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according_a to_o his_o folly_n 26.5_o prov._n 26.5_o lest_o he_o be_v wise_a in_o his_o own_o conceit_n stop_v his_o mouth_n by_o reproof_n stone_n he_o as_o one_o say_v with_o soft_a word_n and_o hard_a argument_n 3_o to_o comfort_v the_o feeble_a mind_v and_o support_v the_o weak_a 1_o thess_n 5.14_o 4_o to_o resolve_v the_o doubtful_a 5_o to_o reduce_v the_o erroneous_a 5.20_o erroneous_a jam._n 5.20_o 6_o to_z establish_v the_o waver_a act._n 14.22_o 7_o to_o vindicate_v the_o slander_v 8_o to_o deliver_v the_o persecute_v 12.5_o act._n 12.5_o as_o the_o church_n do_v peter_n out_o of_o prison_n by_o their_o prayer_n 9_o to_o help_v they_o to_o right_a that_o suffer_v wrong_a to_o this_o end_n we_o shall_v speak_v
and_o ignorant_a i_o be_v as_o a_o beast_n before_o thou_o nabals_n servant_n accuse_v his_o master_n of_o folly_n 73.22_o psal_n 73.22_o and_o brutish_a stupidity_n that_o he_o will_v endure_v no_o body_n to_o admonish_v he_o of_o his_o sin_n or_o danger_n he_o be_v so_o harsh_a and_o churlish_a and_o have_v not_o the_o patience_n to_o bear_v it_o 25.17_o 1_o sam._n 25.17_o he_o be_v such_o a_o son_n of_o belial_n that_o a_o man_n can_v speak_v to_o he_o 4_o the_o refusal_n of_o reproof_n be_v the_o way_n to_o multiply_v sin_n to_o persist_v in_o sin_n to_o live_v and_o die_v in_o sin_n because_o reproof_n be_v a_o remedy_n of_o god_n appointment_n against_o sin_n to_o give_v a_o stop_n to_o it_o or_o put_v in_o a_o bar_n against_o it_o now_o the_o refusal_n of_o reproof_n be_v a_o removal_n of_o this_o let_v or_o impediment_n and_o open_v a_o door_n to_o let_v in_o all_o iniquity_n how_o have_v i_o hate_a instruction_n will_v he_o that_o have_v be_v entice_v to_o whoredom_n at_o 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