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a_o figure_n call_v synecdoche_n 19_o and_o they_o ask_v he_o say_v be_v this_o your_o son_n who_o you_o say_v be_v bear_v blind_a how_o do_v he_o now_o see_v then_o m._n it_o seem_v that_o these_o word_n be_v severe_o speak_v and_o by_o authority_n as_o if_o they_o shall_v say_v take_v heed_n what_o you_o report_v you_o babble_n and_o prate_n much_o concern_v one_o who_o you_o say_v be_v your_o son_n which_o be_v bear_v blind_a and_o which_o have_v now_o receive_v his_o sight_n do_v you_o know_v he_o if_o this_o be_v he_o tell_v we_o how_o it_o be_v possible_a that_o he_o shall_v receyve_v his_o sight_n bu_n they_o demand_v three_o thing_n the_o
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marye_n her_o sister_n secreatlye_o say_v the_o master_n be_v come_v and_o call_v for_o thou_o bu_n thus_o far_o we_o hear_v the_o talk_n between_o the_o lord_n and_o martha_n and_o now_o follow_v the_o communication_n between_o the_o lord_n and_o mary_n the_o which_o although_o it_o be_v very_o short_a and_o contain_v nothing_o which_o have_v not_o be_v speak_v of_o before_o yet_o notwithstanding_o it_o have_v circumstance_n annex_v to_o it_o which_o be_v neither_o to_o be_v contemn_v nor_o yet_o unprofitable_a c._n and_o it_o be_v likely_a that_o christ_n stand_v still_o without_o the_o village_n at_o the_o request_n of_o martha_n lest_o he_o shall_v come_v among_o so_o great_a a_o assembly_n of_o man_n for_o she_o fear_v peryll_n because_o christ_n have_v but_o latelye_a escape_v the_o snare_n of_o death_n therefore_o lest_o the_o fame_n of_o his_o come_n shall_v be_v spread_v any_o far_a she_o privilye_o inform_v her_o sister_n of_o the_o same_o the_o master_n be_v come_v c._n the_o name_n of_o master_n show_v what_o estimation_n christ_n have_v among_o godly_a matron_n howbeit_o they_o have_v not_o as_o yet_o profit_v so_o much_o as_o they_o shall_v have_v do_v and_o yet_o this_o be_v much_o that_o they_o have_v whole_o addict_v themselves_o unto_o he_o as_o his_o disciple_n 29._o assoon_o as_o she_o hear_v that_o she_o arise_v quick_o and_o come_v unto_o he_o c._n this_o sudden_a and_o speedy_a come_n of_o mary_n to_o meet_v christ_n declare_v no_o small_a reverence_n m._n there_o be_v many_o jew_n present_v which_o come_v from_o jerusalem_n and_o sit_v by_o very_o sorrowful_a that_o they_o may_v comfort_v she_o over_o her_o dead_a brother_n she_o leave_v all_o these_o so_o soon_o as_o she_o know_v that_o jesus_n be_v come_v and_o that_o he_o call_v for_o she_o make_v haste_n without_o delay_n to_o come_v unto_o he_o and_o not_o in_o vain_a for_o the_o jew_n bring_v nothing_o with_o they_o but_o word_n with_o the_o which_o they_o can_v not_o satisfy_v a_o sorrowful_a mind_n but_o this_o christ_n bring_v with_o he_o the_o resurrection_n and_o the_o life_n 30._o jesus_n be_v not_o yet_o come_v into_o the_o town_n but_o be_v in_o that_o place_n where_o martha_n meet_v he_o bu_n therefore_o he_o wait_v for_o mary_n who_o he_o command_v to_o be_v call_v for_o seek_v for_o a_o convenient_a place_n to_o work_v the_o miracle_n because_o the_o grave_n be_v not_o far_o from_o thence_o for_o the_o custom_n be_v then_o to_o make_v the_o monument_n of_o such_o depart_v this_o life_n by_o the_o high_a way_n side_n m._n and_o in_o this_o that_o the_o lord_n will_v not_o go_v into_o the_o house_n to_o ease_v and_o refresh_v himself_o before_o he_o have_v finish_v the_o work_n of_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n in_o raise_v up_o lazarus_n for_o the_o which_o he_o come_v we_o have_v a_o example_n set_v before_o we_o to_o follow_v that_o we_o also_o may_v execute_v and_o finish_v those_o thing_n which_o concern_v the_o glory_n of_o god_n before_o we_o do_v any_o thing_n else_o according_a to_o the_o say_n of_o christ_n first_o of_o all_o seek_v the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n and_o the_o righteousness_n thereof_o 6.33_o mat._n 6.33_o and_o all_o other_o thing_n shall_v be_v give_v to_o you_o he_o be_v scant_o a_o faithful_a servant_n to_o his_o lord_n which_o seek_v the_o refresh_n of_o his_o body_n and_o other_o private_a commodity_n before_o those_o thing_n which_o concern_v the_o glory_n and_o profit_n of_o his_o master_n a._n the_o servant_n of_o abraham_n will_v neither_o eat_v nor_o drink_v 24.33_o gen._n 24.33_o untyll_o he_o have_v faithful_o discharge_v his_o master_n errand_n and_o message_n 31._o the_o jew_n then_o which_o be_v with_o she_o in_o the_o house_n &_o comfort_v she_o when_o they_o see_v marye_n that_o she_o arise_v up_o hasty_o and_o go_v out_o follow_v she_o say_v she_o go_v unto_o the_o grave_n to_o weep_v there_o c._n although_o by_o the_o sufferance_n of_o christ_n martha_n go_v home_o again_o that_o she_o may_v privilye_o call_v her_o sister_n from_o the_o multitude_n yet_o notwithstanding_o the_o purpose_n of_o our_o saviour_n christ_n tend_v to_o another_o end_n name_o that_o he_o may_v have_v they_o witness_n of_o his_o miracle_n this_o thing_n they_o think_v not_o upon_o but_o it_o be_v no_o new_a thing_n that_o man_n shall_v be_v bring_v as_o it_o be_v out_o of_o darkness_n by_o the_o secréete_n providence_n of_o god_n to_o a_o place_n whether_o they_o mind_v not_o to_o come_v m._n for_o human_a matter_n be_v oftentimes_o so_o dispose_v by_o the_o purpose_n of_o god_n that_o by_o the_o occasion_n of_o those_o thing_n which_o we_o purpose_v to_o do_v we_o fall_v into_o those_o thing_n which_o we_o never_o think_v upon_o c._n they_o think_v that_o martha_n go_v to_o the_o grave_n according_a to_o the_o manner_n of_o those_o which_o seek_v occasion_n to_o provoke_v they_o to_o mourn_v for_o this_o be_v a_o common_a fault_n among_o man_n that_o when_o the_o husband_n have_v lose_v his_o 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