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child_n 1_o thes_n 2._o 7._o 11._o zeal_n and_o love_n may_v stand_v together_o for_o zeal_n be_v nothing_o but_o the_o blood_n and_o spirit_n of_o love_n as_o moses_n love_v the_o people_n and_o pray_v for_o they_o and_o wish_v to_o be_v raze_v out_o of_o the_o book_n of_o life_n for_o their_o good_a yet_o so_o zealous_a be_v he_o that_o he_o make_v they_o drink_v the_o powder_n of_o the_o calf_n that_o they_o have_v make_v exod._n 32._o but_o take_v heed_n of_o that_o same_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bitter_a zeal_n complain_v of_o in_o james_n 3._o 14._o when_o strange_a fire_n be_v mingle_v with_o god_n fire_n caution_n yet_o its_o good_a not_o only_o to_o come_v with_o love_n in_o our_o heart_n but_o to_o use_v expression_n of_o love_n in_o our_o speech_n as_o bee_n that_o carry_v honey_n in_o their_o moâ—thes_n as_o well_o as_o a_o sting_n about_o they_o and_o pill_n be_v wrap_v in_o sugar_n thus_o our_o bless_a saviour_n weep_v over_o they_o in_o jerusalem_n when_o he_o 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