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ex._n 23.19_o deu._n 14._o â—â—_o when_o the_o people_n of_o god_n be_v forbid_v if_o they_o find_v a_o bird_n nest_n to_o take_v the_o dam_n with_o the_o young_a and_o to_o see_v a_o kid_n in_o his_o mother_n milk_n lest_o be_v accustom_v to_o deal_v cruel_o and_o unmerciful_o with_o bird_n and_o beast_n â—â—_o gal._n in_o eâ—_n cap._n 23._o â—â—_o they_o may_v grow_v on_o to_o some_o savage_a inhumanity_n and_o bloody_a cruelty_n to_o ward_n man_n also_o and_o that_o because_o as_o a_o learned_a man_n say_v quia_fw-la his_fw-la initiis_fw-la ad_fw-la crudelitatem_fw-la in_o homines_fw-la itur_fw-la ideo_fw-la non_fw-la incommode_v haec_fw-la crudelitas_fw-la in_o belluas_fw-la 12.10_o m._n cartw_o in_o pâ—ov_n 12.10_o inhumanitatis_fw-la cujusdam_fw-la peragitur_fw-la because_o by_o these_o beginning_n of_o brutish_a
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rev._n 7.14_o 1._o cor._n 6.11_o 1_o pet._n 1.15_o i_o be_o cleanse_v from_o all_o my_o filthiness_n so_o long_o as_o he_o do_v bear_v about_o with_o he_o a_o body_n of_o sin_n and_o of_o death_n and_o yet_o he_o know_v as_o well_o also_o that_o the_o lord_n have_v open_v the_o fountain_n of_o grace_n unto_o he_o and_o pour_v clean_a water_n upon_o he_o and_o wash_v he_o in_o the_o blood_n of_o christ_n both_o for_o the_o remission_n of_o his_o sin_n and_o for_o purge_v away_o the_o pollution_n of_o they_o he_o be_v no_o long_o to_o be_v hold_v pollute_v and_o unclean_a but_o holy_a and_o pure_a in_o his_o person_n through_o christ_n and_o so_o ought_v to_o strive_v to_o be_v more_o and_o more_o in_o all_o manner_n of_o holy_a conversation_n and_o therefore_o hereunto_o 24.16_o act_n 24.16_o he_o do_v ever_o most_o careful_o and_o conscionable_o endeavour_v himself_o that_o be_v espouse_v to_o one_o husband_n 11.12_o 2_o cor._n 11.12_o he_o may_v preserve_v and_o present_v himself_o 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