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city_n burn_v at_o the_o persuasion_n of_o a_o harlot_n 15â—_n persian_a ambassador_n kill_v for_o their_o lust_n 14â—_n persian_a woman_n idleness_n and_o immodesty_n 151_o 13â—_n persian_a empire_n ruin_v by_o luxury_n 14â—_n pharaoh_n plague_n for_o take_v sarah_n what_o â—â—â—_o phea_fw-la call_v sow_n for_o her_o lust_n her_o punishment_n 18â—_n philip_n of_o macedon_n uncleanness_n and_o punishm_n 14â—_n philistine_n their_o uncleanness_n and_o punishment_n picture_n excessive_a dear_a 29â—_n platter_n excessive_a large_a and_o costly_a 27â—_n pleminius_n lust_n and_o punishment_n 176_o polygamy_n our_o saviour_n opinion_n of_o it_o 104_o pompey_n the_o great_a be_v lust_n and_o punishment_n 203_o his_o fondness_n of_o julia_n promote_v his_o ruin_n 205_o his_o revel_n with_o cornelia_n and_o fondness_n of_o she_o complete_v his_o ruin_n 206_o priapus_n beastly_a worship_n what_o 218_o 262_o priest_n of_o isis_n 113_o primitive_a christian_n '_o hatred_n of_o uncleanness_n 304_o rise_v of_o great_a value_n give_v in_o the_o theatre_n 288_o colomy_a ceraunus_n lust_n and_o punishment_n 159_o â—olomy's_n incest_n and_o adultery_n 162_o colomy_a phiscon_n incest_n and_o cruelty_n 163_o â—rrhus's_n uncleanness_n slay_v by_o a_o
woman_n 200_o r_n â—vealed_v religion_n why_o deride_v by_o the_o bean_n 123_o reuben_n '_o be_v incest_n and_o punishment_n 32_o ing_n excess_n in_o they_o 297_o â—oman_n woman_n immodest_a in_o their_o apparel_n ibid._n â—ome_o its_o church_n why_o call_v in_o scripture_n whore_n and_o mother_n of_o harlot_n 132_o â—ome_v found_v by_o whoredom_n endanger_v at_o first_o by_o rape_n 165_o â—oofs_n of_o house_n movable_a and_o change_v at_o every_o course_n 292_o s_n â—mpson's_n whoredom_n and_o punishment_n 53_o etc._n etc._n the_o rabbin_n think_v the_o philistine_n debauch_v his_o wife_n 53_o objection_n against_o the_o number_n of_o fox_n take_v by_o he_o answer_v 55_o saracen_n their_o original_n 12_o â—ardanapalus's_n uncleanness_n and_o remarkable_a death_n 135_o 137_o â—chechem's_n whoredom_n and_o punishment_n 25_o scythian_a woman_n their_o message_n to_o their_o husband_n in_o asia_n 139_o marry_a their_o servant_n in_o their_o husband_n '_o absence_n 140_o scipio_n rebuke_n massinissa_n for_o his_o lust_n 176_o seed_n flux_n of_o it_o in_o man_n and_o menstrua_fw-la in_o woman_n why_o it_o render_v they_o unfit_a for_o public_a worship_n 41_o seed_n pass_v through_o the_o fire_n to_o molech_n what_o 51_o seleucus_n king_n of_o assyria_n part_n with_o his_o wife_n his_o son_n 2d_o servant_n excess_n in_o their_o number_n 3â—_n sextus_n tarqvinius_n his_o rape_n and_o punishmeâ—_n 168_o 1â—_n ship_n sail_v in_o wine_n 2d_o simon_n magus_n the_o uncleanness_n of_o himself_o aâ—_n follower_n 3â—_n sodomite_n why_o they_o lust_v after_o stranger_n aâ—_n particular_o after_o the_o angel_n â—_o solomon_n uncleanness_n and_o punishment_n â—_o whether_o save_v or_o not_o â—_o solon_n uncleanness_n and_o impure_a law_n 1â—_n sophonisba_n daughter_n to_o asdrubal_n her_o scanâ—lous_a marriage_n to_o massinissa_n 1â—_n her_o last_o message_n to_o her_o paramour_n