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whosoever_o and_o therefore_o forty_o be_v the_o number_n of_o stripe_n which_o they_o may_v not_o pass_v the_o usual_a punishment_n be_v to_o give_v forty_o save_o one_o which_o number_n they_o do_v not_o exceed_v no_o not_o in_o punish_v of_o paul_n towards_o who_o they_o bear_v so_o deadly_a hatred_n 11.24_o as_o he_o testify_v of_o himself_o to_o the_o corinth_n of_o the_o jew_n say_v he_o in_o that_o place_n five_o time_n receive_v i_o forty_o stripe_n save_o one_o thus_o will_v the_o jew_n give_v out_o some_o signification_n how_o they_o do_v abhor_v cruelty_n be_v very_o unwilling_a to_o be_v public_o note_v of_o that_o crime_n how_o bloody_a soever_o their_o heart_n be_v no_o not_o at_o that_o time_n when_o as_o they_o may_v have_v have_v some_o shadow_n in_o pretend_v the_o zeal_n of_o justice_n for_o their_o fact_n but_o christian_n must_v abhor_v that_o in_o deed_n which_o these_o in_o show_n will_v be_v think_v to_o be_v far_o from_o 19.14_o cruelty_n be_v restrain_v in_o 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