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woman_n advise_v my_o son_n give_v i_o thy_o heart_n and_o let_v thy_o eye_n delight_v in_o my_o way_n lust_n way_n prou._n 23.26.27_o the_o cause_n and_o occasion_n of_o lust_n the_o last_o preseruative_n be_v to_o avoid_v the_o cause_n and_o occasion_n of_o lust_n and_o uncleanness_n the_o first_o be_v idleness_n this_o be_v one_o of_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o detest_a uncleanness_n of_o sodom_n as_o the_o prophet_n ezechiel_n show_v 46.49_o show_v ezech._n 46.49_o and_o contrariwise_o diligence_n in_o our_o calling_n be_v a_o notable_a help_n to_o keep_v out_o inordinate_a desire_n and_o vain_a thought_n and_o common_o person_n overtake_v with_o uncleanness_n abound_v with_o idleness_n the_o second_o be_v fullness_n of_o bread_n that_o be_v by_o a_o synecdoche_n excess_n in_o meat_n and_o drink_n either_o for_o the_o measure_n or_o daintiness_n of_o they_o and_o contrariwise_o to_o beat_v down_o our_o body_n 9.27_o body_n 1_o cor_fw-la 9.27_o either_o by_o abstinence_n or_o 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202_o chapter_n four_o verse_n i._n you_o master_n do_v that_o which_o be_v just_a and_o equal_a unto_o your_o servant_n know_v that_o you_o have_v also_o a_o master_n in_o heaven_n this_o verse_n belong_v unto_o the_o doctrine_n of_o household_n government_n and_o contain_v 1._o the_o duty_n of_o master_n 2._o the_o reason_n know_v etc._n etc._n in_o the_o duty_n 1._o the_o party_n charge_v you_o master_n 2._o the_o duty_n require_v do_v that_o which_o be_v just_a and_o equal_a 3._o the_o person_n to_o who_o it_o be_v to_o be_v perform_v unto_o your_o servant_n master_n all_o master_n be_v charge_v without_o difference_n yea_o the_o wife_n as_o well_o as_o the_o husband_n by_o a_o synecdoche_n the_o great_a as_o well_o as_o the_o mean_a and_o the_o poor_a must_v deal_v just_o as_o well_o as_o they_o that_o have_v more_o mean_n etc._n etc._n do_v that_o which_o be_v just_a and_o equal_a doctrine_n from_o the_o coherence_n that_o god_n that_o promise_v eternal_a thing_n will_v provide_v 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