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pleasant_a roe_n let_v her_o breast_n satisfy_v thou_o at_o all_o time_n and_o err_v thou_o in_o her_o love_n continual_o for_o why_o shall_v thou_o delight_v my_o son_n in_o a_o strange_a woman_n 5.21_o pr._n 5.20_o pr._n 5.21_o or_o whether_o in_o affection_n or_o act_n embrace_v the_o bosom_n of_o a_o stranger_n for_o the_o way_n of_o man_n be_v before_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o he_o ponder_v all_o his_o path_n and_o if_o thy_o godlessness_n regard_v not_o that_o 6.29_o pr._n 6.25_o pr._n 6.26_o pr._n 6.26_o pr._n 6.27_o pr._n 6.28_o pr._n 6.29_o yet_o for_o thy_o own_o sake_n desire_v not_o her_o beauty_n in_o thy_o heart_n neither_o let_v she_o take_v thou_o with_o her_o eyelid_n for_o because_o of_o the_o whorish_a woman_n a_o man_n be_v bring_v to_o a_o morsel_n of_o broad_a yea_o to_o the_o very_a husk_n and_o more_o than_o that_o a_o woman_n will_v hunt_v for_o the_o precious_a life_n of_o a_o man_n thou_o say_v thou_o can_v escape_v this_o actual_a defilement_n 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continuò_fw-la augustin_n ego_fw-la è_fw-la contrario_fw-la loquaâ—_fw-la &_o reclamante_fw-la mundo_fw-la libâ—râ_fw-la voce_fw-la pronunciem_fw-la ceremonas_fw-la judaeorum_n perniciâ—saâ—_n essâ—_n &_o mortiferas_fw-la &_o quicunque_fw-la eas_fw-la obsâ—ruauâ—râ—t_fw-la sive_fw-la ex_fw-la judaeis_n sieve_n ex_fw-la gentibus_fw-la in_fw-la barathrum_fw-la diaboli_fw-la devolutum_fw-la hier._n quisque_n be_v nunc_fw-la ea_fw-la celebrare_fw-la voluerit_fw-la tanquam_fw-la sopitos_fw-la cineres_fw-la erucus_fw-la non_fw-la erit_fw-la pius_fw-la etc._n etc._n as_o augustine_n say_v well_o perhaps_o figure_v in_o moses_n who_o die_v not_o linger_o but_o be_v thirty_o day_n mourn_v for_o what_o mean_v the_o church_n of_o rome_n to_o dig_v they_o up_o now_o rot_v in_o their_o grave_n and_o that_o not_o as_o they_o have_v beeene_v bury_v but_o sow_v with_o a_o plenteous_a increase_n yea_o with_o the_o invert_v usury_n of_o too_o many_o of_o you_o citizen_n ten_o for_o one_o it_o be_v a_o 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cain_n the_o death_n of_o one_o abel_n the_o same_o devil_n that_o set_v enmity_n betwixt_o man_n and_o god_n set_v enmity_n betwixt_o man_n and_o man_n and_o yet_o god_n say_v i_o will_v put_v enmity_n between_o thy_o seed_n and_o her_o seed_n our_o hatred_n of_o the_o serpent_n and_o his_o seed_n be_v from_o god_n their_o hatred_n of_o the_o holy_a seed_n be_v from_o the_o serpent_n behold_v here_o at_o once_o in_o one_o person_n the_o seed_n of_o the_o woman_n and_o of_o the_o serpent_n cain_n natural_a part_n be_v of_o the_o woman_n his_o vicious_a quality_n of_o the_o serpent_n the_o woman_n give_v he_o to_o be_v a_o brother_n the_o serpent_n to_o be_v a_o manslayer_n all_o uncharitableness_n all_o quarrel_n be_v of_o one_o author_n we_o can_v entertain_v wrath_n and_o not_o give_v place_n to_o the_o devil_n certain_o so_o deadly_a a_o act_n must_v needs_o be_v deep_o ground_v what_o then_o be_v the_o occasion_n of_o this_o capital_a malice_n abel_n sacrifice_n be_v accept_v 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