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way_n be_v not_o like_a man_n way_n as_o the_o prophet_n say_v man_n think_v it_o be_v a_o indifferent_a thing_n to_o drink_v much_o or_o little_a nay_o they_o count_v it_o a_o generous_a thing_n to_o drink_v hard_a and_o that_o man_n be_v no_o gallant_a that_o be_v not_o a_o great_a drinker_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d comae_fw-la he_o be_v the_o true_a gentleman_n now_o adays_o that_o can_v drink_v and_o drab_v it_o best_o o_o tempora_fw-la o_o mores_fw-la say_v the_o orator_n o_o mysteria_fw-la o_o moâ—es_o vir_fw-la say_v ambrose_n o_o lord_n to_o what_o time_n have_v thou_o reserve_v i_o cry_v out_o polycarpus_n in_o eusebius_n man_n call_v evil_a good_a what_o remain_v next_o but_o that_o they_o call_v good_a evil_a but_o saint_n paul_n here_o in_o god_n name_n charge_v we_o not_o to_o be_v drink_v therefore_o he_o do_v not_o leave_v we_o to_o our_o liberty_n but_o require_v it_o as_o a_o special_a duty_n that_o we_o keep_v ourselves_o within_o the_o bound_n of_o sobriety_n 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