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4.15_o brethren_n 1_o s._n pet._n 4.15_o let_v none_o of_o you_o suffer_v as_o a_o evildoer_n in_o any_o case_n because_o so_o all_o your_o suffering_n will_v lie_v whole_o at_o your_o own_o door_n for_o it_o be_v not_o the_o weight_n of_o any_o one_o 50._o one_o cum_fw-la martyrem_fw-la non_fw-la faciat_fw-la poena_fw-la sed_fw-la causa_fw-la d._n august_n epist_n 61._o &_o epist_n 167._o &_o cont._n crescon_n l._n 3._o c._n 47._o nam_fw-la si_fw-la poena_fw-la martyr_n faceret_fw-la omne_fw-la metalla_fw-la martyribus_fw-la plena_fw-la essent_fw-la omnes_fw-la catenae_fw-la martyr_n traherent_fw-la omnes_fw-la qui_fw-la gladio_fw-la feriuntur_fw-la coronarentur_fw-la id._n in_o psalm_n 34._o non_fw-la ergo_fw-la qui_fw-la propter_fw-la iniquitatem_fw-la &_o propter_fw-la christianae_n unitatis_fw-la impiam_fw-la divisionem_fw-la sed_fw-la qui_fw-la propter_fw-la justitiam_fw-la persecutionem_fw-la patiuntur_fw-la hi_o martyr_n very_fw-la sunt_fw-la epist_n 50._o suffering_n but_o 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