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thus_o much_o for_o the_o second_o use_v of_o reproof_n iii_o use_v of_o exhortation_n do_v persuade_v 1._o great_a man_n 2._o all_o man_n 1._o great_a man_n of_o eminency_n dignity_n and_o authority_n such_o be_v eminent_a tree_n in_o the_o garden_n of_o god_n in_o paradise_n ezek._n 31.8_o 9_o more_o excellent_a than_o other_o as_o be_v more_o tall_a in_o statute_n eminent_a in_o their_o estate_n &_o other_o accomplishment_n 2._o strong_a in_o power_n to_o over-awe_n and_o command_v other_o by_o the_o dignity_n and_o authority_n confer_v upon_o they_o therefore_o it_o behoove_v they_o to_o be_v most_o eminent_a in_o grace_n and_o abundant_a in_o good_a work_n that_o they_o may_v be_v like_o the_o tree_n in_o god_n house_n those_o palm-tree_n and_o cedar_n psalm_n 92.12_o 13_o 14._o which_o be_v firm_o root_v sound_a and_o imputrible_a straight_o and_o upright_a ornament_n in_o their_o place_n etc._n etc._n so_o shall_v such_o man_n be_v root_v and_o ground_v in_o the_o truth_n as_o 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