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not_o cry_v be_v thou_o not_o angry_a annah_n in_o a_o part_n of_o her_o song_n tell_v we_o what_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o wicked_a sometime_o be_v impij_fw-la in_o tenebris_fw-la tacent_fw-la when_o they_o be_v afflict_v they_o lay_v their_o hand_n upon_o their_o mouth_n and_o heart_n too_o they_o fret_v with_o indignation_n &_o repine_v to_o themselves_o let_v neither_o voice_n nor_o groan_v come_v forth_o nor_o any_o other_o token_n of_o submission_n to_o he_o that_o have_v cast_v they_o down_o of_o who_o i_o may_v say_v with_o gregory_n to_o suffer_v so_o despiteful_o and_o maliciouslye_o be_v not_o the_o true_a virtue_n of_o patience_n but_o a_o cover_a or_o conceal_a madness_n now_o jonas_n be_v many_o degree_n beyond_o these_o 1._o he_o be_v not_o silent_a which_o as_o you_o hear_v be_v sometime_o a_o mark_n of_o impiety_n 2._o he_o do_v not_o mutter_v to_o himself_o as_o the_o philosopher_n in_o the_o poet_n hum_v within_o themselves_o and_o utter_v a_o kind_n of_o 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13.23_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d war_n not_o any_o long_o belove_a youngman_n neither_o fight_n together_o that_o the_o addition_n of_o the_o second_o word_n though_o add_v nothing_o in_o signification_n to_o the_o former_a be_v not_o to_o make_v up_o the_o verse_n but_o as_o they_o continue_v in_o their_o strife_n so_o duplex_fw-la eadem_fw-la compellatio_fw-la admonitionem_fw-la facit_fw-la intentiorem_fw-la his_o twice_o speak_v unto_o they_o in_o the_o same_o manner_n of_o speech_n make_v his_o advice_n the_o more_o earnest_a and_o if_o they_o be_v the_o same_o word_n yet_o one_o may_v very_o well_o think_v they_o to_o be_v other_o quia_fw-la aures_fw-la &_o animum_fw-la saepiùs_fw-la feriunt_fw-la because_o they_o beat_v the_o ear_n and_o the_o mind_n of_o a_o man_n often_o these_o often_o and_o fierce_a inclamation_n within_o the_o spirit_n of_o jonas_n jbid._n speak_v to_o the_o lord_n as_o it_o be_v with_o a_o double_a and_o cleave_a tongue_n and_o send_v up_o his_o 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