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and_o extend_v and_o multiply_v it_o oh_o the_o paradox_n of_o our_o misery_n our_o christianity_n shall_v accuse_v we_o and_o our_o happiness_n undo_v we_o at_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n it_o shall_v be_v easy_a for_o a_o miscreant_n turk_n than_o for_o a_o bad_a christian_a and_o the_o king_n be_v more_o terrible_a to_o this_o guest_n here_o than_o to_o a_o stranger_n the_o person_n you_o see_v be_v a_o main_a circumstance_n a_o king_n to_o be_v slight_v and_o his_o guest_n to_o slight_v he_o his_o subject_a to_o contemn_v he_o a_o high_a contempt_n but_o in_o the_o next_o place_n the_o invitation_n will_v heighten_v it_o tantus_fw-la tanti_fw-la tantillum_fw-la that_o a_o king_n shall_v invite_v a_o beggar_n send_v his_o servant_n to_o entreat_v he_o to_o a_o feast_n and_o that_o at_o the_o marriage_n of_o his_o son_n make_v the_o benefit_n a_o wonder_n and_o the_o neglect_n as_o strange_a and_o that_o all_o shall_v be_v think_v but_o a_o parable_n no_o history_n no_o history_n 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