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they_o have_v sin_v because_o they_o have_v the_o ground_n and_o matter_n and_o foundation_n of_o sin_n in_o they_o homo_fw-la sum_fw-la humani_fw-la etc._n etc._n three_o their_o age_n and_o condition_n of_o life_n they_o be_v person_n which_o be_v now_o in_o their_o youth_n which_o be_v a_o age_n subject_a to_o miscarriage_n as_o any_o other_o whatsoever_o from_o its_o rashness_n and_o fierceness_n and_o violence_n and_o incogitancy_n etc._n etc._n there_o be_v ground_n enough_o for_o suspicion_n from_o thence_o especial_o as_o to_o youthful_a lust_n more_o than_o other_o four_o their_o employment_n or_o the_o occasion_n of_o their_o present_a meeting_n which_o be_v a_o feast_n it_o be_v eat_v and_o drink_v and_o there_o be_v great_a snare_n and_o temptation_n here_o and_o that_o of_o divers_a sort_n as_o first_o to_o gluttony_n and_o drunkenness_n and_o intemperance_n these_o be_v too_o often_o spot_n in_o man_n feast_n not_o to_o consider_v what_o be_v before_o they_o but_o to_o 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