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up_o and_o down_o the_o world_n as_o man_n burn_v in_o the_o hand_n their_o conscience_n lash_v they_o within_o and_o man_n point_v at_o they_o abroad_o they_o be_v a_o terror_n to_o themselves_o and_o a_o scorn_n to_o man_n 3._o the_o health_n of_o the_o body_n be_v secure_v by_o chaste_a and_o regular_a enjoyment_n but_o expose_v to_o destruction_n the_o other_o way_n god_n have_v plague_v the_o inordinacy_n of_o man_n lust_n with_o most_o strange_a and_o horrid_a disease_n that_o morbus_fw-la gallicus_n sudor_fw-la anglicus_n and_o plica_fw-la polonica_fw-la be_v judgement_n send_v immediate_o by_o god_n own_o hand_n as_o the_o witness_n of_o his_o high_a displeasure_n against_o the_o bold_a and_o dare_a contemner_n of_o his_o sacred_a and_o awful_a command_n thus_o as_o prov._n 5._o 11._o they_o mourn_v at_o last_o when_o their_o flesh_n and_o body_n be_v consume_v other_o sin_n be_v commit_v in_o the_o body_n but_o this_o against_o it_o as_o well_o as_o in_o it_o 4._o the_o 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matter_n of_o just_a admiration_n how_o the_o sin_n of_o uncleanness_n shall_v grow_v so_o epidemical_a and_o common_a as_o it_o do_v see_v such_o as_o live_v in_o this_o filthy_a course_n must_v needs_o counteract_v and_o oppose_v their_o own_o reason_n and_o interest_n together_o for_o they_o forsake_v god_n way_n which_o give_v they_o as_o much_o liberty_n as_o can_v be_v reasonable_o desire_v and_o cast_v themselves_o into_o a_o course_n of_o life_n clog_v with_o all_o manner_n of_o temporal_a and_o eternal_a misery_n of_o soul_n and_o body_n honour_n and_o estate_n the_o plain_a rule_n and_o dictate_v of_o common_a reason_n which_o i_o lay_v down_o before_o be_v apply_v to_o this_o particular_a case_n manifest_o condemn_v it_o for_o see_v honesty_n and_o chastity_n comprize_v the_o true_a pleasure_n profit_n and_o honour_n of_o the_o whole_a man_n be_v more_o congruous_a to_o humane_a nature_n and_o preservative_n of_o it_o it_o ought_v therefore_o to_o be_v prefer_v in_o the_o 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