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thyself_o come_v not_o near_o i_o i_o be_o holy_a than_o thou_o we_o may_v say_v as_o he_o do_v when_o he_o read_v the_o gospel_n aut_fw-la hoc_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la evangelium_fw-la aut_fw-la nos_fw-la non_fw-la sumus_fw-la evangelici_fw-la the_o apostle_n foretell_v of_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o last_o day_n 2_o tim._n 3._o pride_n and_o highmindedness_a be_v two_o of_o those_o sin_n sure_o that_o prophecy_n be_v calculate_v for_o the_o meridian_n of_o our_o time_n they_o be_v the_o two_o sin_n of_o our_o age_n what_o else_o mean_v the_o bleat_a of_o the_o sheep_n etc._n etc._n 1._o why_o else_o come_v it_o to_o pass_v that_o there_o be_v such_o distance_n among_o the_o people_n of_o god_n why_o such_o with-drawing_n one_o from_o another_o too_o much_o pride_n and_o too_o little_a love_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o schism_n solomon_n tell_v we_o only_o by_o pride_n come_v contention_n prov._n 13._o 10._o if_o contention_n be_v the_o child_n of_o pride_n sure_o we_o be_v guilty_a 2._o 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