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her_o own_o praise_n or_o pleasure_n at_o other_o man_n loss_n or_o shame_n and_o therefore_o neither_o mock_n nor_o upbraid_v nor_o reproach_n any_o reproach_v be_v not_o provoke_v easy_o or_o not_o unto_o the_o rigour_n height_n but_o mix_v mercifulness_n with_o anger_n in_o exact_v punishment_n which_o be_v opposite_a to_o rigour_n think_v or_o 〈◊〉_d impute_v no_o evil_n or_o vice_n to_o man_n who_o be_v guilty_a of_o they_o in_o rail_v and_o reproach_n but_o kind_o overlook_v or_o lessen_v they_o as_o we_o be_v wont_n to_o do_v with_o person_n who_o we_o love_v evil_a rejoice_v not_o in_o evil_a and_o least_o of_o all_o in_o the_o high_a sort_n of_o it_o iniquity_n of_o man_n 1_o cor._n 13.4_o 5_o 6._o and_o without_o this_o charity_n all_o other_o thing_n whatsoever_o will_v at_o the_o last_o day_n profit_v nothing_o ver_fw-la 3._o the_o work_n of_o the_o flesh_n be_v manifest_a which_o be_v hatred_n debate_n envy_v variance_n or_o 12.20_o debate_n gal._n 5.19_o 20_o 21._o be_v 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