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our_o day_n in_o the_o fruit_n and_o office_n of_o love_n so_o that_o all_o our_o action_n flow_v from_o love_n be_v manaâ—…d_v in_o love_n and_o end_n in_o love_n 2._o the_o apostle_n direct_v we_o to_o conform_v ourselves_o herein_o unto_o christ_n love_n of_o we_o walk_v in_o love_n as_o christ_n have_v love_v we_o there_o be_v four_o thing_n especial_o wherein_o our_o love_n of_o our_o brethren_n shall_v be_v conformable_a unto_o christ_n love_n of_o we_o 1._o constancy_n 2._o freeness_n 3._o self-denial_n and_o humility_n 4._o reality_n of_o expression_n 1._o constancy_n as_o god_n he_o have_v love_v we_o from_o everlasting_a prov._n 8.30_o as_o man_n he_o love_v his_o own_o in_o the_o world_n unto_o the_o end_n john_n 13.1_o that_o be_v for_o ever_o our_o love_n of_o our_o brethren_n shall_v therefore_o be_v perpetual_a and_o not_o be_v alter_v interrupt_a or_o abate_v by_o their_o petty_a unkindness_n much_o less_o by_o the_o great_a and_o most_o miserable_a change_n of_o 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