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and_o feed_v themselves_o with_o other_o labour_n example_n of_o this_o sin_n we_o have_v in_o esau_n who_o spend_v all_o his_o time_n in_o hunt_v which_o shall_v have_v be_v employ_v in_o the_o duty_n of_o his_o call_n in_o the_o sodomite_v who_o spend_v their_o wealth_n in_o pride_n and_o pleasure_n eat_v and_o drink_v idleness_n and_o luxuriousnesse_n and_o whole_o neglect_v the_o relief_n of_o the_o poor_a ezech._n 16._o 49._o in_o the_o idol_n shepherd_n who_o sleece_v their_o 2._o ezech._n 19_o 49._o and_o 34._o 2._o sheep_n and_o feed_v upon_o the_o milk_n but_o do_v not_o feed_v the_o flock_n ezech._n 34._o 2._o and_o in_o the_o evil_a servant_n who_o seize_v upon_o the_o reward_n due_a to_o the_o steward_n and_o spend_v it_o in_o eat_v and_o drink_v but_o neglect_v the_o duty_n which_o he_o owe_v both_o to_o his_o master_n and_o the_o family_n mat._n 24._o 49._o 50._o 49._o mat._n 24._o 49._o the_o use_n of_o this_o doctrine_n serve_v to_o condemn_v the_o practice_n of_o the_o 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