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of_o evil_n be_v good_a private_a man_n must_v put_v their_o sword_n into_o the_o sheath_n but_o the_o magistrate_n sin_n if_o he_o do_v not_o draw_v it_o out_o as_o his_o sword_n must_v not_o surfeit_v through_o cruelty_n so_o neither_o must_v it_o rust_v through_o partiality_n too_o much_o lenity_n in_o a_o magistrate_n be_v not_o meekness_n but_o injustice_n for_o he_o to_o indulge_v offence_n and_o say_v with_o a_o gentle_a reproof_n as_o eli_n 1_o sam._n 2.23_o 24._o why_o do_v you_o such_o thing_n nay_o my_o son_n for_o it_o be_v no_o good_a report_n that_o i_o hear_v this_o be_v but_o to_o shave_v the_o head_n that_o deserve_v to_o be_v cut_v off_o such_o a_o magistrate_n make_v himself_o guilty_a 4._o meekness_n be_v oppose_v to_o evil-speaking_a eph._n 4.31_o let_v all_o evil-speaking_a be_v
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paul_n have_v a_o infallible_a spirit_n which_o we_o have_v not_o beside_o when_o paul_n utter_v those_o word_n it_o be_v not_o by_o way_n of_o reproach_n but_o reproof_n it_o be_v not_o to_o defame_v the_o galatian_n but_o reclaim_v they_o not_o to_o vilify_v they_o but_o to_o humble_v they_o saint_n paul_n be_v grieve_v to_o see_v they_o so_o soon_o fall_v into_o a_o relapse_n well_o may_v he_o say_v foolish_a galatian_n in_o a_o holy_a zeal_n because_o they_o have_v suffer_v so_o much_o in_o the_o cause_n of_o religion_n and_o now_o make_v a_o defection_n and_o fall_v off_o ver_fw-la 4._o have_v you_o suffer_v so_o many_o thing_n in_o vain_a but_o though_o saint_n paul_n guide_v by_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n do_v give_v this_o epithet_n to_o the_o galatian_n it_o be_v no_o warrant_n for_o we_o when_o any_o have_v wrong_v we_o to_o use_v disgraceful_a term_n meekness_n do_v not_o vent_v itself_o in_o scurrility_n it_o do_v not_o retaliate_v by_o rail_v judas_n 9_o yet_o michael_n the_o archangel_n when_o contend_v with_o the_o devil_n he_o dispute_v about_o the_o body_n of_o moses_n dare_v not_o bring_v against_o he_o a_o rail_a accusation_n but_o say_v the_o lord_n rebuke_v thou_o some_o understand_v by_o michael_n christ_n but_o more_o true_o it_o be_v mean_v of_o one_o of_o the_o chief_a of_o the_o angel_n the_o contest_v or_o dispute_v between_o the_o archangel_n and_o the_o devil_n be_v about_o the_o body_n of_o moses_n some_o divine_n say_v that_o when_o god_n do_v dispose_v of_o moses_n his_o body_n he_o employ_v the_o archangel_n to_o inter_v he_o so_o secret_o that_o his_o bury_a place_n may_v not_o be_v know_v it_o be_v likely_a if_o his_o dead_a body_n have_v be_v find_v the_o israelite_n may_v have_v be_v ready_a in_o a_o preposterous_a zeal_n to_o have_v adore_v it_o the_o devil_n oppose_v the_o archangel_n and_o contend_v about_o the_o dead_a body_n but_o the_o archangel_n dare_v not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d some_o read_v it_o he_o can_v 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