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that_o i_o may_v answer_v he_o that_o reprove_v i_o pro._n 27._o 11._o and_o 29._o 3._o sometime_o also_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o good_a child_n become_v parent_n to_o their_o parent_n by_o relieve_v they_o in_o their_o necessity_n and_o help_v they_o in_o their_o outward_a state_n so_o joseph_n be_v say_v to_o have_v nourish_v his_o father_n jacob_n and_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o son_n and_o their_o family_n gen._n 45._o 18._o and_o 47._o 12._o so_o likewise_o ruth_n be_v a_o great_a help_n for_o maintenance_n to_o her_o mother_n in_o law_n naomi_n and_o much_o other_o comfort_n have_v naomi_n by_o she_o in_o her_o old_a age_n the_o contrary_n be_v manifest_a of_o wicked_a child_n both_o by_o many_o sentence_n in_o the_o proverb_n before_o allege_v and_o also_o by_o many_o example_n of_o ishmael_n esau_n the_o son_n of_o eli_n hophni_n and_o phine_n as_o amnon_n and_o absalon_n the_o son_n of_o david_n and_o of_o many_o other_o as_o it_o be_v thus_o between_o the_o 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mat._n 22._o 30._o of_o who_o great_a glory_n we_o have_v hear_v before_o who_o therefore_o can_v express_v or_o conceive_v this_o that_o be_v here_o speak_v that_o we_o shall_v be_v like_a unto_o christ_n himself_o for_o what_o be_v the_o brightness_n of_o the_o firmament_n what_o be_v the_o glister_n of_o the_o star_n what_o be_v the_o light_n of_o the_o sun_n in_o the_o great_a and_o clear_a height_n thereof_o what_o be_v the_o glory_n of_o the_o angel_n in_o respect_n of_o christ_n jesus_n when_o he_o be_v in_o the_o shape_n of_o a_o servant_n he_o teach_v with_o such_o power_n and_o authority_n that_o all_o that_o hear_v he_o be_v astonish_v at_o his_o doctrine_n mat._n 7._o 28._o 29._o and_o wonder_v at_o the_o gracious_a word_n that_o proceed_v out_o of_o his_o mouth_n luk_n 4._o 22._o yea_o the_o very_a officer_n of_o the_o high_a priest_n and_o pharisy_n that_o be_v send_v to_o take_v he_o be_v ravish_v with_o his_o word_n return_v without_o he_o and_o be_v ask_v why_o they_o 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will_v have_v the_o young_a woman_n to_o be_v chaste_a tit._n 2._o 5._o notwithstanding_o by_o the_o figure_n synecdoche_n that_o put_v the_o special_a for_o the_o general_a this_o word_n be_v use_v for_o all_o virtue_n and_o in_o this_o very_a place_n here_o be_v not_o only_o the_o verb_n but_o also_o the_o primitive_a whereof_o it_o be_v derive_v in_o the_o word_n follow_v as_o he_o be_v pure_a which_o be_v speak_v of_o christ_n note_v all_o the_o virtue_n that_o be_v in_o he_o even_o his_o perfect_a holiness_n and_o righteousness_n without_o any_o sin_n at_o all_o this_o verb_n in_o the_o general_a signification_n thereof_o be_v borrow_v as_o now_o it_o be_v use_v from_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o law_n for_o purify_n themselves_o according_o to_o the_o ceremony_n of_o the_o law_n either_o after_o they_o have_v any_o way_n defile_v themselves_o or_o before_o they_o be_v to_o come_v to_o the_o passover_o or_o to_o be_v employ_v in_o any_o other_o holy_a work_n so_o it_o be_v use_v 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