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will_v have_v it_o punish_v for_o that_o cause_n solomon_n say_v 14._o that_o sin_n make_v people_n and_o nation_n unhappy_a which_o then_o appear_v most_o when_o it_o be_v know_v and_o the_o common_a weal_n make_v no_o care_n to_o do_v justice_n of_o it_o as_o we_o see_v happen_v in_o gabaon_n of_o the_o beniamit_n 16._o in_o which_o city_n for_o the_o unchaste_a violation_n of_o a_o woman_n die_v of_o the_o violence_n almost_o all_o the_o say_a beniamite_n be_v overthrow_v by_o the_o other_o jsraelite_n god_n ordain_v this_o judgement_n for_o the_o revenge_n of_o the_o woman_n dishonour_n oftentimes_o the_o man_n that_o have_v do_v evil_a be_v not_o punish_v only_o but_o also_o the_o affliction_n stretch_v to_o his_o house_n as_o happen_v to_o cham_n for_o mock_v his_o father_n with_o who_o his_o son_n canaan_n with_o all_o his_o chananite_n be_v scourge_v 9.19_o the_o sin_n of_o loath_a and_o his_o daughter_n be_v not_o punish_v only_o with_o the_o penance_n of_o the_o good_a patriarch_n but_o also_o upon_o his_o child_n the_o moabite_n and_o ammonite_n who_o be_v reject_v from_o the_o alliance_n with_o the_o jsraelite_n for_o their_o reprove_v generation_n yea_o forbid_v to_o enter_v into_o the_o temple_n albeit_o they_o be_v convert_v to_o god_n much_o more_o grievous_o be_v punish_v the_o sin_n of_o the_o prince_n &_o the_o magistrate_n not_o upon_o themselves_o only_o but_o what_o they_o love_v be_v touch_v &_o their_o whole_a people_n visit_v as_o be_v manifest_a in_o david_n who_o notwithstanding_o he_o do_v penance_n for_o his_o adultery_n &_o murder_n yet_o his_o son_n die_v for_o the_o punishment_n or_o satisfaction_n of_o those_o two_o sin_n 24._o as_o also_o for_o the_o adultery_n he_o do_v to_o a_o other_o man_n wife_n his_o own_o concubine_n in_o the_o mean_v while_o be_v pollute_v and_o for_o that_o he_o rise_v into_o pride_n he_o be_v strike_v with_o plague_n by_o the_o death_n of_o three_o score_n and_o ten_o thousand_o person_n who_o 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