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arise_v go_v up_o to_o bethel_n and_o make_v there_o a_o altar_n unto_o god_n that_o appear_v unto_o thou_o etc._n etc._n and_o then_o do_v he_o pay_v his_o vow_n and_o so_o slip_v his_o foot_n out_o of_o the_o snare_n and_o as_o thus_o he_o that_o vow_v be_v catch_v in_o the_o snare_n of_o the_o law_n till_o he_o pay_v it_o so_o 2._o if_o he_o do_v not_o pay_v it_o he_o be_v trap_v on_o the_o other_o side_n with_o the_o snare_n of_o his_o own_o sin_n of_o sacrilege_n so_o that_o till_o he_o repent_v and_o reform_v and_o restore_v also_o turn_v which_o way_n he_o will_v he_o will_v light_v on_o a_o snare_n or_o fall_v headlong_o into_o jeremy_n labyrinth_n 44._o labyrinth_n jer._n xlviii_o 43_o 44._o fear_v and_o the_o pit_n and_o the_o snare_n will_v be_v upon_o he_o so_o as_o when_o he_o flee_v from_o the_o fear_n he_o shall_v fall_v into_o the_o pit_n and_o when_o he_o get_v up_o out_o of_o the_o pit_n he_o shall_v be_v take_v in_o the_o snare_n 10._o now_o if_o you_o will_v 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