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a_o to_o requite_v a_o benefit_n and_o so_o thâ—â—â—st_a a_o rich_a jewel_n from_o the_o head_n of_o thâ—â—â—â—oads_n 2._o thy_o enemy_n make_v thou_o live_v more_o circumspect_a and_o wary_a it_o will_v teach_v thou_o how_o to_o watch_v over_o thyself_o one_o shall_v hardly_o be_v wise_a before_o one_o have_v live_v among_o enemy_n 3._o thy_o enemy_n will_v tell_v thou_o those_o fault_n thou_o will_v never_o find_v out_o thyself_o nor_o thy_o friend_n for_o thou_o they_o look_v upon_o thy_o fault_n with_o a_o multiply_a glass_n which_o not_o only_o do_v magnify_v and_o aggravate_v thy_o sin_n that_o thyself_o or_o other_o see_v but_o discover_v those_o that_o none_o else_o perceive_v as_o a_o multiplying-glass_n do_v not_o only_o make_v a_o grain_n of_o wheat_n which_o we_o see_v without_o it_o big_a than_o a_o large_a beam_n but_o discover_v a_o down_n upon_o each_o grain_n which_o without_o that_o glass_n we_o perceive_v not_o 2._o the_o second_o thing_n to_o discover_v our_o 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