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prejudice_n and_o prepossession_n have_v the_o same_o ill_a effect_n with_o bribery_n prepossession_n prejudice_n and_o prepossession_n and_o indeed_o bribery_n aim_v at_o nothing_o else_o but_o to_o forestall_v the_o judgement_n and_o if_o that_o follow_v from_o any_o other_o cause_n the_o effect_n be_v the_o same_o it_o be_v all_o one_o to_o the_o defendant_n if_o the_o justice_n sell_v or_o free_o surrender_v his_o judgement_n to_o the_o complainant_n if_o he_o find_v he_o dispose_v to_o condemn_v he_o before_o he_o have_v hear_v he_o credulous_a of_o what_o ever_o be_v object_v but_o intractable_a and_o imperswasible_a on_o the_o other_o side_n so_o that_o bribery_n and_o prejudice_n have_v this_o in_o common_a that_o they_o both_o blind_a the_o eye_n of_o the_o wise_a and_o pervert_v the_o word_n of_o the_o righteous_a deut._n 16._o 19_o and_o of_o the_o two_o bribery_n be_v the_o more_o excusable_a perhaps_o because_o there_o be_v some_o temptation_n in_o it_o but_o the_o other_o 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