manissa_n 1â—_n spinctriae_fw-la what_o 2d_o spitamenes_n and_o his_o wife_n their_o punishment_n â—_o lust_n 1â—_n statue_n the_o excess_n of_o the_o roman_n in_o they_o 2d_o supper_n excessive_a for_o cost_n 279_o 2d_o scylla_n lustfulness_n eat_v up_o by_o louse_n 2d_o syphax_n marriage_n with_o sophonisba_n cause_v war_n with_o the_o roman_n 1â—_n syria_n and_o egypt_n remarkable_o punish_v for_o thâ—vncleanness_n 1â—_n t_o tables_n the_o excess_n and_o expensiveness_n of_o theâ—_n 2d_o tarentum_n betray_v by_o a_o harlot_n 1â—_n theatre_n excess_n of_o the_o roman_n therein_o 2d_o their_o furniture_n costly_a 2d_o theatre_n of_o scaurus_n of_o titus_n 284_o 2d_o thebes_n daughter_n to_o jason_n how_o she_o avenge_v herself_o of_o her_o husband_n for_o his_o adultery_n 198_o theseus_n lust_n and_o punishment_n 188_o 189_o tiberius_n caesar_n unnatural_a lust_n filthy_a invention_n and_o death_n 235_o to_o 237_o titus_n uncleanness_n 254_o trajan_n sodomy_n etc._n etc._n 259_o troy_n ruin_v by_o lust_n 145_o tutula_n her_o filthy_a stratagem_n to_o defeat_v the_o latin_n 193_o u_o unclean_a woman_n make_v use_v of_o to_o ensnare_v the_o people_n of_o god_n fatal_a to_o the_o contriver_n 57_o uncleanness_n the_o cause_n of_o the_o jew_n '_o captivity_n 91_o uncleanness_n people_n judicial_o give_v up_o to_o it_o and_o why_o 117_o uncleanness_n the_o sort_n of_o it_o the_o trial_n and_o punishment_n of_o it_o under_o the_o law_n from_o 35_o to_o 40_o unnatural_a lust_n discover_v by_o heterogeneous_a birth_n 52_o valentinian_n the_o emperor_n murder_v for_o adultery_n 260_o vespasian_n uncleanness_n and_o reformation_n 254_o 255_o vestal_a nun_n their_o whoredom_n how_o expiate_v 175_o victual_v house_n at_o rome_n under_o ground_n what_o 306_o virginia_n kill_v by_o her_o father_n to_o save_v her_o chastity_n his_o speech_n to_o the_o roman_a army_n 170_o 171_o vitellius_n lust_n and_o punishment_n luxury_n gluttony_n etc._n etc._n 252_o etc._n etc._n w_n war_n occasion_v at_o sparta_n by_o the_o lust_n of_o chelidonis_n 200_o wench_n naked_a wait_n at_o table_n 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p._n 29_o l._n 19_o r._n juvenile_n p._n 29_o l._n 33_o r._n great_a p._n 30_o l._n 26_o for_o but_o r._n that_o p._n 31_o l._n 18_o deal_n he_o p._n 35_o l._n 10_o r._n a_o virgin_n p._n 60_o l._n 3_o r._n to_o propagate_v p._n 83_o l._n 8_o r._n as_o to_o p._n 84_o l._n 34_o r._n canaanites_n p._n 112_o l._n 33_o r._n with_o her_o hair_n p._n 130_o l._n 28_o r._n marcionites_n and_o l._n 34_o r._n to_o ward_n p._n 132_o l._n 29_o r._n he_o represent_v p._n 134_o l._n 4_o r._n justin_n p._n 137_o l._n 4_o r._n which_o with_o and_o l._n 6_o r._n my_o desire_n and_o l._n 27_o r._n effeminacy_n p._n 142_o l._n 2_o r._n of_o xerxes_n p._n 144_o l._n 3_o r._n as_o abovesaid_a and_o l._n 26_o r._n prevail_v p._n 147_o l._n 31_o r._n justice_n p._n 165_o l._n 14_o r._n beget_v p._n 171_o l._n 1_o r._n upon_o which_o p._n 178_o l._n 33_o r._n disloyalty_n p._n 192_o l._n 11_o r._n and_o another_o p._n 194_o l._n 14_o r._n bawd_n p._n 252_o l._n ult_n r._n day_n p._n 253_o l._n ult_n r._n 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