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sinful_o to_o take_v offence_n yet_o gracious_a person_n may_v offend_v or_o some_o action_n may_v have_v a_o aptitude_n to_o offend_v a_o gracious_a zealous_a person_n rather_o than_o another_o thus_o peter_n dissimulation_n may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v offensive_a to_o paul_n gal._n 2._o though_o more_o proper_o it_o be_v a_o scandal_n to_o barnabas_n yet_o it_o grieve_v and_o stir_v paul_n though_o in_o a_o sanctify_a manner_n he_o do_v vent_v that_o which_o possible_o some_o other_o gracious_a person_n may_v either_o have_v be_v irritate_v with_o or_o out_o of_o respect_n to_o peter_n led_z away_o as_o barnabas_n be_v when_o a_o ungracious_a person_n will_v not_o have_v lay_v any_o weight_n on_o peter_n deed_n as_o to_o any_o of_o these_o that_o be_v either_o to_o follow_v it_o or_o be_v grieve_v with_o it_o from_o what_o be_v say_v it_o may_v be_v someway_o clear_a how_o a_o indifferent_a or_o lawful_a act_n may_v become_v offensive_a to_o wit_n as_o it_o do_v or_o be_v apt_a to_o 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the_o question_n what_o kind_n of_o government_n shall_v be_v or_o what_o shall_v be_v the_o governors_n duty_n but_o who_o shall_v be_v chief_a and_o have_v the_o main_a hand_n in_o rule_v 7._o sometime_o division_n be_v more_o state_v and_o deep_o root_v when_o some_o way_n man_n design_n be_v cross_a though_o not_o in_o the_o main_a yet_o in_o the_o manner_n of_o carry_v they_o on_o sometime_o again_o they_o be_v more_o occasional_a and_o arise_v from_o some_o particular_a act_n or_o circumstance_n wherein_o man_n may_v differ_v and_o may_v be_v when_o neither_o side_n draweth-on_a a_o division_n so_o that_o particular_a of_o take_v or_o not_o take_v john_n mark_v in_o the_o company_n be_v the_o occasion_n of_o that_o contention_n and_o division_n betwixt_o paul_n and_o barnabas_n act._n 15._o when_o otherways_o there_o be_v a_o harmony_n in_o the_o series_n and_o strain_n of_o their_o whole_a way_n 8._o sometime_o division_n be_v betwixt_o godly_a and_o orthodox_n man_n upon_o 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