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thou_o for_o two_o cause_n either_o that_o thou_o may_v deliver_v thyself_o from_o a_o filthy_a crime_n or_o that_o thou_o may_v preserve_v thy_o friend_n that_o be_v in_o peril_n and_o danger_n but_o for_o money_n see_v thou_o swear_v by_o no_o god_n although_o thou_o swear_v righteous_o for_o to_o some_o thou_o shall_v seem_v to_o forswear_v thyself_o and_o to_o some_o to_o be_v desirous_a of_o money_n sure_o a_o divine_a say_n of_o a_o heathen_a man_n and_o worthy_a to_o be_v write_v in_o marble_n and_o brass_n yea_o in_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n wherefore_o if_o the_o thought_n of_o the_o shame_n before_o man_n will_v not_o yet_o let_v thou_o fear_v and_o danger_n of_o the_o punishment_n from_o god_n restrain_v we_o from_o this_o so_o dreadful_a and_o damnable_a a_o sin_n foelices_fw-la faciant_fw-la si_fw-la aliena_fw-la pericula_fw-la cautos_fw-la it_o be_v well_o for_o we_o if_o the_o suffering_n of_o other_o keep_v we_o from_o sin_v let_v no_o man_n think_v that_o god_n will_v 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