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away_o with_o her_o metal_n nor_o the_o leprosy_n destroy_v with_o her_o house_n when_o it_o have_v infect_v rome_n herself_o it_o still_o stick_v to_o the_o very_a site_n of_o the_o place_n for_o when_o the_o most_o advantageos_fw-la situation_n temt_v caesar_n to_o rebild_v it_o new-corinth_n soon_n vied_z with_o the_o old_a as_o in_o riches_n so_o in_o lewdness_n look_v we_o no_o further_a than_o this_o epistl_n we_o find_v the_o apostle_n endeavour_v to_o write_v as_o oblige_o as_o possibl_v yet_o constrain_v to_o take_v notice_n of_o more_o sin_n in_o they_o than_o in_o any_o other_o peopl_n look_v we_o no_o furthar_n than_o this_o dissertation_n we_o find_v such_o supremacy_n of_o profaneness_n as_o may_v well_o be_v yoke_v with_o their_o otherwise_o matchless_a fornication_n both_o of_o they_o such_o as_o be_v not_o name_v among_o the_o gentile_n not_o to_o be_v find_v but_o at_o corinth_n only_o this_o so_o debauch_a peopl_n how_o do_v the_o apostl_n reprove_v how_o do_v he_o 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which_o himself_o betray_v they_o to_o if_o the_o unworthiness_n of_o the_o person_n can_v bring_v they_o any_o i_o say_v if_o there_o be_v any_o such_o danger_n as_o be_v now_o believe_v himself_o betray_v his_o disciple_n into_o it_o for_o he_o be_v not_o only_o a_o silent_a spectator_n do_v not_o only_o permit_v but_o command_v the_o most_o debauch_a corinthian_n who_o he_o oght_v to_o have_v forbid_v without_o warn_v they_o of_o any_o other_o danger_n than_o they_o may_v well_o have_v avoid_v not_o by_o live_v always_o worthy_a but_o by_o perform_v this_o one_o action_n in_o a_o worthy_a manner_n not_o by_o such_o constant_a sobriety_n as_o may_v enable_v their_o own_o house_n to_o emulate_v that_o of_o god_n but_o by_o behave_v themselves_o so_o reverent_o in_o the_o church_n as_o to_o discriminate_a it_o from_o their_o own_o house_n chap._n iii_o of_o self_n examination_n i._o how_o self_n examination_n be_v usual_o press_v ii_o the_o questi_fw-la be_v not_o indefinite_a but_o 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