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this_o and_o have_v thou_o not_o abundant_a cause_n to_o be_v heedful_a lest_o by_o thy_o pattern_n thou_o shall_v draw_v thy_o child_n to_o sin_n and_o to_o hell_n the_o idolatrous_a israelite_n draw_v their_o child_n to_o join_v with_o they_o in_o the_o worship_n of_o false_a god_n ezek._n 18.2_o plutarch_n observe_v of_o cato_n that_o he_o be_v very_o wary_a not_o to_o speak_v a_o uncomely_a word_n in_o the_o presence_n of_o his_o child_n cat._n plut._n in_o vit_fw-mi cat._n this_o heathen_a will_v condemn_v many_o christian_n who_o will_v curse_v and_o swear_v and_o drink_v and_o roar_v and_o that_o in_o presence_n of_o their_o child_n reader_n avoid_v sin_n both_o for_o thy_o own_o and_o other_o sake_n as_o a_o stone_n throw_v into_o the_o water_n make_v but_o one_o circle_n at_o first_o but_o that_o one_o beget_v many_o so_o though_o the_o sin_n in_o thou_o at_o first_o be_v but_o one_o you_o it_o may_v cause_v many_o both_o in_o thy_o child_n and_o servant_n the_o sin_n of_o a_o 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