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5.10_o for_o great_a love_n than_o this_o have_v no_o man_n that_o a_o man_n shall_v give_v his_o life_n for_o his_o friend_n say_v our_o saviour_n and_o he_o give_v his_o life_n for_o his_o enemy_n say_v the_o apostle_n 2._o it_o be_v amore_fw-la vero_fw-la non_fw-la ficto_fw-la with_o a_o true_a sincere_a love_n and_o not_o with_o a_o seem_a affection_n and_o a_o dissemble_a heart_n and_o 3._o it_o be_v amore_fw-la perseveranti_fw-la non_fw-la finienti_fw-la with_o a_o continual_a and_o last_a love_n for_o who_o he_o love_v he_o love_v unto_o the_o end_n and_o not_o for_o a_o short_a space_n and_o therefore_o our_o love_n to_o one_o another_o shall_v be_v great_a true_a and_o last_a love_n and_o not_o like_o the_o worldling_n love_v that_o seem_v fair_a and_o full_a while_o we_o be_v in_o prosperity_n but_o will_v fall_v away_o like_a water_n when_o we_o fall_v into_o adversity_n and_o so_o verify_v the_o poet_n say_v donec_fw-la eris_fw-la faelix_fw-la multos_fw-la numerabis_fw-la 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oppression_n and_o wrong_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o law_n murder_n war_n and_o all_o mischief_n and_o yet_o i_o demand_v if_o any_o thing_n in_o the_o world_n be_v now_o so_o common_a and_o so_o public_a as_o wrong_n injury_n and_o oppression_n especial_o of_o they_o who_o we_o ought_v most_o of_o all_o to_o honour_n and_o to_o love_v for_o though_o s._n paul_n bid_v we_o to_o esteem_v our_o governor_n and_o our_o teacher_n that_o be_v over_o we_o 47.22_o 1_o thes_n 5.13_o how_o fair_o pharaoh_n deal_v with_o the_o priest_n gen._n 47.22_o and_o do_v admonish_v we_o very_o high_o in_o love_n for_o their_o work_n sake_n and_o the_o very_a heathen_n do_v no_o less_o for_o when_o pharaoh_n buy_v all_o the_o land_n of_o the_o egyptian_n throughout_o the_o whole_a kingdom_n of_o egypt_n he_o buy_v not_o the_o land_n of_o the_o priest_n but_o assign_v a_o portion_n of_o corn_n to_o sustain_v they_o so_o
〈◊〉_d the_o lord_n shall_v deliver_v he_o in_o the_o time_n of_o trouble_n much_o more_o bless_a shall_v he_o be_v that_o help_v and_o relieve_v the_o oppress_a and_o especial_o those_o that_o have_v former_o wrong_v and_o oppress_v he_o he_o shall_v be_v double_o bless_v 1._o because_o he_o relieve_v his_o want_n and_o 2._o because_o he_o remit_v his_o fault_n and_o revenge_v not_o his_o own_o wrong_n and_o so_o you_o see_v how_o we_o be_v to_o honour_n to_o esteem_v and_o to_o love_v all_o man_n 2._o as_o we_o be_v to_o honour_v all_o man_n in_o general_a brotherhood_n general_a what_o love_v we_o owe_v to_o the_o brotherhood_n so_o more_o especial_o we_o be_v to_o love_v the_o brotherhood_n in_o particular_a where_o observe_v 1._o the_o act._n 2._o the_o extent_n 1._o the_o act_n be_v love_n and_o love_n say_v the_o schoolman_n be_v bene_fw-la velle_fw-la amato_fw-la but_o that_o be_v no_o more_o than_o amor_fw-la affectivus_fw-la and_o the_o apostle_n speak_v not_o here_o de_fw-fr 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