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or_o as_o in_o saul_n who_o smite_v the_o amalekite_n for_o a_o former_a injury_n proffer_v to_o the_o wander_a israelite_n but_o at_o this_o time_n there_o be_v no_o war_n in_o hand_n or_o if_o there_o have_v the_o arm_n of_o israel_n and_o his_o bow_n be_v so_o strong_a that_o have_v almighty_a god_n stand_v but_o as_o a_o indifferent_a spectator_n the_o glory_n can_v not_o in_o all_o probability_n have_v depart_v from_o israel_n for_o famine_n it_o may_v proceed_v from_o the_o supine_n negligence_n of_o a_o people_n who_o have_v rather_o beg_v then_o labour_n yea_o almost_o starve_v then_o labour_n and_o so_o live_v idle_o quasi_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la daret_fw-la omne_fw-la tellus_fw-la ovid._n ovid._n or_o else_o when_o some_o shall_v labour_v and_o other_o eat_v the_o labour_n of_o their_o hand_n 6.11_o judg._n 6.11_o when_o gideon_n wheat_n without_o hide_v shall_v feed_v midian_a or_o the_o chaldaean_n and_o sabaean_o spoil_n job_n of_o his_o cattle_n and_o provision_n 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thing_n of_o themselves_o neither_o good_a nor_o bad_a fast_v be_v good_a if_o it_o be_v do_v to_o tame_v the_o flesh_n and_o bring_v it_o in_o subjection_n but_o if_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v admix_v to_o be_v see_v of_o man_n it_o be_v hypocrisy_n if_o a_o man_n out_o of_o the_o weakness_n of_o his_o judgement_n shall_v refuse_v a_o ceremony_n or_o gesture_n as_o fear_v to_o wound_v his_o soul_n by_o commit_v idolatry_n i_o pity_v his_o case_n his_o action_n be_v tolerable_a but_o if_o any_o stiffnecked_a or_o stiffe-hammed_n schismatic_n shall_v do_v it_o out_o of_o opposition_n to_o the_o order_n and_o discipline_n of_o the_o church_n his_o holy_a singularity_n be_v no_o better_a than_o stubbornness_n and_o deep_a hypocrisy_n case_n david_n case_n herein_o than_o david_n fail_v first_o it_o be_v needless_a have_v no_o war_n in_o hand_n second_o it_o be_v a_o curious_a crotchet_n ideò_fw-la numeratur_fw-la ut_fw-la numeretur_fw-la only_o to_o 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