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have_v any_o obligation_n may_v retire_v himself_o from_o those_o afflict_a place_n may_v forsake_v his_o country_n the_o place_n of_o his_o abode_n &_o live_v where_o he_o like_v best_o yea_o &_o who_o peradventure_o may_v think_v with_o himself_o that_o it_o be_v but_o to_o tempt_v god_n to_o expose_v himself_o rash_o to_o the_o hazard_n of_o his_o life_n without_o any_o necessary_a obligation_n according_a as_o it_o be_v write_v qui_fw-la amat_fw-la periculum_fw-la peribit_fw-la in_o illo_fw-la he_o who_o love_v danger_n shall_v perish_v therein_o let_v we_o now_o put_v the_o last_o finger_n to_o this_o evangelicall_n description_n of_o a_o shepherd_n and_o of_o a_o hireling_n the_o mercenary_a or_o hireling_n say_v s._n john_n slye_v &_o he_o give_v a_o reason_n of_o his_o flight_n quia_fw-la mercenarius_fw-la oft_o because_o he_o be_v a_o hireling_n and_o that_o the_o safety_n of_o the_o sheep_n