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my_o brethren_n do_v not_o so_o wicked_o behold_v now_o i_o have_v two_o daughter_n which_o have_v not_o know_v man_n they_o will_v i_o bring_v forth_o unto_o you_o and_o do_v unto_o they_o as_o seem_v good_a unto_o you_o only_o to_o these_o man_n do_v nothing_o for_o therefore_o be_v they_o come_v under_o the_o shadow_n of_o my_o roof_n this_o be_v kind_a and_o honourable_a entertainment_n indeed_o he_o will_v rather_o suffer_v himself_o than_o they_o so_o a_o love_a heart_n will_v do_v with_o christ_n he_o say_v let_v my_o soul_n be_v wound_v and_o my_o honour_n lie_v in_o the_o dust_n that_o god_n name_n may_v be_v honour_v let_v persecution_n and_o shame_n &_o disgrace_n and_o any_o thing_n come_v to_o i_o i_o be_o willing_a to_o endure_v all_o but_o i_o will_v do_v nothing_o against_o jesus_n christ_n nor_o against_o the_o credit_n of_o the_o gospel_n nor_o speak_v evil_a of_o god_n name_n no_o nor_o dishonour_v the_o work_n of_o his_o grace_n whatsoever_o befall_v i_o simile_n 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chap._n 3.16_o when_o i_o hear_v my_o belly_n tremble_v my_o lip_n quiver_v at_o the_o voice_n rottenness_n enter_v into_o my_o bone_n and_o i_o tremble_v myself_o that_o i_o may_v rest_v in_o the_o day_n of_o trouble_n when_o we_o teach_v joy_n in_o god_n amid_o great_a calamity_n we_o teach_v not_o a_o atheistical_a &_o cyclopicall_a contempt_n of_o the_o judgement_n of_o god_n god_n forbid_v but_o to_o take_v off_o the_o edge_n &_o sharpness_n of_o affliction_n by_o the_o exercise_n of_o humiliation_n even_o reckon_n make_v long_a friend_n which_o be_v true_a of_o god_n and_o his_o people_n if_o we_o will_v judge_v ourselves_o 11.31_o 1_o cor._n 11.31_o we_o shall_v not_o be_v judge_v three_o be_v much_o and_o often_o in_o the_o duty_n of_o prayer_n the_o prophet_n course_n in_o this_o chapter_n vers_fw-la 1._o a_o prayer_n of_o habakkuk_n the_o prophet_n upon_o sigionoth_n no_o stream_n of_o joy_n will_v run_v in_o a_o dry_a year_n but_o that_o which_o spring_v up_o from_o the_o 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