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himself_o not_o discern_v the_o lord_n body_n p._n 37._o serm._n iii_o prov._n i_o 10._o if_o sinner_n entice_v thou_o consent_v thou_o not_o p._n 67._o serm._n iu._n rom._n xii_o 16._o be_v not_o wise_a in_o your_o own_o conceit_n p._n 101._o serm._n v._o s._n matth._n xv._o 19_o for_o out_o of_o the_o heart_n proceed_v evil_a thought_n p._n 135._o serm._n vi_o 1_o cor._n xiii_o 4_o 5_o 6_o 7._o charity_n suffer_v long_o 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 but_o rejoice_v in_o the_o truth_n bear_v all_o thing_n believe_v all_o thing_n hope_v all_o thing_n endure_v all_o thing_n p._n 177._o serm._n vii_o numb_a xxiii_o 10._o let_v i_o die_v the_o death_n of_o the_o righteous_a and_o let_v my_o last_o end_n be_v like_o he_o p._n 219._o serm._n viii_o s._n matth._n v._o 34._o but_o i_o 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