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say_v of_o loiterer_n traveller_n tatler_n go_v from_o house_n to_o house_n what_o shall_v we_o say_v of_o debauch_a prodigal_n harlot_n hector_n at_o drunken_a and_o filthy_a meeting_n how_o few_o family_n in_o city_n town_n or_o village_n do_v make_v any_o better_a account_n of_o the_o lord_n day_n than_o almanac_n holy_a day_n how_o few_o christian_n keep_v holy_a the_o lord_n day_n after_o service_n in_o the_o public_a assembly_n it_o be_v just_o with_o god_n to_o translate_v the_o gospel_n to_o another_o people_n and_o to_o put_v a_o bill_n of_o divorce_n into_o our_o mother_n hand_n for_o the_o too_o common_a disgust_n of_o the_o power_n of_o christianity_n and_o practice_n of_o piety_n it_o be_v just_o with_o god_n to_o deliver_v his_o strength_n into_o captivity_n and_o his_o glory_n into_o the_o enemy_n hand_n psal._n 78._o 61._o refer_v to_o the_o sin_n of_o eli_n his_o son_n in_o the_o priesthood_n 1_o sam._n 2_o chap._n and_o to_o the_o punishment_n in_o the_o 4_o chap._n 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and_o unhappy_o copy_v out_o to_o be_v write_v in_o the_o memory_n of_o succeed_a posterity_n who_o can_v purge_v that_o away_o which_o misericordià _fw-la peccati_fw-la inacula_fw-la durat_fw-la in_o aeternum_fw-la ex_fw-la se_fw-la &_o seclusa_fw-la dei_fw-la misericordià _fw-la defile_v the_o soul_n of_o man_n it_o be_v not_o devour_v time_n nor_o flight_n nor_o banishment_n nor_o change_v of_o climate_n nor_o strange_a inhabitant_n no_o nor_o death_n itself_o of_o the_o infamous_a sinner_n that_o can_v free_v his_o conscience_n from_o the_o gild_n of_o his_o sin_n and_o wipe_v off_o the_o reproach_n and_o everlasting_a shame_n thereunto_o belong_v dan._n 12._o 2._o and_o those_o that_o sleep_n in_o the_o dust_n of_o the_o earth_n shall_v awake_v some_o to_o everlasting_a life_n and_o some_o to_o shame_n and_o everlasting_a contempt_n the_o seed_n of_o evil_a doer_n shall_v never_o be_v renown_v isa._n 14._o 20._o the_o memory_n of_o the_o just_a be_v bless_v but_o the_o name_n of_o the_o wicked_a shall_v rot_v prov._n 10._o 7._o thou_o have_v consult_v shame_n to_o thy_o house_n by_o cut_v off_o many_o people_n and_o have_v sin_v against_o thy_o soul_n hab._n 2._o 10._o be_v not_o ahab_n and_o jezebel_n sin_n upon_o the_o file_n of_o reproach_n there_o be_v none_o like_o ahab_n who_o sell_v himself_o to_o work_v wickedness_n who_o jezebel_n his_o wife_n that_o curse_a woman_n stir_v up_o add_v hereunto_o jeroboam_n the_o son_n of_o nebat_fw-la who_o make_v israel_n to_o sin_n and_o this_o be_v that_o king_n ahaz_n simon_n the_o sorcerer_n elymas_n the_o sorcerer_n judas_n the_o traitor_n these_o person_n to_o this_o day_n have_v their_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d their_o brand_n of_o infamy_n man_n never_o come_v to_o loose_v his_o honour_n the_o way_n to_o true_a honour_n honour_n but_o by_o sin_n than_o he_o mar_v his_o creation