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the_o sacrament_n but_o the_o heart_n be_v stuff_v with_o maliciousness_n envy_n profaneness_n and_o ungodliness_n many_o can_v be_v busy_a to_o purge_v other_o man_n house_n but_o the_o jew_n must_v purge_v his_o own_o house_n ii_o the_o jew_n purge_v out_o all_o leaven_n and_o spare_v none_o not_o a_o morsel_n or_o a_o crumb_n and_o shall_v not_o a_o christian_a count_n every_o sin_n a_o pollution_n and_o hateful_a to_o god_n shall_v any_o say_v be_v it_o not_o a_o little_a one_o i_o may_v swear_v a_o little_a be_v drink_v if_o seldom_o i_o may_v not_o kill_v but_o rail_v and_o revile_v and_o speak_v my_o mind_n i_o may_v not_o be_v a_o adulterer_n but_o wanton_a in_o speech_n look_n behaviour_n and_o in_o my_o company_n i_o may_v not_o go_v to_o plough_v on_o the_o sabbath_n but_o may_v buy_v and_o sell_v ride_v abroad_o or_o be_v idle_a at_o home_n why_o be_v not_o a_o little_a serpent_n a_o serpent_n or_o a_o little_a poison_n poison_n be_v not_o a_o little_a leaven_n enough_o 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