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which_o be_v evil_a and_o then_o you_o will_v understand_v what_o a_o necessity_n there_o be_v that_o such_o mischievous_a heart_n shall_v be_v careful_o keep_v under_o government_n 2._o it_o be_v a_o unruly_a heart_n it_o be_v say_v concern_v the_o tongue_n jam._n 3.8_o it_o be_v a_o unruly_a evil_n but_o whence_o be_v the_o unruliness_n of_o the_o tongue_n but_o from_o the_o unruliness_n of_o the_o heart_n it_o be_v the_o heart_n that_o be_v the_o lord_n of_o misrule_n prov._n 16.32_o he_o that_o rule_v his_o own_o spirit_n be_v better_a than_o he_o that_o take_v a_o city_n there_o be_v need_n of_o more_o wisdom_n of_o more_o watchfulness_n of_o more_o care_n and_o skill_n to_o rule_v the_o heart_n than_o to_o rule_v a_o whole_a city_n or_o country_n governor_n of_o kingdom_n do_v not_o find_v it_o so_o hard_a to_o rule_v their_o numerous_a people_n as_o to_o govern_v their_o own_o heart_n to_o show_v the_o unruliness_n of_o the_o heart_n i_o shall_v instance_n 1._o in_o the_o 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