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enim_fw-la 〈◊〉_d naufragium_fw-la tabula_fw-la poenitentia_fw-la est_fw-la &_o consolatio_fw-la miseriarum_fw-la impietatem_fw-la svam_fw-la abscondere_fw-la and_o as_o the_o sodomite_n sin_v with_o all_o licentiousness_n and_o have_v not_o so_o much_o as_o any_o shame_n in_o their_o wickedness_n say_v unto_o lot_n bring_v forth_o those_o man_n that_o we_o may_v lie_v with_o they_o even_o so_o these_o man_n have_v declare_v their_o own_o sin_n openlle_v proclaim_v it_o and_o in_o blaspheme_v have_v no_o shamefastness_n for_o the_o second_o board_n after_o shipwreck_n be_v repentance_n and_o a_o comfort_n of_o misery_n to_o hide_v their_o own_o ungodliness_n the_o sense_n be_v manifest_a that_o they_o which_o be_v not_o ashamed_a of_o their_o sin_n be_v far_o from_o repentance_n and_o in_o a_o desperate_a state_n for_o they_o that_o have_v make_v shipwreck_n of_o honesty_n and_o godliness_n have_v no_o recovery_n but_o by_o repentance_n so_o that_o hieromes_n say_v except_o it_o be_v 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