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the_o good_a name_n and_o reputation_n of_o another_o or_o have_v thou_o please_v thyself_o either_o in_o invent_v or_o spread_a rumour_n of_o that_o kind_n iii_o do_v thou_o willing_o give_v ear_n to_o slanderer_n and_o to_o such_o as_o go_v about_o with_o lie_n or_o do_v thou_o abhor_v they_o both_o in_o thyself_o and_o other_o the_o examination_n upon_o the_o ten_o commandment_n i._n do_v thou_o rest_v content_v in_o that_o condition_n or_o state_n of_o life_n wherein_o god_n have_v place_v thou_o or_o have_v thou_o at_o any_o time_n inordinate_o lust_v after_o that_o which_o belong_v to_o other_o ii_o have_v thou_o entertain_v secret_a covet_n in_o thy_o thought_n with_o any_o delight_n or_o complacency_n or_o have_v thou_o labour_v to_o restrain_v they_o and_o quench_v they_o in_o their_o first_o beginning_n when_o you_o have_v consider_v serious_o and_o answer_v yourself_o in_o these_o particular_n one_o by_o one_o sum_v up_o the_o account_n you_o have_v make_v where_o you_o 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