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patience_n and_o constancy_n be_v exercise_v than_o he_o be_v very_o much_o honour_v ii_o you_o know_v that_o cain_n slay_v his_o brother_n 3.12_o brother_n 1._o joh._n 3.12_o and_o wherefore_o slay_v he_o he_o because_o his_o own_o work_n be_v evil_a and_o his_o brother_n righteous_a 19.9_o righteous_a gen._n 19.9_o lot_z be_v threaten_v by_o the_o vicious_a sodomite_n because_o that_o be_v a_o foreigner_n and_o stranger_n he_o rebuke_v they_o 37.2_o they_o gen._n 37.2_o joseph_n be_v hate_v and_o sell_v of_o his_o brethren_n because_o he_o advertise_v his_o father_n of_o their_o misdemeanour_n 39.9_o misdemeanour_n gen._n 39.9_o he_o be_v also_o cast_v in_o prison_n because_o he_o will_v not_o sin_v with_o his_o master_n wife_n david_n complain_v of_o his_o enemy_n say_v 38.20_o say_v psal_n 38.20_o they_o that_o render_v evil_a for_o good_a be_v my_o adversary_n because_o i_o follow_v the_o thing_n that_o good_a be_v john_n baptist_n be_v behead_v because_o he_o say_v to_o herod_n 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