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negligence_n have_v suffer_v it_o to_o catch_v hold_n upon_o corn_n either_o stand_n in_o the_o field_n upright_o or_o stack_v up_o in_o mow_n at_o home_n than_o he_o by_o who_o negligence_n the_o fire_n begin_v do_v make_v amends_n for_o the_o loss_n that_o the_o other_o receive_v the_o same_o law_n be_v again_o repeat_v in_o the_o 24_o of_o leviticus_fw-la in_o the_o 22_o of_o deuteronomie_n there_o be_v many_o thing_n express_v that_o must_v be_v refer_v unto_o this_o title_n of_o which_o sort_n be_v the_o law_n that_o bid_v we_o to_o bring_v back_o the_o ox_n that_o go_v astray_v and_o to_o restore_v the_o thing_n that_o be_v find_v to_o he_o that_o lose_v they_o to_o keep_v our_o building_n in_o good_a reparation_n that_o by_o misfortune_n in_o the_o fall_n of_o they_o our_o brethren_n be_v not_o mischieve_v and_o like_v to_o these_o be_v the_o law_n also_o which_o say_v thou_o shall_v have_v a_o place_n without_o the_o host_n to_o go_v forth_o unto_o and_o shall_v bear_v a_o paddle_v stick_v at_o thy_o girdle_n wherewith_o as_o thou_o sit_v thou_o shall_v dig_v a_o hole_n to_o hide_v thy_o ordure_n or_o cover_v thine_o excrement_n in_o and_o in_o the_o civil_a law_n the_o like_a matter_n in_o effect_n be_v handle_v for_o very_a necessity_n do_v require_v y_fw-mi in_o common_a weal_n there_o shall_v be_v law_n concern_v draught_n &_o order_n of_o building_n so_o in_o no_o man_n by_o his_o excrement_n or_o building_n of_o new_a house_n shall_v trouble_v or_o annoy_v his_o neighbour_n about_o he_o to_o this_o place_n also_o we_o may_v add_v the_o law_n that_o be_v make_v concern_v the_o separate_v of_o leper_n from_o they_o that_o be_v clean_o lest_o peradventure_o y_fw-mi contagious_a disease_n shall_v by_o little_a &_o little_o infect_v the_o healthful_a the_o law_n of_o leper_n and_o the_o leprosy_n be_v at_o large_a set_v down_o in_o the_o 13_o &_o 14_o chapter_n of_o leviticus_fw-la just_a weighte_n and_o just_a measure_n the_o lord_n command_v to_o be_v 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there_o be_v much_o to_o be_v see_v in_o the_o 35_o of_o numeri_fw-la the_o four_o &_o the_o ninetéenth_n chapter_n of_o deuteronomie_n to_o the_o law_n for_o murder_v unwilling_o commit_v do_v the_o case_n belong_v that_o be_v thus_o put_v forth_o two_o man_n fight_v together_o and_o in_o their_o fight_n they_o strike_v a_o woman_n with_o child_n so_o that_o either_o she_o fall_v in_o travail_n before_o her_o time_n or_o else_o do_v present_o die_v out_o of_o hand_n in_o such_o a_o case_n what_o be_v to_o be_v do_v the_o lord_n do_v teach_v in_o the_o 21_o of_o exodus_fw-la where_o the_o law_n of_o like_a for_o like_a be_v also_o set_v down_o a_o eye_n for_o a_o eye_n a_o tooth_n for_o a_o tooth_n a_o hand_n for_o a_o hand_n etc_n etc_n in_o the_o same_o place_n also_o be_v put_v a_o other_o kind_n of_o murder_n which_o be_v commit_v either_o by_o thy_o beast_n as_o by_o thine_o ox_n that_o pussh_v with_o his_o horn_n or_o by_o thy_o wolf_n or_o by_o thy_o dog_n that_o thou_o keep_v 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sin_n which_o be_v in_o my_o member_n and_o at_o the_o last_o he_o conclude_v and_o say_v so_o then_o with_o the_o mind_n i_o myself_o serve_v the_o law_n of_o god_n but_o with_o the_o flesh_n the_o law_n of_o sin_n now_o some_o there_o be_v which_o think_v y_fw-es paul_n speak_v these_o word_n not_o of_o himself_o person_n but_o of_o the_o person_n of_o other_o which_o be_v carnal_a man_n and_o not_o as_o yet_o regenerate_v but_o the_o very_a word_n of_o the_o apostle_n do_v enforce_v the_o reader_n whether_o he_o will_v or_o not_o to_o confess_v that_o the_o word_n recite_v may_v be_v apply_v even_o to_o the_o man_n that_o be_v most_o spiritual_a augustine_n 1._o lib._n retractat_fw-la cap._n 23._o say_v that_o he_o himself_o be_v sometime_o of_o opinion_n that_o those_o word_n of_o the_o apostle_n ought_v to_o be_v expound_v of_o the_o man_n which_o be_v under_o the_o law_n and_o not_o under_o grace_n but_o he_o confess_v that_o he_o be_v compel_v by_o the_o authority_n of_o other_o 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