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the_o king_n of_o sodom_n say_v unto_o abram_n give_v i_o the_o soul_n and_o take_v the_o good_n to_o thyself_o we_o translate_v give_v i_o the_o person_n and_o put_v in_o the_o margin_n give_v i_o the_o soul_n thus_o it_o be_v say_v gen._n 46.27_o all_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o house_n of_o jacob_n that_o come_v into_o egypt_n be_v threescore_o and_o ten_o the_o apostle_n rule_v of_o obedience_n to_o magistrate_n run_v in_o this_o strain_n let_v every_o soul_n that_o be_v let_v every_o man_n be_v subject_a to_o the_o high_a power_n rom._n 13._o and_o i_o conceive_v the_o apostle_n express_v it_o so_o because_o there_o ought_v to_o be_v a_o inward_a subjection_n to_o that_o as_o to_o any_o other_o ordinance_n of_o god_n the_o soul_n must_v be_v subject_a as_o well_o as_o the_o body_n to_o the_o power_n of_o this_o world_n that_o be_v there_o must_v be_v though_o no_o subjection_n of_o conscience_n yet_o a_o conscientious_a subjection_n unto_o magistrate_n thus_o here_o his_o soul_n 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than_o ten_o thousand_o of_o those_o vanish_v delight_n yet_o how_o many_o be_v there_o who_o run_v themselves_o to_o the_o grave_n mouth_n and_o into_o the_o thick_a throng_n of_o those_o destroyer_n for_o the_o take_n up_o of_o such_o pitiful_a and_o perish_a delight_n who_o to_o please_v their_o flesh_n for_o a_o few_o moment_n in_o surfeit_v drunkenness_n and_o wantonness_n bring_v many_o day_n yea_o month_n and_o year_n of_o pain_n and_o torment_v upon_o their_o flesh_n yea_o and_o not_o only_o shorten_v i_o mean_v as_o to_o what_o they_o may_v probable_o have_v have_v by_o the_o course_n of_o nature_n the_o number_n of_o their_o day_n but_o sudden_o end_v &_o extinguish_v they_o it_o have_v be_v say_v of_o old_a gluttony_n kill_v more_o man_n than_o the_o sword_n that_o be_v it_o cast_v â—â—em_v into_o kill_a disease_n it_o be_v a_o maxim_n in_o war_n starve_v your_o enemy_n if_o you_o can_v rather_o than_o fight_v he_o cut_v his_o throat_n without_o a_o knife_n destroy_v he_o 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