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in_o several_a place_n amount_n to_o it_o chap_n 13.18_o behold_v now_o i_o have_v order_v my_o cause_n i_o know_v i_o shall_v be_v justify_v chap_n 23.10_o but_o he_o know_v the_o way_n that_o i_o take_v when_o he_o have_v try_v i_o i_o shall_v come_v forth_o as_o gold_n chap_n 27.6_o my_o righteousness_n i_o hold_v fast_o and_o will_v not_o let_v it_o go_v and_o he_o insist_v at_o large_a upon_o this_o point_n his_o vindication_n from_o all_o unrighteousness_n throughout_o the_o whole_a 31th_o chapter_n there_o we_o find_v he_o make_v frequent_a imprecation_n v._n 5_o 6_o 7._o if_o i_o have_v walk_v with_o vanity_n or_o if_o my_o foot_n have_v haste_v to_o deceit_n let_v i_o be_v weigh_v in_o a_o even_a balance_n that_o god_n may_v know_v my_o integrity_n if_o my_o step_n have_v turn_v out_o of_o the_o way_n and_o my_o heart_n walk_v after_o my_o eye_n and_o if_o any_o blot_n have_v cleaved_a to_o my_o hand_n than_o etc._n etc._n in_o all_o which_o and_o many_o other_o passage_n of_o 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underling_n but_o we_o shall_v more_o fear_v to_o wrong_v a_o poor_a man_n then_o to_o wrong_v a_o rich_a man_n though_o we_o ought_v not_o to_o do_v either_o yet_o i_o say_v we_o shall_v more_o fear_v to_o wrong_v the_o poor_a than_o the_o rich_a because_o the_o poor_a be_v under_o the_o special_a protection_n of_o the_o great_a god_n they_o be_v under_o more_o promise_n of_o protection_n than_o the_o great_a man_n of_o the_o world_n be_v therefore_o solomon_n give_v that_o serious_a caution_n prov._n 23.10_o 11._o enter_v not_o into_o the_o vineyard_n of_o the_o fatherless_a do_v not_o oppress_v the_o poor_a fatherless_a for_o his_o avenger_n be_v mighty_a and_o god_n will_v plead_v his_o cause_n for_o he_o you_o think_v you_o may_v do_v any_o thing_n with_o the_o poor_a and_o fatherless_a o_o say_v wise_a solomon_n take_v heed_n do_v not_o invade_v the_o heritage_n of_o the_o fatherless_a we_o be_v not_o to_o take_v the_o fatherless_a there_o in_o a_o strict_a sense_n for_o those_o 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