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take_v my_o brethren_n the_o prophet_n who_o have_v speak_v to_o you_o in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n for_o a_o example_n of_o suffer_a affliction_n and_o of_o patience_n heb._n 13.7_o remember_v they_o which_o have_v the_o rule_n over_o you_o who_o faith_n follow_v consider_v the_o end_n of_o their_o conversation_n prov._n 2.20_o that_o thou_o may_v walk_v in_o the_o way_n of_o good_a man_n and_o keep_v the_o path_n of_o the_o righteous_a cant._n 1.8_o go_v thy_o way_n forth_o by_o the_o footstep_n of_o the_o flock_n psal_n 37.37_o mark_v the_o perfect_a man_n and_o behold_v the_o upright_a for_o the_o end_n of_o that_o man_n be_v peace_n heb._n 12.1_o wherefore_o see_v we_o be_v also_o compass_v about_o with_o so_o great_a a_o cloud_n of_o witness_n viz._n the_o catalogue_n of_o eminent_a saint_n martyr_n &_o confessor_n in_o the_o former_a chapter_n let_v we_o lay_v aside_o after_o their_o example_n every_o weight_n and_o the_o sin_n which_o do_v so_o easy_o beset_v and_o let_v 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