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be_v a_o good_a master_n and_o a_o good_a master_n in_o perfection_n we_o may_v discern_v by_o the_o particular_n of_o which_o a_o perfect_a good_a master_n must_v be_v compose_v for_o he_o who_o exact_v no_o more_o duty_n than_o we_o be_v able_a to_o discharge_v and_o yet_o afford_v a_o great_a recompense_n than_o we_o be_v able_a to_o deserve_v he_o who_o set_v we_o such_o a_o task_n as_o be_v not_o only_o always_o possible_a but_o most_o time_n 293._o easy_a nor_o only_o easy_a to_o be_v perform_v but_o also_o pleasant_a in_o the_o performance_n he_o who_o treat_v his_o servant_n as_o friend_n and_o brethren_n as_o if_o he_o be_v their_o fellow-servant_n or_o indeed_o his_o servant_n servant_n he_o who_o when_o he_o take_v upon_o he_o the_o most_o of_o mastership_n and_o empire_n command_v his_o servant_n no_o mean_a thing_n than_o he_o himself_o in_o his_o person_n have_v do_v before_o they_o he_o who_o when_o he_o be_v affront_v be_v very_o easy_o reconcile_v and_o even_o sue_v 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