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convince_o propound_v as_o their_o fix_a opinion_n suffer_v they_o not_o to_o admit_v of_o any_o truth_n which_o job_n assert_v and_o prove_v contradictory_n thereunto_o 4._o it_o be_v a_o shrewd_a evidence_n that_o man_n have_v not_o truth_n on_o their_o side_n when_o they_o shift_v their_o ground_n in_o debate_n and_o be_v put_v to_o silence_n in_o one_o thing_n they_o will_v not_o cede_fw-la but_o do_v start_v aside_o to_o some_o other_o as_o here_o bildad_o say_v nothing_o to_o that_o part_n of_o the_o debate_n wherein_o job_n have_v speak_v so_o clear_o chap._n 24._o but_o betake_v himself_o to_o that_o wherein_o he_o think_v he_o have_v some_o advantage_n only_o this_o may_v be_v say_v for_o he_o that_o it_o be_v a_o part_n of_o the_o question_n in_o controversy_n though_o manage_v by_o he_o with_o a_o mistake_n whereupon_o he_o insi_v which_o may_v condemn_v they_o who_o go_v further_a wrong_n and_o start_v new_a question_n to_o cast_v a_o mist_n before_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o 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