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it_o be_v not_o easy_o apprehend_v to_o be_v the_o portion_n of_o her_o care_n to_o give_v it_o spiritual_a milk_n and_o therefore_o it_o intrench_v very_o much_o upon_o impiety_n and_o positive_a relinquish_a the_o education_n of_o their_o child_n when_o mother_n expose_v the_o spirit_n of_o the_o child_n either_o to_o its_o own_o weak_a inclination_n or_o the_o wicked_a principle_n of_o a_o ungodly_a nurse_n or_o the_o carelessness_n of_o any_o less-obliged_n person_n 12._o and_o then_o let_v i_o add_v that_o a_o child_n suck_v the_o nurse_n milk_n and_o digest_v her_o condition_n if_o they_o be_v never_o so_o 〈◊〉_d bad_a seldom_o get_v any_o good_a for_o virtue_n be_v superaddition_n to_o nature_n and_o perfection_n not_o radical_a in_o the_o body_n but_o contradiction_n to_o and_o melioration_n of_o natural_a indisposition_n do_v not_o easy_o convey_v itself_o by_o ministration_n of_o food_n as_o vice_n do_v which_o in_o most_o instance_n be_v nothing_o but_o mere_a nature_n grow_v 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