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this_o posture_n pronounce_v it_o unlawful_o beget_v and_o that_o his_o mother_n be_v either_o menstruous_a or_o unchaste_a in_o her_o embrace_n the_o jew_n usual_o girdle_n their_o child_n as_o soon_o as_o their_o body_n will_v endure_v it_o and_o when_o they_o be_v grow_v up_o none_o of_o they_o go_v ungirt_a to_o the_o synagogue_n for_o if_o they_o shall_v do_v so_o they_o think_v that_o not_o only_o thereby_o the_o benefit_n of_o the_o prayer_n be_v forfeit_v but_o also_o the_o divine_a displeasure_n be_v provoke_v hence_o be_v that_o say_n ungirt_v unblessed_a albeit_o i_o know_v the_o jew_n use_v to_o girdle_n their_o child_n lest_o from_o the_o intuition_n of_o their_o own_o nakedness_n they_o shall_v imbibe_n a_o immodest_a confidence_n chap._n xi_o of_o their_o synagogue_n the_o officer_n thereof_o time_n of_o their_o election_n hour_n of_o prayer_n the_o synagogue_n in_o
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dimness_n of_o sight_n catarrh_n deafness_n and_o a_o stink_a breath_n in_o wash_v their_o hand_n they_o hold_v they_o up_o that_o the_o water_n may_v run_v down_o to_o their_o elbow_n which_o elevation_n of_o their_o hand_n ceremony_n of_o wash_n help_v to_o explain_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d st._n mark_v 7.3_o which_o have_v make_v so_o much_o stir_v among_o critic_n at_o the_o time_n of_o this_o preparative_n wash_v the_o jew_n say_v this_o hymn_n bendito_fw-mi tu_fw-mi adonai_n nuestro_fw-la dio_fw-mi rey_n del_fw-it mundo_fw-la que_fw-la nos_fw-la santificò_fw-la en_fw-fr sus_fw-la en_fw-fr comendancas_fw-la y_fw-fr en_fw-fr comendò_fw-la sober_a limpieza_fw-mi de_fw-mi manos_fw-es bless_a be_v thou_o o_o lord_n our_o god_n king_n of_o the_o world_n who_o have_v sanctify_v we_o with_o thy_o commandment_n and_o enjoin_v we_o cleanness_n of_o hand_n where_o by_o commandment_n must_v not_o be_v understand_v any_o strict_a law_n of_o moses_n in_o this_o particular_a but_o 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