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bremaw_v to_o execute_v his_o office_n publish_v god_n commandment_n to_o all_o people_n on_o the_o earth_n the_o benjan_o call_v this_o book_n shaster_n that_o be_v the_o book_n of_o write_a word_n which_o contain_v three_o treatise_n or_o part_n the_o first_o whereof_o contain_v their_o fundamental_a law_n with_o a_o explanation_n of_o each_o commandment_n the_o second_o treat_v of_o the_o ceremonial_a law_n and_o teach_v they_o the_o ceremony_n which_o be_v to_o be_v observe_v in_o their_o religion_n the_o three_o treatise_n distinguish_v all_o man_n into_o certain_a family_n or_o tribe_n and_o comprehend_v the_o commandment_n of_o each_o tribe_n in_o particular_a which_o be_v all_o that_o be_v contain_v in_o the_o book_n shaster_n out_o of_o which_o we_o will_v here_o set_v down_o the_o chief_a head_n thereof_o the_o first_o treatise_n in_o which_o be_v describe_v the_o fundamental_a law_n which_o bremaw_n teach_v contain_v the_o follow_v eight_o 1._o thou_o shall_v not_o kill_v any_o creature_n that_o have_v life_n in_o it_o for_o thou_o be_v one_o of_o the_o creature_n and_o so_o be_v that_o thou_o be_v endue_v with_o a_o soul_n as_o that_o be_v therefore_o thou_o shall_v not_o take_v away_o the_o life_n of_o any_o thing_n whatsoever_o it_o be_v which_o belong_v to_o i_o 2._o thou_o shall_v make_v a_o contract_n with_o the_o five_o sense_n first_o with_o thy_o eye_n that_o they_o may_v not_o see_v any_o thing_n that_o be_v ill_a second_o with_o your_o ear_n that_o they_o may_v not_o hearken_v to_o any_o bad_a thing_n three_o with_o your_o tongue_n not_o to_o express_v any_o ill_a word_n four_o with_o your_o palate_n that_o you_o taste_v nothing_o unclean_a as_o wine_n or_o the_o flesh_n of_o live_a creature_n last_o with_o your_o hand_n that_o they_o may_v not_o touch_v any_o thing_n to_o defile_v they_o 3._o thou_o shall_v exact_o observe_v and_o keep_v all_o the_o day_n and_o time_n appoint_v for_o devotion_n as_o likewise_o cleanse_v with_o worship_v 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