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i_o and_o take_v the_o wife_n of_o vriah_n 5._o though_o this_o sin_n be_v small_a when_o you_o commit_v it_o of_o ignorance_n it_o can_v be_v small_a now_o it_o be_v thus_o reveal_v to_o you_o by_o the_o word_n to_o be_v a_o sin_n and_o you_o shall_v commit_v it_o against_o knowledge_n james_n 4._o 17._o to_o he_o that_o know_v how_o to_o do_v well_o and_o do_v it_o not_o to_o he_o it_o be_v a_o sin_n with_o a_o witness_n as_o we_o say_v 1._o sam._n 15._o 23._o rebellion_n be_v as_o the_o sin_n of_o witchcraft_n and_o disobedience_n or_o repugnancy_n to_o the_o will_n of_o god_n be_v wickedness_n and_o idolatry_n 3._o the_o three_o and_o last_o sin_n that_o i_o tell_v you_o be_v to_o be_v reprove_v by_o the_o doctrine_n be_v the_o unreverent_a behaviour_n and_o contempt_n that_o be_v do_v to_o god_n worship_n by_o they_o that_o use_v to_o be_v present_a at_o it_o three_o sort_n of_o people_n i_o find_v that_o be_v to_o be_v blame_v in_o this_o kind_n 1._o such_o as_o admit_v to_o 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