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13._o 1._o but_o when_o he_o do_v otherwise_o he_o die_v like_a as_o nabuchadnezzar_n for_o his_o loftiness_n be_v send_v seven_o year_n graze_v among_o the_o brute_n till_o he_o have_v learned_a to_o acknowledge_v that_o god_n rule_v in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o man_n and_o pull_v down_o and_o set_v up_o who_o it_o please_v he_o sect._n 2._o nor_o be_v humility_n so_o excellent_a but_o that_o meekness_n mercy_n and_o clemency_n whether_o reckon_v concomitant_n or_o fruit_n thereof_o they_o do_v bear_v a_o excellent_a proportion_n with_o it_o to_o the_o adorn_v of_o they_o in_o who_o they_o be_v find_v what_o great_a argument_n then_o that_o they_o be_v in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n of_o great_a price_n who_o have_v therefore_o instruct_v ruler_n that_o its_o their_o glory_n to_o pass_v over_o a_o transgression_n prov._n 19_o 11_o 12._o and_o the_o throne_n shall_v be_v establish_v as_o by_o righteousness_n so_o by_o mercy_n prov._n 20._o 28._o but_o without_o mercy_n such_o shall_v 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