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job._n 5._o 12._o psal._n 7._o &_o 9_o use_v 1_o prou._n 24._o 8._o prou._n 20._o 17._o use_v 2._o prou._n 21._o 30._o psal._n 33._o 10._o doct._n 2._o the_o wicked_n boast_a a_o forerunner_n of_o their_o ruin_n psal._n 59_o 7._o 8._o exod._n 15._o 9_o 2._o king_n 18._o chap._n 19_o 28._o reason_n psal._n 52._o 1._o psal._n 10._o psal._n 73._o 9_o use_v 1._o use_v 2._o revel_v 18._o 7._o 8._o doct._n 3._o no_o man_n have_v the_o order_n of_o his_o own_o tongue_n reason_n prou._n 16._o 1._o num._n 23._o ephes._n 4._o prou._n 18._o 7._o micah_n 4._o 11._o 12._o 13._o mat._n 12._o 36._o 37_o use_v 1_o psal._n 141._o 3._o use_v 2_o job._n 5._o 27._o isa._n 45._o 16._o 17._o act._n 4._o 29._o titus_n 2._o 14._o rom._n 12._o 1â—_n 2._o cor._n 7._o 11._o 1._o cor._n 5._o 1._o 2._o reu._n 3._o 19_o psal._n 119._o 139._o psal._n 69._o 9_o exod._n 32._o 32._o rom._n 9_o 3._o rule_n of_o true_a zeal_n the_o matter_n must_v be_v good_a gal._n 4._o 18._o 1._o king_n 18._o 28_o jer._n 7._o 31._o we_o must_v know_v the_o thing_n to_o be_v good_a for_o which_o we_o be_v zealous_a rom._n 14._o 23._o rom._n 10._o 2._o zeal_n must_v begin_v at_o home_n luke_n 6._o 42._o heb._n 2._o 17._o 18._o luk._n 16._o 15._o &_o 18._o 9_o we_o must_v make_v great_a account_n of_o the_o weighty_a matter_n matth._n 23._o 23._o we_o must_v look_v to_o the_o inside_n as_o well_o as_o to_o the_o outside_n jer._n 4._o 14._o jam._n 4._o 8._o matth._n 23._o joh._n 31._o gen._n 39_o matth._n 23._o we_o must_v be_v more_o strict_a to_o ourselves_o then_o to_o other_o titus_n 3._o 1._o gen._n 14._o 23._o 24._o job._n 1._o 1._o cor._n 4._o 12._o 1._o thess._n 2._o 9_o 1._o cor._n 9_o 1._o tim._n 5._o 18._o zeal_n condemn_v sin_n in_o friend_n as_o well_o as_o in_o foe_n mat._n 16._o 23._o gal._n 3._o 1._o 1._o cor._n gen._n 25._o 28._o 1._o sam._n 2._o &_o 3_o &_o 4._o zeal_n oppose_v itself_o against_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o mighty_a job._n 29._o 8._o 9_o job._n 29._o 12._o compassion_n to_o be_v join_v with_o zeal_n mark_n 3._o 5._o matth._n 23._o 37._o luk._n 19_o 41._o 42._o 2._o cor._n 12._o 21._o 1._o cor._n 4._o 1._o sam._n 15._o 35._o true_a zeal_n make_v man_n desirous_a of_o admonition_n job._n 30._o 13._o we_o must_v be_v most_o fervent_a in_o god_n cause_n exod._n 32._o 19_o 20._o revel_v 2._o 2._o zeal_n must_v be_v constant_a in_o all_o estate_n luke_n 8._o 13._o psal._n 119._o 61._o verse_n 161._o verse_n 141._o verse_n 141._o psal_n 63._o 34._o etc._n etc._n judge_n dan._n 9_o 1._o thess._n 3._o 6._o 7._o 8._o