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prostitute_v by_o they_o 1._o it_o give_v occasion_n yea_o be_v the_o real_a cause_n of_o many_o contention_n and_o fatal_a quarrel_n prov._n 23._o 29._o who_o have_v woe_n who_o have_v sorrow_n who_o have_v contention_n babble_v wound_n without_o cause_n they_o that_o tarry_v long_o at_o the_o wine_n etc._n etc._n contention_n and_o wound_n be_v the_o ordinary_a effect_n of_o drunken_a meeting_n when_o reason_n be_v depose_v and_o lust_n heat_v what_o will_v not_o man_n attempt_v 2._o scoff_n and_o reproach_n of_o the_o way_n and_o people_n of_o god_n psal._n 69._o 12._o david_n be_v the_o song_n of_o the_o drunkard_n 3._o it_o be_v the_o great_a incendiary_n of_o lust_n you_o shall_v find_v riot_v and_o drunkenness_n join_v with_o chamber_v and_o wantonness_n rom._n 13._o 13._o nunquam_fw-la ego_fw-la ebrium_fw-la castum_fw-la putabo_fw-la say_v hierome_n i_o will_v never_o think_v a_o drunkard_n to_o be_v chaste_a solomon_n plain_o tell_v we_o what_o the_o issue_n will_v be_v 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