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eos_fw-la quos_fw-la sine_fw-la operibus_fw-la eligit_fw-la effundens_fw-la ut_fw-la etiam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d qui_fw-la in_o multo_fw-la labour_v sudarunâ—_n nec_fw-la amplius_fw-la quà m_fw-la novissimi_fw-la acceperunt_fw-la intelligant_fw-la donum_fw-la se_fw-la gratiae_fw-la non_fw-la operum_fw-la accepisse_fw-la mercedem_fw-la i._n not_o pay_v a_o reward_n unto_o our_o labour_n but_o pour_v forth_o the_o riches_n of_o his_o goodness_n upon_o they_o who_o he_o have_v choose_v without_o work_n that_o they_o also_o which_o in_o great_a labour_n have_v â—oysed_v and_o have_v receive_v no_o more_o than_o the_o last_o may_v know_v that_o they_o have_v receive_v a_o gift_n of_o grace_n and_o not_o a_o wage_n of_o work_n to_o your_o other_o place_n apocal._n 20._o 12._o and_o 1._o cor._n 3._o 8._o i_o say_v with_o s._n paul_n that_o god_n will_v reward_v every_o man_n according_a to_o his_o work_n but_o not_o for_o the_o merit_n and_o desert_n of_o their_o work_n to_o they_o that_o continue_v 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