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i_o to_o do_v i_o shame_n 17_o but_o assoon_o as_o i_o lift_v up_o my_o voice_n and_o cry_v he_o leave_v his_o garment_n with_o i_o and_o flee_v out_o 19_o when_o his_o master_n hear_v the_o word_n of_o his_o wife_n which_o she_o tell_v he_o say_v after_o this_o manner_n do_v thy_o servant_n to_o i_o 18_o he_o wax_v wroth_a 20_o and_o joseph_n master_n take_v he_o and_o put_v he_o in_o prison_n in_o the_o place_n where_o the_o king_n prisoner_n lay_v bind_v and_o there_o continue_v he_o in_o prison_n 21_o but_o the_o lord_n be_v with_o joseph_n and_o show_v he_o mercy_n and_o get_v he_o favour_n in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o lord_n of_o the_o prison_n 22_o and_o the_o keeper_n of_o the_o prison_n commit_v to_o joseph_n hand_n all_o the_o prisoner_n that_o be_v in_o the_o prison_n house_n and_o whatsoever_o be_v do_v there_o that_o do_v he_o 23_o and_o the_o keeper_n of_o the_o prison_n look_v unto_o nothing_o that_o be_v under_o his_o hand_n see_v that_o the_o lord_n be_v with_o he_o 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the_o lord_n thy_o god_n in_o horeb._n 14._o etc_n etc_n in_o these_o verse_n be_v contain_v a_o other_o reason_n to_o move_v they_o by_o the_o remembrance_n of_o the_o *_o terrible_a manner_n 17._o and_o solemn_a majesty_n that_o god_n in_o their_o sight_n and_o hear_n do_v use_v in_o the_o publish_n of_o his_o law_n with_o thunder_n and_o lightning_n &_o earthquake_n with_o fire_n cloud_n and_o darkness_n in_o so_o much_o that_o they_o confess_v themselves_o not_o to_o be_v *_o able_a to_o abide_v the_o dreadful_a majesty_n thereof_o 19_o as_o it_o be_v large_o declare_v in_o the_o .20_o of_o exodus_fw-la take_v therefore_o good_a heed_n unto_o yourselves_o as_o pertain_v unto_o 19_o etc_n etc_n he_o straight_o charge_v they_o to_o beware_v upon_o danger_n of_o their_o soul_n health_n that_o they_o do_v not_o make_v unto_o themselves_o the_o image_n of_o any_o thing_n in_o heaven_n in_o earth_n or_o in_o the_o water_n under_o the_o earth_n and_o signify_v that_o by_o the_o wisdom_n 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worship_n to_o idolatry_n 32._o and_o to_o the_o open_a disobedience_n of_o his_o law_n and_o ordinance_n for_o 29._o say_v he_o the_o lord_n be_v *_o a_o consume_a fire_n to_o destroy_v the_o obstinate_a &_o disobedient_a and_o a_o jealous_a god_n that_o will_v not_o suffer_v his_o glory_n to_o be_v give_v to_o other_o when_o thou_o shall_v beget_v child_n 28._o etc_n etc_n i_o call_v heaven_n and_o earth_n to_o witness_v etc_n etc_n moses_n in_o this_o place_n move_v they_o to_o the_o diligent_a observe_v of_o the_o law_n of_o god_n 28._o by_o lay_v before_o they_o the_o threaten_n of_o god_n justice_n and_o *_o punishment_n 17_o that_o shall_v come_v upon_o they_o for_o the_o contrary_a 9_z that_o be_v 11._o that_o they_o shall_v perish_v from_o the_o land_n whereunto_o they_o be_v go_v 14_o and_o shall_v not_o therein_o prolong_v their_o day_n 3._o that_o the_o lord_n shall_v scatter_v they_o in_o subjection_n of_o other_o nation_n 2_o that_o he_o will_v give_v they_o over_o to_o 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that_o can_v more_o move_v either_o a_o godly_a person_n or_o any_o man_n of_o common_a sense_n and_o reason_n to_o love_n and_o obey_v one_o than_o to_o consider_v his_o great_a work_n and_o benefit_n do_v for_o his_o defence_n and_o deliverance_n out_o of_o thraledome_n and_o misery_n 18._o therefore_o moses_n will_v the_o child_n of_o israel_n to_o descend_v into_o earnest_a *_o consideration_n with_o themselves_o 11._o how_o great_a and_o marvelous_a work_n god_n have_v do_v for_o they_o 9_o that_o he_o choose_v they_o first_o as_o his_o peculiar_a people_n among_o all_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o earth_n that_o when_o they_o be_v hold_v in_o miserable_a *_o captivity_n under_o the_o tyranny_n of_o the_o egyptian_n 14._o of_o his_o mere_a mercy_n without_o any_o regard_n of_o their_o worthiness_n 23._o and_o far_o beyond_o their_o hope_n or_o expectation_n 22._o he_o by_o mighty_a *_o power_n deliver_v they_o by_o his_o own_o voice_n with_o great_a majesty_n of_o sign_n and_o 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