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your_o enemy_n and_o to_o the_o shame_n and_o grief_n of_o he_o and_o your_o friend_n 2_o this_o will_v be_v a_o breach_n upon_o the_o ordinance_n of_o christ_n for_o such_o be_v magistracy_n and_o your_o obedience_n and_o submission_n be_v require_v thereunto_o though_o you_o suffer_v wrongful_o 1_o pet._n 2.13_o to_o 20._o 3_o this_o be_v to_o break_v from_o the_o office_n whereunto_o you_o be_v now_o call_v of_o christ_n which_o be_v to_o suffer_v patient_o ibid._n ver_fw-la 20_o 21._o 4_o this_o be_v to_o bid_v defiance_n to_o the_o holy_a example_n of_o christ_n himself_o who_o step_n you_o shall_v follow_v as_o also_o of_o his_o servant_n who_o example_n you_o shall_v imitate_v wherein_o they_o imitate_v christ_n 1_o pet._n 2.21_o 1_o cor._n 11_o 1._o these_o never_o do_v so_o much_o as_o attempt_v a_o escape_n out_o of_o the_o magistrate_n power_n or_o prison_n when_o they_o may_v and_o easy_o can_v have_v attain_v it_o without_o the_o mission_n of_o a_o angel_n or_o the_o 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