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but_o what_o be_v safe_a john_n 11.49_o you_o know_v nothing_o at_o all_o as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v if_o you_o move_v upon_o principle_n of_o right_n law_n and_o justice_n you_o can_v do_v nothing_o by_o they_o you_o can_v take_v he_o away_o but_o if_o you_o consider_v the_o exigence_n of_o state_n the_o safety_n of_o ourselves_o the_o security_n of_o the_o people_n then_o expedient_a it_o be_v that_o one_o shall_v die_v ver._n 50._o and_o indeed_o which_o of_o we_o be_v there_o that_o have_v not_o a_o caiaphas_n in_o his_o bosom_n which_o of_o we_o be_v there_o that_o do_v not_o rather_o consider_v the_o expediency_n than_o the_o justice_n of_o a_o action_n which_o of_o we_o do_v not_o consider_v whether_o what_o we_o do_v be_v not_o rather_o secure_v then_o conscionable_a much_o more_o poise_v a_o outward_a broil_n than_o a_o inward_a peace_n and_o be_v not_o this_o the_o way_n to_o become_v as_o so_o many_o pilate_n man_n who_o will_v sacrifice_v both_o judgement_n loyalty_n 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