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fact_n be_v they_o will_v not_o receive_v christ_n great_a inhumanity_n not_o to_o receive_v stranger_n especial_o for_o samaritans_n who_o as_o epiphanius_n report_v receive_v the_o five_o book_n of_o moses_n wherein_o hospitality_n be_v teach_v both_o by_o rule_n and_o by_o example_n the_o example_n of_o abraham_n and_o lot_n be_v remarkable_a in_o genesis_n who_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o saint_n paul_n will_v christian_n to_o be_v rom._n 12._o give_v to_o hospitality_n origen_n first_o and_o out_o of_o he_o chrysostome_n observe_v the_o significancie_n of_o the_o phrase_n which_o import_v that_o we_o shall_v be_v so_o hospitable_a as_o not_o to_o stay_v till_o stranger_n seek_v to_o we_o but_o prevent_v they_o by_o our_o invitation_n and_o indeed_o so_o do_v abraham_n and_o so_o do_v lot_n neither_o have_v they_o only_o these_o example_n but_o the_o law_n also_o levit._n 19_o thou_o shall_v not_o wrong_v a_o stranger_n but_o love_v he_o as_o thyself_o eumaene_n in_o 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