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xii_o a_o good_a and_o wise_a housholder_n love_v his_o household_n with_o a_o natural_a and_o paternal_a love_n xiii_o a_o good_a and_o wise_a housholder_n take_v care_n for_o the_o preservation_n and_o security_n of_o his_o family_n in_o respect_n of_o health_n and_o safety_n against_o thief_n and_o enemy_n send_v for_o a_o physician_n as_o soon_o as_o he_o find_v any_o ill_a order_n the_o door_n and_o gate_n to_o be_v keep_v fast_o with_o bar_n and_o lock_n fourteen_o a_o good_a housholder_n bear_v and_o forbear_v long_o be_v not_o rash_a and_o hasty_a but_o meek_a and_o patient_a under_o present_a provocation_n xv._n a_o wise_a housholder_n be_v not_o always_o wroth_a retain_v not_o anger_n out_o of_o spite_n soon_o become_v reconcile_v upon_o submission_n and_o use_v mean_n of_o pacification_n
to_o the_o admiration_n of_o all_o the_o matter_n be_v know_v and_o relate_v to_o they_o that_o that_o be_v concern_v he_o have_v not_o only_o his_o life_n 〈◊〉_d but_o the_o lion_n also_o to_o wait_v upon_o he_o who_o become_v a_o faithful_a servant_n to_o he_o hic_fw-la est_fw-la leo_fw-la hospes_fw-la hominis_fw-la hic_fw-la est_fw-la homo_fw-la medice_fw-la leonis_fw-la be_v that_o which_o the_o people_n will_v say_v when_o they_o see_v he_o lead_v along_o his_o lion_n through_o the_o street_n here_o go_v the_o lion_n which_o be_v the_o man_n host_n and_o there_o be_v the_o man_n who_o be_v the_o lion_n physician_n xii_o no_o creature_n love_v their_o young_a as_o you_o may_v perceive_v by_o the_o forego_n story_n in_o part_n more_o than_o the_o lion_n which_o they_o further_o demonstrate_v in_o their_o defence_n for_o they_o will_v receive_v many_o terrible_a blow_n slash_n and_o wound_n the_o one_o open_v the_o bleed_a body_n and_o the_o other_o press_v the_o blood_n out_o of_o the_o wound_n stand_v invincible_a never_o yield_v till_o death_n 363._o as_o if_o death_n itself_o be_v nothing_o to_o they_o say_v the_o historian_n so_o that_o their_o young_a one_o may_v be_v safe_a xiii_o lion_n be_v full_a of_o clemency_n to_o they_o that_o prostrate_v themselves_o at_o their_o foot_n ovid._n they_o will_v not_o touch_v such_o as_o do_v as_o it_o be_v by_o submission_n humble_v themselves_o to_o they_o fourteen_o out_o of_o the_o dead_a carcase_n of_o sampson_n lion_n come_v forth_o sweetness_n as_o in_o his_o riddle_n xv._n none_o can_v take_v away_o the_o prey_n from_o a_o hungry_a lion_n xvi_o it_o be_v affirm_v that_o if_o a_o man_n be_v anoint_v all_o over_o with_o the_o blood_n of_o a_o lion_n 3â—â—7_n he_o shall_v never_o be_v destroy_v by_o wild_a beast_n xvii_o the_o blood_n of_o a_o lion_n as_o naturalist_n say_v be_v rub_v or_o spread_v upon_o a_o canker_n or_o sore_a which_o be_v swell_v about_o the_o vein_n will_v present_o cure_v the_o grief_n 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yea_o whole_a legion_n of_o they_o and_o ride_v in_o triumph_n through_o the_o air._n 2.15_o he_o overcome_v the_o world_n trample_v it_o under_o his_o foot_n he_o conquer_v sin_n yea_o death_n itself_o the_o woman_n bring_v forth_o the_o lion_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n portend_v nothing_o less_o than_o the_o conquest_n of_o the_o devil_n kingdom_n v._o christ_n appear_v in_o his_o dispensation_n for_o some_o time_n to_o couch_v down_o as_o it_o be_v suffer_v himself_o to_o be_v abuse_v in_o his_o people_n and_o seem_v to_o lie_v still_o as_o if_o he_o be_v asleep_a vi_o christ_n when_o he_o be_v rouse_v up_o by_o the_o cruelty_n of_o the_o enemy_n of_o his_o church_n and_o the_o cry_v of_o his_o people_n will_v be_v very_o terrible_a 41.25_o he_o will_v come_v upon_o prince_n as_o upon_o mortar_n though_o now_o he_o seem_v still_o and_o peaceable_a like_o a_o lamb_n yet_o the_o day_n be_v at_o hand_n when_o he_o will_v rise_v up_o like_o a_o lion_n to_o destroy_v and_o devour_v 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or_o take_v care_n of_o one_o thing_n more_o than_o another_o to_o which_o to_o hate_v be_v oppose_v which_o signify_v disregard_n less_o care_n and_o neglect_v of_o one_o thing_n more_o than_o another_o as_o gen._n 29.31_o with_o verse_n 30._o john_n 12.25_o he_o that_o love_v his_o etc._n life_n shall_v lose_v it_o and_o he_o that_o hate_v his_o etc._n life_n in_o this_o world_n shall_v keep_v it_o unto_o eternal_a life_n this_o be_v express_v matth._n 16.25_o thus_o for_o whosoever_o will_v save_v his_o life_n in_o the_o greek_a it_o be_v his_o soul_n shall_v lose_v it_o and_o whosoever_o will_v lose_v his_o life_n or_o soul_n for_o my_o sake_n shall_v find_v it_o by_o the_o phrase_n to_o love_n his_o soul_n be_v mean_v a_o will_n and_o resolution_n to_o preserve_v life_n even_o by_o the_o denial_n or_o abnegation_n of_o the_o name_n of_o christ._n and_o to_o hate_v his_o soul_n signify_v that_o in_o comparison_n of_o the_o name_n profession_n and_o truth_n of_o christ_n the_o 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25.16_o then_o he_o that_o have_v receive_v the_o five_o talent_n go_v and_o trade_v with_o the_o same_o 〈◊〉_d and_o make_v they_o other_o five_o talent_n that_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o gain_v they_o as_o verses_z 17_o 20_o 22._o it_o be_v expound_v to_o judge_n beside_o its_o proper_a signification_n denote_v also_o the_o consequent_a action_n as_o castigation_n and_o punishment_n gen._n 15.14_o 2_o chron._n 20.12_o psal._n 9.19.20_o act_n 7.7_o heb._n 13.4_o condemnation_n john_n 3.18_o rom._n 14.3_o free_v deliver_v or_o absolve_v psal._n 35.24_o rom._n 6_o 7._o etc._n etc._n the_o matter_n of_o which_o a_o thing_n be_v make_v be_v put_v for_o the_o thing_n make_v the_o firr-tree_n of_o which_o lance_n be_v make_v be_v put_v for_o lance_n nah._n 2.3_o the_o
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