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danger_n shall_v fall_v into_o it_o and_o that_o it_o be_v the_o reward_n of_o foolish_a presumption_n can_v a_o man_n say_v solomon_n take_v fire_n in_o his_o bosom_n and_o his_o clothes_n not_o be_v burn_v 27._o prover._n 6_o 27._o or_o shall_v a_o man_n walk_v upon_o hot_a coal_n and_o not_o burn_v his_o foot_n he_o that_o fear_v the_o plague_n shun_v the_o infection_n all_o come_v not_o to_o actual_a fornication_n yet_o be_v not_o that_o enough_o for_o under_o these_o word_n thou_o shall_v not_o commit_v adultery_n be_v comprise_v all_o thought_n desire_n lust_n beginning_n allurement_n and_o appearance_n of_o fornication_n and_o who_o be_v he_o that_o take_v pleasure_n in_o dance_v can_v exempt_v himself_o to_o prove_v a_o disease_n to_o be_v contagious_a it_o be_v enough_o to_o show_v that_o many_o be_v infect_v though_o not_o all_o in_o a_o matter_n of_o peril_n we_o have_v regard_v what_o come_v often_o to_o pass_v though_o not_o always_o 16_o neither_o be_v it_o enough_o 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