be_v soon_o rectify_v by_o explication_n thereof_o the_o like_a frivolous_a 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