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afterward_o shall_v find_v more_o favour_n than_o he_o that_o flatter_v with_o his_o tongue_n prov_n 28.23_o a_o man_n must_v sow_v this_o seed_n in_o patience_n it_o may_v be_v a_o winter_n will_v follow_v upon_o it_o but_o at_o length_n he_o shall_v find_v the_o fruit_n of_o his_o labour_n even_o as_o the_o husbandman_n wait_v with_o long_a patience_n till_o the_o season_n and_o time_n of_o harvest_n yield_v he_o a_o comfortable_a increase_n he_o that_o deal_v plain_o with_o his_o neighbour_n shall_v find_v more_o favour_n at_o the_o length_n than_o he_o that_o flatter_v he_o if_o you_o lose_v his_o favour_n it_o be_v but_o for_o a_o season_n and_o if_o a_o man_n in_o this_o case_n have_v be_v more_o busy_a then_o for_o the_o present_a he_o get_v thanks_n for_o yet_o god_n will_v bless_v it_o and_o recompense_v it_o and_o god_n will_v not_o let_v such_o a_o man_n go_v without_o find_v favour_n with_o himself_o how_o ever_o he_o may_v from_o other_o doct._n upon_o the_o sight_n of_o 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