See selfist on Wiktionary
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"text": "We have in the priests and elders the selfist prosperous in his schemes, and untouched, unhurt. We have in Judas the selfist wounded and disappointed, beginning to \" eat of the fruit of his own way, and to be filled with his own devices.\"",
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