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this_o one_o egg_n of_o adultery_n vriah_n shall_v bear_v his_o own_o mittimus_fw-la to_o joab_n and_o be_v the_o messenger_n of_o his_o own_o death_n joab_n must_v be_v a_o traitor_n to_o his_o friend_n the_o host_n of_o god_n must_v shameful_o turn_v their_o back_n upon_o their_o enemy_n much_o blood_n of_o israel_n must_v be_v spill_v many_o a_o good_a soldier_n cast_v away_o that_o murder_n must_v be_v second_v with_o dissimulation_n and_o all_o this_o to_o hide_v one_o adultery_n o_o how_o many_o by_o this_o mean_n have_v decline_v from_o a_o vigorous_a heat_n of_o zeal_n to_o a_o temper_n of_o lukewarm_a indifferency_n and_o then_o from_o a_o careless_a mediocrity_n to_o all_o extremity_n of_o debauchedness_n and_o of_o hopeful_a beginning_n have_v end_v in_o incarnate_a devil_n resemble_v domitian_n who_o when_o first_o choose_v emperor_n do_v so_o abhor_v cruelty_n that_o he_o will_v not_o suffer_v any_o beast_n to_o be_v kill_v for_o sacrifice_n yet_o after_o by_o degree_n 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