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himself_o to_o attain_v to_o revile_v calumniate_v or_o otherwise_o put_v a_o affront_n upon_o they_o the_o example_n hereof_o abound_v this_o they_o conceive_v they_o be_v bind_v to_o revenge_n that_o they_o may_v vindicate_v their_o honour_n which_o otherwise_o will_v be_v lose_v but_o this_o by_o which_o they_o pretend_v to_o assert_v their_o honour_n taint_v it_o the_o vanity_n of_o this_o mistake_v worldly_a interest_n david_n example_n towards_o his_o revile_v enemy_n reprove_v because_o by_o the_o eye_n of_o faith_n he_o believe_v that_o god_n be_v the_o author_n of_o his_o suffering_n and_o will_v reward_v his_o patience_n therefore_o he_o submit_v to_o it_o and_o if_o god_n be_v provoke_v by_o we_o poor_a dust_n and_o ash_n every_o day_n we_o may_v be_v content_v if_o he_o cause_v our_o mean_a brother_n sometime_o to_o provoke_v we_o or_o our_o servant_n eccles_n 7.22_o nam_fw-la lingua_fw-la mali_fw-la pars_fw-la pessima_fw-la servi_fw-la juv._n and_o it_o serve_v to_o 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