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and_o willingness_n than_o worldling_n â—it_n down_o at_o their_o banquet_n to_o refresh_v they_o or_o lie_v down_o on_o their_o bed_n to_o rest_v they_o if_o we_o have_v the_o spirit_n of_o eliakim_n 37._o shebnah_n and_o joah_n we_o will_v rend_v our_o clothes_n when_o we_o hear_v rabshekah_n rail_v on_o the_o liâ—ing_n god_n virgilius_n degeneres_fw-la animos_fw-la timor_fw-la arguit_fw-la fear_n argue_v we_o come_v of_o a_o bastardly_a generation_n if_o therefore_o we_o desire_v a_o sure_a testimony_n of_o our_o love_n of_o god_n see_v whether_o we_o be_v zealous_a for_o his_o honour_n and_o if_o need_v require_v to_o lay_v down_o our_o life_n in_o his_o cause_n and_o quarrel_n great_a love_n can_v no_o man_n have_v then_o this_o to_o lay_v down_o his_o life_n for_o his_o friend_n the_o six_o and_o last_o mark_n of_o our_o love_n of_o god_n be_v to_o love_v those_o that_o be_v the_o child_n of_o god_n 5.1_o every_o one_o that_o love_v he_o that_o beget_v love_v he_o that_o be_v 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