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58._o 58.1_o be_v your_o mind_n set_v upon_o righteousness_n o_o you_o congregation_n rather_o be_v they_o not_o almost_o all_o of_o gallio_n temper_n act._n 18._o who_o though_o there_o be_v a_o foul_a outrage_n commit_v even_o under_o his_o nose_n and_o in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o bench_n yet_o the_o text_n say_v 18.17_o he_o care_v for_o none_o of_o those_o thing_n as_o if_o they_o have_v their_o name_n give_v they_o by_o a_o antiphrasis_n like_o diogenes_n his_o man_n manes_fw-la à _fw-la manendo_fw-la because_o he_o will_v be_v now_o and_o then_o run_v away_o so_o these_o justice_n à _fw-fr justitia_fw-la because_o they_o neither_o do_v nor_o care_n to_o do_v justice._n peradventure_o here_o and_o there_o one_o or_o two_o in_o a_o whole_a side_n of_o a_o country_n to_o be_v find_v that_o make_v a_o conscience_n of_o their_o duty_n more_o than_o the_o rest_n and_o be_v forward_o to_o do_v the_o best_a good_a they_o can_v god_n blessing_n rest_n upon_o their_o head_n for_o it_o 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