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wife_n and_o daughter_n and_o ravish_v virgin_n and_o maid_n most_o shameful_o abominable_o and_o damnable_o thus_o all_o sin_n by_o all_o name_n that_o sin_n may_v be_v name_v and_o by_o all_o mean_v that_o sin_n may_v be_v commit_v and_o wrought_v do_v all_o whole_o upon_o heap_n follow_v rebellion_n and_o be_v to_o be_v find_v altogether_o among_o rebel_n now_o whereas_o pestilence_n 14._o 2_o reg._n 24._o cap._n 14._o famine_n and_o war_n be_v by_o the_o holy_a scripture_n declare_v to_o be_v the_o great_a worldly_a plague_n and_o misery_n that_o likely_o can_v be_v it_o be_v evident_a that_o all_o the_o misery_n that_o all_o these_o plague_n have_v in_o they_o do_v whole_o altogether_o follow_v rebellion_n wherein_o as_o all_o their_o misery_n be_v so_o be_v there_o much_o more_o mischief_n than_o in_o they_o all_o for_o it_o be_v know_v that_o in_o the_o resort_v of_o great_a company_n of_o man_n together_o which_o in_o rebellion_n happen_v both_o upon_o the_o part_n of_o true_a 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