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need_n shall_v so_o require_v we_o must_v not_o think_v our_o life_n too_o dear_a to_o pour_v they_o forth_o for_o their_o preservation_n and_o for_o the_o comfort_n and_o confirmation_n of_o their_o faith_n as_o 1._o john_n 3.16_o we_o ought_v to_o lay_v down_o our_o life_n for_o the_o brethren_n and_o so_o we_o read_v that_o priscilla_n and_o aquila_n endanger_v their_o own_o life_n and_o be_v willing_a to_o have_v die_v rather_o than_o paul_n life_n shall_v have_v be_v destroy_v rom._n 16.4_o to_o who_o therefore_o say_v the_o apostle_n not_o i_o only_o give_v thanks_o but_o also_o all_o the_o church_n of_o the_o gentile_n nevertheless_o both_o in_o the_o ordinary_a and_o also_o in_o the_o extraordinary_a distribution_n of_o that_o alm_n and_o beneficence_n which_o any_o christian_a give_v great_a caution_n be_v to_o be_v use_v for_o the_o prevent_n of_o all_o unnecessary_a waste_n lest_o that_o be_v loose_o and_o unskilful_o scatter_v and_o throw_v about_o which_o ought_v to_o be_v 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