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goodness_n let_v we_o not_o fret_v at_o it_o carry_v a_o spite_n against_o the_o preacher_n but_o let_v we_o say_v bless_a be_v thou_o o_o man_n of_o god_n and_o bless_v be_v thy_o counsel_n bless_a be_v god_n that_o send_v thou_o to_o we_o etc._n etc._n thus_o we_o shall_v suffer_v even_o with_o thanksgiving_n the_o word_n of_o exhortation_n the_o reason_n be_v because_o he_o have_v be_v brief_a in_o it_o i_o have_v not_o be_v long_o rub_v of_o your_o sore_n i_o have_v tell_v you_o of_o it_o in_o a_o word_n therefore_o suffer_v it_o rather_o yet_o now_o adays_o some_o unwise_a hearer_n commend_v longitude_n he_o stand_v upon_o it_o long_o again_o and_o again_o he_o be_v a_o hour_n two_o three_o hour_n peradventure_o he_o may_v have_v speak_v as_o much_o in_o a_o quarter_n of_o a_o hour_n a_o wise_a and_o pithy_a brevity_n shall_v be_v more_o welcome_a to_o we_o if_o we_o be_v judicious_a hearer_n suffer_v they_o that_o wise_o in_o a_o few_o word_n in_o the_o spirit_n of_o love_n and_o meekness_n exhort_v you_o to_o that_o which_o be_v good_a verse_n 23._o good_a news_n he_o be_v set_v at_o liberty_n that_o be_v loose_v timothy_n which_o by_o the_o mother_n be_v a_o hebrew_n act_v 16.1_o he_o be_v in_o bond_n somewhere_o though_o it_o be_v not_o express_v in_o 〈◊〉_d scripture_n for_o the_o which_o they_o sorrow_v therefore_o he_o signify_v 〈◊〉_d to_o they_o with_o who_o if_o he_o come_v short_o i_o will_v see_v you_o why_o he_o be_v in_o bond_n at_o this_o time_n heb._n 10.34_o 1._o he_o may_v 〈◊〉_d there_o bond_n past_a not_o present_a 2._o this_o may_v be_v speak_v with_o a_o â—â—cret_a condition_n understand_v though_o not_o express_v if_o i_o be_v deâ—â—vered_v too_o when_o we_o hear_v of_o the_o deliverance_n of_o our_o brethren_n out_o of_o any_o â—anger_n we_o shall_v be_v glad_a of_o it_o if_o the_o foot_n be_v deliver_v of_o a_o â—orne_n that_o be_v in_o it_o the_o head_n rejoice_v at_o it_o we_o be_v member_n 〈◊〉_d of_o a_o other_o let_v we_o rejoice_v at_o 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