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with_o publican_n and_o sinner_n and_o as_o a_o physician_n who_o seek_v after_o the_o sick_a to_o cure_v they_o and_o as_o a_o good_a pastor_n seek_v out_o the_o stray_a sheep_n to_o bring_v they_o unto_o the_o fowlde_v and_o to_o force_v they_o to_o return_v and_o his_o life_n be_v common_a and_o familiar_a according_a to_o the_o exterior_a become_v all_o unto_o all_o to_o gain_v all_o this_o continual_a assistance_n which_o place_v they_o as_o a_o frequent_a spectacle_n before_o man_n make_v they_o less_o acceptable_a to_o the_o vulgar_a who_o have_v no_o judgement_n but_o in_o the_o eye_n nor_o eye_n but_o in_o the_o head_n esteem_v nothing_o valuable_a and_o great_a but_o that_o which_o be_v rare_a and_o that_o which_o appear_v more_o seldom_o to_o the_o view_n to_o say_v the_o truth_n as_o nothing_o so_o much_o and_o so_o often_o engender_v contempt_n as_o familiarity_n inward_a conversation_n and_o ordinary_a commerce_n so_o nothing_o do_v more_o advance_v worth_a reputation_n 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