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and_o excellent_a quality_n be_v a_o public_a spirit_n for_o god_n and_o how_o much_o be_v this_o holy_a man_n invest_v herewith_o how_o little_o do_v his_o flamen_n zeal_n care_n to_o live_v when_o the_o honour_n of_o his_o great_a lord_n seem_v to_o bleed_v and_o die_v what_o a_o meek_a and_o patient_a spirit_n have_v he_o as_o to_o injury_n do_v unto_o himself_o and_o yet_o how_o impatient_a and_o zealous_a be_v he_o as_o to_o injury_n do_v unto_o his_o lord_n how_o modest_a and_o backward_o be_v he_o in_o his_o own_o cause_n and_o yet_o how_o magnanimous_a and_o forward_a in_o the_o cause_n of_o god_n how_o little_o be_v it_o in_o the_o power_n of_o the_o great_a man_n to_o frown_v he_o out_o of_o duty_n or_o flatter_v he_o into_o sin_n what_o a_o masculine_a courage_n
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