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this_o lesson_n he_o require_v they_o in_o the_o first_o and_o second_o verse_n not_o to_o judge_v lest_o they_o be_v judge_v for_o say_v he_o with_o what_o judgement_n you_o judge_v you_o shall_v be_v judge_v and_o with_o what_o measure_n you_o meet_v it_o shall_v be_v measure_v to_o you_o again_o the_o perfect_a law_n of_o retaliation_n i_o be_o the_o willing_a to_o say_v the_o more_o to_o this_o though_o i_o be_o upon_o a_o digression_n because_o if_o possible_a i_o may_v keep_v other_o from_o transgression_n for_o there_o be_v many_o in_o this_o our_o day_n i_o know_v that_o be_v ready_a and_o willing_a to_o
wife_n into_o his_o house_n for_o so_o say_v the_o text_n v._n 18._o for_o pharaoh_n call_v abraham_n and_o say_v what_o be_v this_o that_o thou_o have_v do_v unto_o i_o why_o do_v thou_o not_o tell_v i_o she_o be_v thy_o wife_n why_o say_v thou_o she_o be_v my_o sister_n so_o i_o may_v have_v take_v she_o to_o i_o to_o wife_n though_o pharaoh_n sin_n i_o say_v and_o that_o ignorant_o too_o as_o it_o be_v clear_a he_o do_v yet_o his_o house_n must_v be_v plague_v with_o great_a plague_n whence_o by_o the_o way_n i_o will_v have_v all_o to_o take_v notice_n that_o it_o be_v not_o ignorance_n that_o will_v excuse_v or_o shroud_v neither_o the_o mean_a nor_o the_o great_a of_o man_n from_o the_o sin-revenging_a hand_n of_o god_n and_o second_o that_o god_n take_v special_a care_n for_o his_o faithful_a one_o so_o as_o that_o he_o will_v not_o respect_v person_n when_o they_o evil_o entreat_v they_o for_o so_o say_v the_o prophet_n psal._n 115._o 14_o 15._o he_o suffer_v no_o man_n to_o 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