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that_o thrust_v themselves_o to_o be_v labourer_n in_o the_o lord_n vineyard_n whilst_o their_o own_o vineyard_n be_v overgrow_v with_o briar_n and_o thorn_n the_o leper_n under_o the_o law_n be_v command_v to_o have_v a_o cover_n upon_o his_o upper_a lip_n leu._n 13._o 43._o ut_fw-la non_fw-la docere_fw-la alios_fw-la praesumat_fw-la say_v hesychius_n that_o no_o man_n presume_v to_o open_v his_o lip_n in_o the_o congregation_n for_o the_o instruction_n of_o other_o who_o be_v himself_o infect_v with_o the_o leprosy_n either_o of_o sinsulness_n or_o error_n for_o non_fw-la est_fw-la cadentis_fw-la alium_fw-la erigere_fw-la plutarch_n it_o be_v not_o for_o a_o man_n that_o lie_v in_o the_o dirt_n to_o raise_v up_o another_o thence_o not_o for_o a_o man_n that_o be_v a_o sleep_n in_o his_o sin_n to_o awake_v other_o from_o that_o spiritual_a sleep_n of_o death_n that_o proverb_n remember_v by_o our_o lord_n physician_n heal_v thyself_o luc._n 4._o 23._o 18._o chief_o appliable_a to_o 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