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34._o 1_o cor._n 14._o 34._o woman_n keep_v silence_n in_o the_o church_n for_o it_o be_v not_o permit_v unto_o they_o to_o speak_v but_o they_o be_v command_v to_o be_v under_o obedience_n as_o say_v the_o law_n now_o the_o truth_n be_v this_o of_o eat_v our_o bread_n in_o the_o sweat_n of_o our_o brow_n be_v all_o these_o it_o be_v a_o curse_n it_o be_v a_o promise_n it_o be_v a_o precept_n it_o be_v a_o curse_n in_o that_o god_n will_v not_o suffer_v the_o earth_n to_o afford_v we_o bread_n without_o our_o sweat_n it_o be_v a_o promise_n in_o that_o god_n assure_v we_o that_o we_o shall_v have_v bread_n for_o our_o sweat_n and_o it_o be_v a_o precept_n too_o in_o that_o god_n enjoin_v we_o if_o we_o will_v have_v bread_n to_o sweat_v for_o it_o have_v a_o care_n then_o of_o relieve_v common_a beggar_n vagrant_a and_o idle_a person_n i_o speak_v not_o against_o alm_n god_n require_v we_o to_o feed_v the_o hungry_a but_o remember_v as_o god_n do_v not_o approve_v of_o any_o other_o 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