this_o day_n tell_v we_o what_o be_v the_o iniquity_n of_o perjury_n and_o parricide_n sacrilege_n and_o fraud_n the_o iniquity_n of_o unhallow_v holy_a rite_n and_o time_n by_o servile_a work_n or_o by_o impure_a address_n hence_o the_o apostle_n tell_v we_o that_o all_o the_o work_n of_o the_o flesh_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d manifest_a gal._n v._o to_o the_o rational_a conscience_n it_o be_v true_a it_o must_v be_v enlighten_v by_o faith_n to_o know_v idolatry_n witchcraft_n or_o heresy_n at_o least_o to_o be_v work_n of_o darkness_n but_o for_o the_o rest_n they_o be_v all_o manifest_a to_o mere_a reason_n adultery_n fornication_n strife_n sedition_n hatred_n envy_n murder_n drunkenness_n and_o such_o like_a add_v that_o great_a know_a place_n rom._n two_o 14_o 15._o the_o gentile_n do_v by_o nature_n the_o thing_n contain_v in_o the_o law_n and_o have_v not_o the_o law_n they_o be_v a_o law_n unto_o themselves_o have_v not_o the_o book_n of_o moses_n they_o be_v a_o 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