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offender_n withal_o mat._n 18._o 17._o so_o that_o certain_o there_o can_v be_v nothing_o in_o the_o world_n which_o a_o christian_a have_v more_o cause_n to_o blush_v at_o than_o what_o be_v condemn_v by_o heathen_n themselves_o now_o in_o the_o point_n in_o hand_n it_o be_v amaze_a to_o think_v what_o a_o height_n some_o heathen_n have_v arrive_v to_o beyond_o most_o of_o we_o that_o call_v our_o selus_fw-la christian_n as_o you_o must_v needs_o say_v when_o you_o shall_v read_v in_o epictetus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n that_o a_o man_n ought_v so_o far_o 13._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d epict._n ench._n c._n 13._o to_o renounce_v his_o own_o will_n that_o he_o must_v not_o so_o much_o as_o seek_v or_o desire_v to_o have_v thing_n fall_v out_o as_o he_o will_v but_o be_v willing_a to_o have_v they_o fall_v out_o as_o they_o do_v and_o that_o man_n come_v into_o this_o world_n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cap._n 24._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n 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