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to_o our_o neighbour_n do_v thus_o divine_o describe_v it_o charity_n suffer_v long_a and_o be_v kind_a charity_n envy_v not_o charity_n vaunt_v not_o itself_o be_v not_o puff_v up_o do_v not_o behave_v itself_o unseemly_a seek_v not_o her_o own_o be_v not_o easy_o provoke_v think_v no_o evil_a rejoice_v not_o in_o iniquity_n or_o wrong_a but_o rejoice_v in_o the_o truth_n faithfulness_n or_o fair_a deal_n bear_v all_o thing_n or_o rather_o cover_v or_o conceal_v i._n e._n other_o error_n believe_v all_o thing_n hope_v all_o thing_n endure_v all_o thing_n but_o now_o to_o reduce_v all_o to_o few_o head_n and_o to_o consider_v charity_n in_o a_o close_a sense_n it_o contain_v two_o thing_n 1._o the_o do_v good_a to_o and_o 2._o forgive_a one_o another_o the_o thing_n which_o be_v capable_a of_o receive_v any_o benefit_n by_o our_o charity_n be_v our_o neighbour_n reputation_n body_n soul_n and_o therefore_o 1._o charity_n secure_v man_n credit_n by_o denounce_v a_o hell_n to_o the_o 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