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admonish_v and_o reprove_v too_o if_o occasion_n be_v the_o convert_v need_v our_o instruction_n the_o unconvert_v need_v our_o reproof_n david_n tell_v god_n what_o shall_v follow_v upon_o the_o joy_n of_o salvation_n be_v restore_v to_o he_o psal._n 51._o 13._o then_o will_v i_o teach_v transgressor_n thy_n way_n and_o sinner_n shall_v be_v convert_v unto_o thou_o you_o and_o i_o shall_v have_v instruct_v one_o another_o have_v we_o do_v it_o you_o and_o i_o shall_v have_v reprove_v one_o another_o have_v we_o do_v it_o in_o the_o scripture_n we_o find_v the_o saint_n reprove_v one_o another_o moses_n reprove_v aaron_n exod._n 32._o 21._o nathan_n repro_v david_n 2_o sam._n 11._o paul_n reprove_v peter_n gal._n 2._o 11._o sometime_o you_o shall_v hear_v curse_v and_o swear_v in_o your_o presence_n sometime_o you_o shall_v behold_v covetousness_n pride_n passion_n anger_n and_o uncomliness_n here_o now_o be_v opportunity_n of_o do_v service_n for_o god_n of_o appear_v and_o witness_v 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much_o for_o other_o in_o leave_v pattern_n that_o may_v survive_v you_o and_o live_v when_o you_o be_v dead_a i_o mean_v live_v exemplary_o as_o paul_n phil._n 3._o 17._o brethren_n say_v he_o be_v follower_n together_o of_o i_o and_o mark_v they_o which_o walk_v so_o as_o you_o have_v we_o for_o a_o ensample_n this_o great_a apostle_n deny_v himself_o to_o make_v himself_o a_o example_n to_o other_o take_v heed_n of_o scandal_n and_o visible_a infirmity_n which_o discourage_v many_o to_o take_v up_o with_o religion_n movent_fw-la example_n be_v very_o prevalent_a in_o â—…ramque_fw-la partem_fw-la either_o one_o way_n or_o other_o either_o for_o good_a or_o evil_a oh_o that_o the_o professor_n of_o this_o age_n who_o be_v most_o defective_a herein_o will_v but_o be_v persuade_v to_o live_v life_n for_o posterity_n live_v holy_a therefore_o that_o other_o imitate_v your_o holiness_n may_v be_v holy_a also_o but_o how_o little_o convince_v convert_v and_o edify_v be_v the_o live_v of_o 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bernhard_n thou_o shall_v find_v more_o in_o the_o wood_n than_o in_o a_o corner_n stone_n and_o tree_n will_v teach_v thou_o what_o thou_o shall_v not_o have_v from_o learned_a doctor_n i_o shall_v conclude_v with_o job_n chap._n 12._o vers._n 7_o 8._o ask_v now_o the_o beast_n and_o they_o shall_v teach_v thou_o and_o the_o fowl_n of_o the_o air_n and_o they_o shall_v tell_v thou_o or_o speak_v to_o the_o earth_n and_o it_o shall_v teach_v thou_o and_o the_o fish_n of_o the_o sea_n shall_v declare_v unto_o thou_o that_o be_v say_v neat_a and_o accurate_a mr._n loc._n caryl_n the_o creature_n teach_v we_o when_o we_o think_v of_o they_o they_o teach_v we_o though_o not_o formal_o yet_o virtual_o they_o answer_v and_o resolve_v the_o question_n put_v to_o they_o though_o not_o explicit_o to_o the_o ear_n yet_o convince_o to_o the_o conscience_n so_o then_o we_o ask_v the_o creature_n when_o we_o diligent_o consider_v they_o when_o we_o search_v out_o the_o perfection_n and_o virtue_n 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