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30.1_o moses_n heb._n 11.26_o david_n psal._n 35.15_o jeremiah_n c._n 18.18_o the_o apostle_n 1_o cor._n 4.9_o 10_o 13._o yea_o the_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n himself_o heb._n 12.3_o and_o for_o the_o matter_n object_v we_o shall_v find_v the_o godly_a man_n have_v be_v reproach_v with_o the_o most_o vile_a slander_n that_o almost_o may_v be_v i_o may_v spare_v other_o testimony_n now_o see_v christ_n himself_o be_v charge_v with_o gluttony_n blasphemy_n sedition_n deceit_n diabolical_a work_n and_o to_o have_v a_o devil_n in_o he_o and_o he_o suppose_v it_o to_o be_v the_o case_n of_o christian_n to_o be_v speak_v against_o with_o all_o manner_n of_o evill-saying_a mat._n 5.12_o and_o for_o the_o manner_n two_o thing_n may_v be_v note_v first_o that_o many_o time_n wicked_a man_n set_v themselves_o to_o study_v and_o invent_v without_o all_o colour_n of_o occasion_n mischievous_a thing_n to_o reproach_v godly_a man_n withal_o thus_o they_o devise_v device_n against_o jeremiah_n 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tongue_n prov._n 25.23_o thus_o of_o the_o first_o point_n doct._n 2._o it_o may_v be_v hence_o also_o note_v that_o reproach_n be_v to_o be_v avoid_v as_o much_o as_o lie_v in_o we_o god_n will_v have_v we_o do_v all_o we_o may_v to_o live_v so_o that_o we_o may_v not_o be_v reproach_v psal._n 39.8_o phil._n 2.15_o we_o must_v strive_v to_o be_v unrebukable_a and_o the_o reason_n be_v first_o because_o every_o christian_a be_v not_o able_a to_o bear_v reproache_n when_o he_o shall_v find_v himself_o to_o be_v slander_v david_n show_v himself_o very_o unquiet_a when_o he_o be_v slander_v especial_o in_o some_o case_n as_o divers_a psalm_n â—hew_v and_o jeremy_n fall_v into_o desperate_a extremity_n about_o they_o 21._o second_o because_o reproach_n and_o slander_n have_v diverse_a ill_a effect_n for_o they_o be_v like_o sword_n and_o razor_n and_o a_o man_n shall_v avoid_v the_o wound_n of_o sword_n and_o razor_n as_o much_o as_o he_o can_v three_o and_o beâ—â—des_n some_o kind_n of_o 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