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society_n escape_v unpunished_a etc._n etc._n no_o more_o will_v the_o law_n already_o establish_v in_o the_o land_n nor_o its_o professor_n they_o will_v all_o approve_v of_o this_o proposal_n page_n 53._o pro._n 4._o mr._n p._n will_v have_v no_o man_n or_o court_n of_o man_n to_o pardon_v any_o offender_n what_o not_o any_o any_o offender_n let_v the_o circumstance_n or_o his_o case_n be_v what_o it_o will_v nor_o no_o court_n of_o man_n to_o pardon_v not_o the_o parliament_n this_o be_v the_o very_a spirit_n and_o quintessence_n of_o cruelty_n though_o i_o think_v mr._n p._n mean_v it_o not_o not_o warrant_v either_o by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n or_o man_n and_o though_o the_o next_o line_n under_o this_o proposal_n be_v quotation_n of_o scripture_n yet_o to_o warrant_v this_o proposition_n in_o the_o latter_a of_o it_o by_o these_o scripture_n be_v humano_fw-la capiti_fw-la cervicem_fw-la jungere_fw-la equinam_fw-la and_o indeed_o most_o of_o the_o place_n of_o scripture_n that_o 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