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ver_fw-la 24._o john_n be_v not_o yet_o cast_v into_o prison_n afterward_o he_o be_v and_o behead_v too_o sometime_o though_o god_n continue_v they_o in_o the_o world_n yet_o he_o may_v make_v their_o tongue_n cleave_v to_o the_o root_n of_o their_o mouth_n they_o shall_v be_v dumb_a and_o not_o be_v reprover_n as_o ezek._n 3._o 26._o the_o pipe_n shall_v be_v stop_v and_o the_o conduit_n in_o the_o town_n shall_v not_o run_v as_o former_o with_o that_o plenty_n of_o the_o water_n of_o life_n there_o be_v a_o time_n when_o the_o prophet_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v in_o their_o cave_n and_o not_o upon_o the_o housetop_n 1_o king_n 18._o 4._o again_o some_o may_v become_v afflictive_a by_o their_o slip_n fall_n apostasy_n tertullian_n turn_v a_o montanist_n and_o fly_v out_o against_o the_o orthodox_n 161._o scult_a annal_n dec_fw-la 1_o p._n 161._o one_o speicer_n in_o germany_n be_v so_o powerful_a in_o preach_v that_o whore_n leave_v the_o stew_n and_o betake_v themselves_o to_o another_o course_n of_o live_v and_o yet_o after_o he_o return_v to_o the_o tent_n of_o the_o papist_n and_o miserable_o perish_v 269._o ibid._n p._n 269._o it_o be_v say_v of_o swenckfield_n who_o do_v beguile_v many_o with_o great_a swelling-word_n of_o illumination_n revelation_n deification_n of_o the_o inward_a and_o spiritual_a man_n that_o he_o have_v a_o well-meaning_a heart_n but_o a_o very_a irregular_a or_o erroneous_a head_n god_n be_v righteous_a as_o in_o the_o dig_v of_o a_o grave_n for_o some_o in_o the_o vineyard_n and_o the_o bind_n of_o other_o hand_n and_o foot_n so_o in_o the_o permission_n of_o other_o to_o leap_v over_o the_o hedge_n of_o the_o vinyard_n and_o to_o be_v bewildered_a in_o wild_a and_o extravagant_a fancy_n and_o conceit_n see_v act_n 20._o 30._o 1_o cor._n 3._o with_o 2_o cor._n 11._o 13_o 14._o 3._o family-relation_n become_v gall_n and_o wormwood_n 1._o the_o husband_n be_v sometime_o a_o nabal_n and_o folly_n be_v with_o he_o 1_o sam._n 25._o 25._o or_o if_o he_o be_v otherwise_o his_o death_n give_v life_n to_o the_o wife_n sorrow_n as_o 2_o king_n 4._o 1._o thy_o servant_n my_o husband_n say_v that_o widow_n to_o elisha_n be_v dead_a and_o thou_o know_v that_o thy_o servant_n do_v for_o the_o lord_n and_o the_o creditor_n be_v come_v to_o take_v to_o his_o my_o two_o son_n for_o bondman_n 2._o the_o wife_n if_o she_o be_v not_o more_o or_o less_o a_o chide_v zipporah_n ezra_n 4._o 25._o a_o mocking-michol_a 2_o sam._n 6._o 20._o a_o sullen_a vashti_n esth_n 1._o 12._o or_o some_o otherway_v afflictive_a yet_o there_o be_v never_o a_o marriage_n but_o there_o must_v be_v a_o funeral_n and_o a_o virtuous_a beautiful_a sarah_n must_v away_o out_o of_o a_o abraham_n sight_n gen._n 23._o 4._o 3._o