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the_o errand_n sure_o it_o seem_v so_o for_o thereupon_o jonas_n infer_v therefore_o i_o prevent_v etc._n etc._n there_o be_v two_o reason_n bring_v why_o jonas_n assay_v to_o prevent_v this_o business_n 1._o because_o he_o be_v loath_a to_o be_v account_v a_o false_a prophet_n refusal_n to_o have_v his_o credit_n impair_v to_o have_v his_o name_n call_v into_o question_n as_o if_o he_o have_v run_v not_o be_v send_v and_o to_o be_v mistrust_v in_o whatsoever_o he_o shall_v afterward_o speak_v the_o cause_n i_o confess_v be_v vehement_a &_o weighty_a for_o the_o least_o suspicion_n of_o heresy_n and_o falsehood_n if_o any_o thing_n in_o the_o world_n make_v a_o man_n impatient_a &_o he_o that_o dissemble_v or_o put_v up_o one_o note_n of_o heresy_n without_o clear_v himself_o be_v not_o a_o christian._n 13._o it_o be_v require_v of_o a_o dispenser_n that_o he_o be_v find_v faithful_a 2._o cor._n 4._o and_o the_o master_n of_o the_o house_n luk._n 12._o ask_v for_o a_o faithful_a servaunt_o who_o he_o may_v set_v over_o his_o household_n the_o law_n of_o god_n be_v strict_a against_o false_a prophet_n deut._n 13._o &_o 18._o his_o father_n and_o mother_n that_o beget_v he_o shall_v say_v unto_o he_o thou_o shall_v not_o live_v for_o thou_o speak_v lie_n in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n yea_o his_o father_n and_o mother_n that_o beget_v he_o shall_v thrust_v he_o through_o when_o he_o thus_o prophesi_v one_o shall_v say_v unto_o he_o what_o be_v these_o wound_n in_o thy_o hand_n then_o he_o shall_v answer_v thus_o be_v i_o wound_v in_o the_o house_n of_o my_o friend_n the_o admonition_n of_o christ_n in_o the_o gospel_n and_o his_o disciple_n be_v frequent_a against_o false_a prophet_n false_a apostle_n false_a christ_n wolf_n in_o sheep_n clothing_n lie_v spirit_n antichristes_n mocker_n seducer_n how_o careful_a be_v samuel_n towards_o the_o end_n of_o his_o life_n to_o approve_v his_o innocency_n both_o to_o god_n and_o man_n through_o the_o whole_a 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