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they_o in_o their_o house_n and_o employment_n not_o in_o prison_n and_o dungeon_n without_o and_o from_o all_o employment_n but_o wickedness_n as_o our_o gaoler_n do_v we_o nor_o as_o these_o man_n impious_o allege_v and_o belie_v the_o holy_a ghost_n say_v that_o their_o creditor_n may_v take_v their_o debtor_n clothes_n and_o bedclothe_n from_o they_o where_o the_o text_n they_o cite_v leu._n 25.39_o say_v they_o must_v use_v they_o as_o brethren_n hire_a servant_n and_o sojorner_n which_o we_o find_v all_o the_o old_a testament_n over_o have_v the_o trust_n and_o charge_n not_o only_o of_o their_o master_n estate_n but_o of_o their_o child_n and_o their_o wife_n and_o want_v nothing_o suitable_a not_o only_o to_o their_o own_o necessity_n but_o also_o to_o their_o master_n credit_n and_o employment_n and_o debtor_n be_v to_o be_v keep_v so_o by_o virtue_n of_o their_o sale_n but_o till_o the_o year_n of_o jubilee_n which_o when_o it_o fall_v within_o seven_o year_n in_o the_o 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and_o love_v husband_n wife_n and_o child_n all_o together_o to_o pray_v feed_v sheep_n and_o work_v comfortable_o together_o in_o their_o master_n house_n field_n vine_n yard_n etc._n etc._n with_o no_o less_o good_a instruction_n and_o recreätion_n to_o themselves_o than_o profit_n and_o pleasure_v their_o master_n and_o hope_v of_o full_a liberty_n to_o make_v use_n of_o those_o good_a instrument_n for_o their_o own_o best_a advange_fw-mi at_o six_o year_n end_n if_o a_o jubilee_n free_v they_o no_o soon_o contrariwise_o here_o the_o poor_a debtor_n have_v the_o cruel_a imprisonment_n that_o be_v the_o rule_n of_o these_o man_n mercy_n the_o great_a cheater_n have_v the_o great_a favour_n that_o be_v their_o justice_n the_o sustentation_n we_o will_v buy_v for_o our_o selus_fw-la at_o the_o best_a hand_n while_o our_o money_n last_v our_o gaoler_n take_v or_o keep_v from_o we_o to_o force_v we_o to_o buy_v half_a so_o much_o and_o nothing_o so_o good_a of_o they_o while_o we_o 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