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stoic_n be_v little_o better_o than_o stock_n such_o a_o apathy_n suit_v neither_o with_o religion_n reason_n nor_o nature_n god_n have_v imprint_v affection_n in_o man_n with_o his_o own_o finger_n and_o will_v have_v they_o exercise_v when_o no_o cross_n lay_v upon_o we_o from_o god_n neither_o loss_n of_o good_n nor_o friend_n nor_o child_n will_v affect_v we_o to_o sorrow_n this_o be_v not_o patience_n 5.3_o jer_n 5.3_o but_o rather_o blockish_a senselessnes_n such_o stupidity_n the_o lord_n complain_v of_o in_o his_o own_o people_n thou_o have_v smite_v they_o o_o lord_n but_o they_o have_v not_o sorrow_v i_o do_v not_o therefore_o interdict_v weep_v upon_o this_o occasion_n nay_o imper_n non_fw-la igitur_fw-la velut_fw-la penicille_fw-la quodam_fw-la sermonis_fw-la mei_fw-la vesiras_n abstergam_fw-la lacbrymas_fw-la etc._n etc._n ambr._n in_o mortem_fw-la valent._n imper_n i_o say_v weep_v this_o be_v a_o special_a hand_n of_o god_n and_o he_o have_v a_o dry_a heart_n that_o 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