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mutuam_fw-la perniciem_fw-la ruentes_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la oppressi_fw-la senserint_fw-la omnibus_fw-la perire_fw-la quod_fw-la singuli_fw-la amiserunt_fw-la claudius_fw-la his_o discordiis_fw-la fretus_fw-la etc._n etc._n reason_n 1._o why_o division_n be_v so_o fatal_a to_o kingdom_n because_o they_o take_v away_o all_o the_o preservative_n of_o a_o kingdom_n 1._o they_o take_v away_o peace_n from_o a_o kingdom_n *_o dr._n stoughton_n sermon_n 2._o they_o take_v away_o unity_n love_n and_o concord_n calente_fw-la adhuc_fw-la sanguine_fw-la christi_fw-la hieron._n hegesip._n ex_fw-la euseb._n col._n 3._o 16._o exod._n 9_o reason_n 2._o why_o division_n be_v so_o destructive_a to_o kingdom_n because_o they_o open_v a_o door_n to_o all_o misery_n 1._o they_o let_v in_o confusion_n 2._o they_o let_v in_o a_o foreign_a enemy_n 3._o they_o disenable_v we_o to_o resist_v a_o foreign_a enemy_n 4._o they_o set_v a_o kingdom_n against_o itself_o they_o bring_v in_o civil_a war_n 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