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patience_n possess_v your_o soul_n but_o you_o must_v needs_o be_v subject_n for_o this_o be_v the_o case_n of_o those_o christian_n to_o who_o the_o apostle_n write_v this_o lesson_n if_o the_o tree_n drop_v through_o you_o must_v not_o cut_v it_o down_o for_o it_o be_v not_o your_o tree_n and_o it_o may_v yield_v better_a fruit_n if_o the_o fire_n burn_v the_o house_n you_o must_v not_o quench_v all_o the_o fire_n in_o the_o town_n for_o the_o community_n receive_v benefit_n and_o the_o ordination_n be_v of_o god_n thus_o far_o i_o have_v show_v that_o neither_o the_o principle_n nor_o interest_n of_o christianity_n do_v carry_v the_o least_o tincture_n of_o indisposition_n against_o magistracy_n and_o why_o then_o be_v the_o scripture_n so_o solicitous_a in_o inculcate_v upon_o they_o this_o duty_n of_o subjection_n 1._o the_o reason_n that_o respect_v the_o christian_n of_o those_o time_n be_v that_o so_o great_a be_v the_o provocation_n offer_v to_o this_o profession_n at_o that_o 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