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the_o popish_a and_o profane_a and_o too_o much_o undervalue_v by_o all_o yet_o be_v he_o never_o daunt_v nor_o discourage_v in_o his_o course_n nor_o weary_a of_o well_o do_v regard_v little_o regard_v neither_o rheum_n the_o chancellor_n nor_o shimshai_n the_o scribe_n by_o their_o letter_n nor_o samballat_n and_o tobiah_n by_o their_o mock_n threat_n and_o slander_n prosper_v yet_o he_o not_o discourage_v because_o the_o word_n of_o god_n prosper_v can_v ever_o divert_v he_o from_o his_o way_n or_o cause_v the_o work_n of_o god_n to_o cease_v in_o his_o hand_n so_o the_o word_n of_o god_n grow_v mighty_o and_o prevail_v and_o to_o use_v his_o own_o word_n so_o religion_n begin_v to_o enter_v mangre_n the_o devil_n and_o his_o partaker_n for_o i_o be_v much_o oppose_v etc._n etc._n in_o this_o passage_n i_o much_o desire_v to_o commend_v unto_o every_o christian_a especial_o to_o gentleman_n of_o good_a rank_n and_o place_n to_o who_o the_o lord_n have_v give_v a_o large_a portion_n in_o the_o blessing_n of_o