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be_v make_v a_o ring-leading_a sin_n a_o very_a spring_n and_o root_n of_o manifold_a wickedness_n ezek._n 22._o 7._o when_o the_o prophet_n will_v charge_v upon_o all_o sort_n in_o jerusalem_n their_o most_o notorious_a crime_n he_o begin_v thus_o in_o thou_o have_v they_o set_v light_a by_o father_n and_o mother_n and_o then_o go_v on_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o thou_o have_v they_o deal_v by_o oppression_n with_o the_o stranger_n in_o thou_o have_v they_o vex_v the_o fatherless_a and_o widow_n ibid._n thou_o have_v despise_v my_o holy_a thing_n and_o have_v profane_v my_o sabbath_n verse_n 8._o in_o thou_o be_v man_n that_o carry_v tale_n to_o shed_v blood_n vers_n 9_o in_o vers_fw-la 10._o 11._o he_o charge_v they_o with_o horrid_a fleshly_a filthiness_n in_o vers_fw-la 12._o with_o
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