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bloodshed_n be_v a_o sin_n anger_n be_v so_o too_o and_o aught_o to_o be_v suppress_v with_o the_o ordinary_a concomitant_a of_o it_o viz._n use_v of_o revile_v language_n as_o raca_n fool_n and_o the_o like_a 2._o a_o unchaste_a heart_n and_o a_o lustful_a eye_n be_v adultery_n and_o fornication_n by_o the_o law_n of_o christ_n and_o they_o be_v no_o less_o by_o the_o mosaic_a law_n and_o therefore_o when_o christ_n faith_n ver_fw-la 28._o whosoever_o look_v on_o a_o woman_n to_o lust_n after_o she_o have_v commit_v adultery_n already_o with_o she_o in_o his_o heart_n he_o do_v not_o declare_v this_o as_o a_o thing_n contrary_n to_o what_o the_o precept_n of_o morality_n require_v of_o we_o but_o to_o what_o have_v be_v dictate_v by_o the_o corrupt_a gloss_n of_o the_o jewish_a doctor_n of_o old_a and_o of_o the_o pharisee_n at_o that_o time_n viz._n that_o there_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n as_o the_o adultery_n of_o the_o eye_n or_o of_o the_o heart_n and_o that_o these_o be_v not_o 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