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your_o parent_n yea_o you_o shall_v 19_o leu._n 19_o every_o man_n fear_v his_o father_n and_o mother_n say_v god_n &_o consider_v in_o what_o manner_n you_o ought_v to_o perform_v this_o you_o shall_v stand_v in_o awful_a dread_n of_o your_o parent_n not_o of_o the_o rod_n or_o of_o their_o correction_n only_o as_o i_o say_v no_o no_o such_o servile_a fear_n but_o consider_v their_o dear_a and_o natural_a love_n towards_o thou_o how_o tender_o careful_o &_o love_o they_o have_v nourish_v thou_o even_o from_o thy_o birth_n &_o still_o do_v seek_v thy_o good_a by_o all_o mean_v possible_a in_o respect_n of_o this_o their_o great_a love_n unto_o thou_o which_o thou_o regard_n worthy_a note_n for_o child_n to_o regard_n do_v never_o deserve_v nor_o never_o can_v satisfy_v thou_o ought_v likewise_o in_o thy_o love_n to_o they_o again_o to_o be_v even_o so_o jealous_a of_o thyself_o that_o thou_o shall_v fear_v least_o in_o any_o thing_n thou_o do_v thou_o shall_v offend_v such_o love_a 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