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proper_o we_o may_v call_v our_o iniquity_n above_o all_o the_o rest_n 18.23_o psal_n 18.23_o and_o which_o be_v as_o the_o right_a eye_n or_o the_o right_a hand_n the_o right_a eye_n in_o respect_n of_o pleasure_n the_o right_a hand_n in_o respect_n of_o profit_n this_o right_a hand_n and_o right_a eye_n must_v be_v cut_v off_o and_o pull_v out_o thus_o do_v zacheus_n when_o he_o be_v convert_v luk._n 19_o his_o gainful_a and_o profitable_a sin_n of_o wrong_n and_o oppression_n be_v his_o master_n sin_n he_o shake_v off_o and_o renounce_v 19.8_o luk._n 19.8_o behold_v lord_n the_o half_a of_o my_o good_n i_o give_v to_o the_o poor_a and_o if_o i_o have_v take_v away_o any_o thing-from_a any_o man_n by_o false_a accusation_n i_o restore_v he_o fourfold_a this_o take_n of_o revenge_n be_v the_o counsel_n that_o daniel_n give_v to_o nebucadnezzar_n 4.27_o dan._n 4.27_o to_o break_v off_o his_o sin_n by_o righteousness_n and_o his_o iniquity_n by_o show_v mercy_n to_o the_o poor_a the_o 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