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that_o have_v covet_v it_o so_o be_v pleasure_n and_o sweetness_n in_o sin_v when_o one_o favour_v it_o as_o zophar_n there_o speak_v and_o will_v not_o forsake_v it_o but_o keep_v it_o close_o in_o his_o mouth_n though_o it_o dwell_v in_o darkness_n as_o dark_a as_o night_n and_o say_v to_o the_o soul_n and_o reins_n hide_v i_o safe_a yet_o it_o be_v a_o surfitte_n too_o and_o when_o the_o belly_n have_v be_v fill_v with_o abundance_n thereof_o it_o shall_v be_v in_o pain_n to_o continue_v the_o phrase_n of_o that_o book_n and_o god_n shall_v send_v upon_o it_o his_o fierce_a wrath_n the_o angel_n of_o the_o laodicaean_a church_n ibid._n revelation_n
people_n why_o sit_v thou_o thyself_o alone_o the_o thing_n which_o thou_o do_v be_v not_o well_o thou_o both_o weary_a thyself_o great_o and_o thy_o people_n that_o be_v with_o thou_o and_o he_o cause_v he_o to_o appoint_v ruler_n cover_v thousand_o ruler_n over_o hundred_o ruler_n over_o fifty_n and_o ruler_n over_o ten_o to_o judge_v the_o people_n at_o all_o season_n in_o their_o small_a cause_n moses_n confess_v asmuch_o deuteronomy_n the_o first_o as_o jethro_n complain_v of_o i_o be_o not_o able_a to_o bear_v you_o myself_o alone_o it_o be_v a_o say_n of_o seleucus_n one_o of_o the_o king_n of_o syria_n that_o if_o man_n do_v considerate_o know_v how_o troublesome_a it_o be_v only_o to_o read_v and_o write_v so_o many_o letter_n of_o so_o weighty_a affair_n if_o the_o crown_n be_v throw_v at_o their_o foot_n they_o will_v not_o take_v it_o up_o anacharsis_n one_o of_o the_o sage_n of_o greece_n think_v it_o the_o only_a felicity_n of_o a_o king_n to_o be_v only_o wise_a and_o 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