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and_o have_v do_v that_o which_o be_v lawful_a and_o right_a as_o it_o be_v in_o ezec._n 18.5_o 18._o ezek._n 18._o more_o particular_o as_o the_o prophet_n there_o express_v himself_o thou_o have_v not_o eat_v upon_o the_o mountain_n nor_o lift_v up_o thy_o eye_n unto_o idol_n nor_o defile_v thy_o neighbour_n wife_n nor_o oppress_v any_o but_o have_v restore_v to_o thy_o debtor_n his_o pledge_n thou_o have_v spoil_v none_o by_o violence_n thou_o have_v give_v thy_o bread_n to_o the_o hungry_a and_o cover_v the_o naked_a with_o a_o garment_n thou_o have_v not_o give_v forth_o upon_o usury_n neither_o take_v any_o increase_n thou_o have_v withdraw_v thy_o hand_n from_o iniquity_n &_o execute_v true_a judgement_n between_o man_n and_o man_n thou_o have_v walk_v in_o god_n statute_n and_o keep_v his_o judgement_n to_o deal_v true_o thus_o far_o have_v thou_o go_v and_o in_o these_o good_a course_n thou_o have_v continue_v a_o long_a time_n and_o in_o so_o do_v haste_n do_v well_o but_o 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