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unto_o all_o thing_n etc._n etc._n so_o we_o now_o read_v in_o our_o print_a bible_n profit_v little_a but_o i_o have_v reason_n to_o think_v the_o translation_n at_o first_o be_v profit_v a_o little_a because_o in_o the_o margin_n refer_v it_o to_o time_n it_o be_v translate_v thus_o or_o for_o a_o little_a time_n it_o time_n as_o s._n austin_n cap._n 33._o de_fw-la moribus_fw-la eccl._n cath._n and_o most_o of_o the_o ancient_n expound_v it_o which_o show_v they_o think_v there_o be_v some_o profit_n in_o bodily_a exercise_n though_o but_o little_a in_o comparison_n with_o the_o profit_n of_o godliness_n itself_o and_o so_o it_o be_v express_v in_o the_o greek_a more_o clear_o and_o full_o bodily_a exercise_n be_v profitable_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o little_a way_n as_o it_o may_v be_v render_v serve_v to_o some_o purpose_n and_o be_v useful_a in_o its_o kind_n and_o therefore_o the_o apostle_n do_v not_o speak_v slight_o of_o it_o as_o man_n be_v apt_a to_o understand_v 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