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the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n as_o the_o apostle_n witness_v 13.14_o heb._n 13.14_o but_o on_o the_o contrary_a side_n fornicator_n and_o adulterer_n the_o lord_n god_n will_v judge_v 7_o now_o therefore_o o_o son_n harken_v unto_o i_o and_o depart_v not_o from_o the_o word_n of_o my_o mouth_n 8_o put_v thy_o way_n far_o off_o from_o she_o and_o draw_v not_o near_o to_o the_o door_n of_o her_o house_n 9_o lest_o thou_o give_v thy_o honour_n unto_o other_o and_o thy_o year_n to_o the_o cruel_a 10_o lest_o stranger_n be_v fill_v with_o thy_o riches_n and_o thy_o labour_n be_v in_o another_o man_n house_n 11_o and_o thou_o mourn_v at_o the_o last_o after_o that_o thy_o flesh_n and_o thy_o body_n have_v be_v consume_v 12_o and_o say_v how_o have_v i_o hate_v instruction_n and_o my_o soul_n despise_v correction_n 13_o and_o have_v not_o hearken_v to_o the_o voice_n of_o my_o teacher_n and_o not_o incline_v my_o ear_n to_o my_o instructor_n 14_o assemble_v 14_o so_o the_o hebrew_n word_n 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labour_n be_v in_o another_o man_n house_n lest_o also_o like_o the_o prodigal_a son_n thou_o spend_v thy_o good_n upon_o harlot_n bawd_n ruffian_n and_o ill_a companion_n yea_o even_o that_o thy_o substance_n which_o thou_o have_v get_v by_o labour_n and_o earn_v dear_o with_o the_o sweat_n of_o thy_o brow_n the_o last_o argument_n be_v lest_o thou_o mourn_v at_o the_o last_o final_o lest_o when_o it_o be_v too_o late_o thou_o howl_v and_o cry_v as_o the_o beast_n which_o be_v draw_v or_o strike_v to_o be_v slay_v or_o as_o desperate_a man_n be_v wont_a to_o do_v after_o that_o thy_o flesh_n and_o body_n have_v be_v consume_v when_o as_o now_o thy_o vital_a spirit_n have_v
be_v spend_v &_o thy_o carcase_n plague_v and_o pine_v with_o some_o sore_a disease_n and_o say_v how_o have_v i_o hate_v instruction_n etc._n etc._n and_o then_o thou_o feel_v &_o acknowledge_v with_o grief_n that_o a_o prophet_n be_v send_v to_o thou_o within_o a_o little_a space_n i_o be_o in_o all_o evil_a in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o congregation_n and_o assembly_n sudden_o in_o a_o short_a time_n i_o be_o make_v a_o open_a spectacle_n of_o shame_n and_o vengeance_n in_o the_o place_n of_o arraignment_n and_o execution_n before_o the_o bench_n and_o the_o common_a people_n all_o these_o reason_n be_v take_v from_o humane_a damage_n and_o as_o concern_v the_o last_o it_o can_v not_o thorough_o be_v understand_v unless_o it_o be_v consider_v that_o adulterer_n under_o moses_n law_n be_v punish_v with_o death_n 15_o 9.9_o 15_o to_o let_v pass_v diverse_a other_o reason_n these_o word_n and_o verse_n i_o expound_v not_o synecdochical_o as_o do_v jumus_fw-la but_o allegorical_o of_o the_o use_n of_o wedlock_n because_o the_o same_o state_n be_v usual_o in_o the_o scripture_n shadow_v our_o by_o the_o same_o borrow_a speech_n which_o here_o be_v use_v as_o num._n 24.7_o deut._n 33.28_o esa_n 48._o 1._o psal_n 68.27_o esa_n 51._o 1._o ovid_n as_o a_o echo_n unto_o solomon_n resound_v these_o sentence_n in_o verse_n thus_o lib._n 2._o de_fw-la remedio_fw-la amoris_fw-la explenda_fw-la est_fw-la sitis_fw-la ista_fw-la tibi_fw-la quâ_fw-la praeditus_fw-la ardes_fw-la cedimus_fw-la è_fw-la medio_fw-la â—am_fw-la licet_fw-la amne_fw-la bibas_fw-la sed_fw-la bibe_fw-la plus_fw-la etiam_fw-la quà m_fw-la quod_fw-la praecordia_fw-la poscunt_fw-la gutiure_fw-la fac_fw-la pleno_fw-la sumpta_fw-la redundet_fw-la aqua_fw-la et_fw-la fruere_fw-la usque_fw-la tuâ_fw-la nullo_fw-la prohibente_fw-la pvella_fw-la illa_fw-la tibi_fw-la noctes_fw-la auferat_fw-la illa_fw-la dies_fw-la see_v a_o like_a admonition_n eccles_n 9.9_o drink_n water_n out_o of_o thy_o own_o cestern_a and_o 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