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have_v promise_v great_a shall_v be_v your_o reward_n in_o heaven_n 5.12_o mat._n 5.12_o he_o that_o lose_v his_o life_n for_o my_o sake_n shall_v find_v it_o say_v christ_n and_o therefore_o as_o caesar_n eye_n make_v his_o soldier_n prodigal_a of_o their_o blood_n so_o god_n eye_n that_o always_o be_v upon_o we_o and_o his_o cause_n which_o principal_o ought_v to_o affect_v we_o shall_v cause_v we_o stand_v to_o his_o truth_n above_o our_o own_o credit_n liberty_n life_n and_o all_o but_o this_o man_n have_v do_v nothing_o amiss_o text._n text._n it_o come_v not_o to_o pass_v but_o by_o a_o extraordinary_a providence_n that_o this_o penitent_a thief_n shall_v in_o this_o wise_a give_v testimony_n unto_o christ_n innocency_n especial_o at_o this_o time_n of_o his_o wonderful_a abasement_n when_o all_o contemn_a and_o despise_v he_o judas_n betray_v pilate_n condemn_v the_o scribe_n and_o pharisee_n and_o elder_n mock_v and_o revile_v he_o the_o common_a people_n and_o passer_n by_o 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