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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o thou_o my_o son_n what_o thou_o wound_v i_o what_o thou_o stob_v i_o that_o shall_v venture_v thy_o own_o blood_n to_o save_v i_o there_o be_v no_o wound_n that_o be_v so_o grievous_a and_o terrible_a to_o christ_n as_o those_o that_o he_o receive_v in_o the_o house_n of_o his_o friend_n and_o this_o set_v the_o penitent_a man_n heart_n and_o hand_n against_o every_o thing_n that_o make_v against_o christ_n a_o true_a penitent_a look_n upon_o every_o sin_n as_o poison_v as_o the_o vomit_n of_o a_o dog_n as_o the_o mire_n of_o the_o hieron_n isa_n 30._o 22._o nihil_fw-la in_o lege_fw-la menstruato_fw-la immundius_fw-la hieron_n street_n as_o the_o menstruous_a cloth_n which_o of_o all_o thing_n in_o the_o law_n be_v most_o unclean_a defile_v and_o pollute_v pliny_n say_v that_o the_o very_a tree_n with_o touch_v of_o it_o will_v become_v barren_a and_o his_o look_v thus_o upon_o every_o sin_n turn_v his_o heart_n against_o every_o sin_n and_o make_v he_o 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