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shall_v boast_v of_o his_o own_o dung_n and_o count_v his_o spittle_n a_o ornament_n when_o you_o count_v graceless_a swear_n mightiness_n to_o drink_n revenge_n pride_n a_o glory_n to_o you_o you_o do_v the_o same_o there_o be_v nothing_o make_v we_o stink_v in_o god_n nostril_n but_o sin_n psal_n 14._o 3._o they_o be_v altogether_o become_v filthy_a so_o much_o sin_n as_o you_o have_v about_o you_o so_o much_o nastiness_n gain_n be_v pleasant_a to_o those_o that_o be_v take_v with_o that_o kind_n of_o lust_n but_o the_o scripture_n call_v it_o filthy_a lucre_n 1_o tim._n 3._o 3._o all_o sin_n be_v compare_v to_o filthy_a garment_n zech._n 3._o 4._o judas_n 19_o and_o isa_n 30._o 22._o desire_n to_o be_v wash_v and_o that_o thorough_o psal_n 51._o 2._o again_o observe_v that_o of_o all_o sin_n the_o sin_n of_o uncleanness_n 4._o or_o unlawful_a copulation_n be_v most_o defile_v it_o defile_v the_o whole_a man_n but_o chief_o the_o body_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v say_v they_o 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may_v not_o be_v drink_v with_o your_o own_o wine_n nor_o quench_v the_o vigour_n of_o nature_n by_o excess_n in_o those_o pleasure_n which_o the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o man_n do_v allow_v you_o and_o also_o of_o uncleanness_n adulterous_a which_o be_v more_o brutish_a when_o man_n scatter_v their_o lust_n promiscuous_o without_o confinement_n to_o one_o object_n from_o that_o despise_v dominion_n observe_v that_o error_n especial_o 5._o such_o as_o tend_v to_o sensuality_n make_v man_n unruly_a and_o antimagistratical_a dreamer_n that_o do_v defile_v themselves_o do_v also_o despise_v dominion_n now_o this_o come_v to_o pass_v partly_o from_o the_o permission_n of_o god_n wise_a and_o just_a providence_n who_o suffer_v such_o miscarriage_n to_o awaken_v the_o magistrate_n to_o a_o
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