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have_v work_v do_v by_o every_o servant_n he_o will_v not_o suffer_v idle_a drone_n to_o live_v in_o his_o family_n he_o will_v not_o allow_v any_o lazy_a loiterer_n to_o sleep_v within_o the_o wall_n of_o his_o vineyard_n he_o do_v not_o keep_v any_o idle_a servingman_n in_o his_o house_n no_o he_o appoint_v they_o all_o to_o labour_n and_o it_o be_v well_o if_o the_o pattern_n of_o god_n house_n be_v observe_v if_o the_o law_n of_o his_o family_n be_v execute_v by_o our_o great_a one_o much_o sin_n will_v be_v prevent_v which_o be_v nurse_v at_o the_o breast_n of_o idleness_n nay_o place_n of_o great_a eminency_n be_v no_o exemption_n from_o god_n work_n the_o noble_n of_o tekoah_n have_v a_o brand_n set_v upon_o they_o because_o they_o put_v not_o their_o neck_n to_o the_o work_n of_o the_o lord_n neh._n 3._o ver_fw-la 5._o and_o the_o lord_n put_v this_o as_o the_o high_a mark_n of_o honour_n into_o the_o scutcheon_n of_o his_o great_a saint_n that_o they_o be_v his_o servant_n 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