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not_o sinful_a not_o only_o as_o to_o the_o law_n of_o nation_n but_o as_o to_o the_o law_n of_o god_n yet_o cruel_a imprisonment_n be_v very_o sinful_a thou_o have_v take_v thy_o brother_n for_o a_o pledge_n thou_o have_v not_o spare_v his_o person_n when_o he_o have_v not_o a_o purse_n to_o pay_v thou_o thou_o have_v as_o it_o have_v be_v say_v among_o we_o make_v dice_n of_o his_o bone_n some_o will_v never_o pay_v be_v it_o not_o for_o fear_v of_o a_o prison_n but_o to_o put_v and_o detain_v a_o poor_a man_n in_o prison_n when_o he_o have_v nothing_o to_o pay_v be_v not_o only_o unchristian_a but_o barbarous_a and_o inhuman_a or_o second_o which_o be_v use_v in_o ancient_a time_n thou_o have_v take_v thy_o brother_n for_o a_o pledge_n that_o be_v thou_o have_v make_v he_o thy_o slave_n to_o be_v cast_v into_o prison_n be_v a_o slavery_n and_o a_o man_n may_v be_v make_v a_o slave_n yet_o not_o imprison_v and_o though_o it_o may_v be_v a_o duty_n when_o we_o have_v nothing_o else_o 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