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impudence_n and_o shamelessness_n in_o sin_v whereby_o they_o fear_v not_o to_o own_v their_o impurity_n before_o all_o the_o world_n these_o sodomite_n be_v not_o only_a practitioner_n and_o proficient_o in_o but_o also_o professor_n of_o their_o black_a and_o hellish_a art_n of_o uncleanness_n hence_o it_o be_v say_v some_o that_o the_o man_n of_o sodom_n be_v say_v to_o be_v sinner_n before_o the_o lord_n 13.13_o gen._n 13.13_o that_o be_v say_v they_o public_o and_o shameless_o without_o any_o regard_n of_o god_n eye_n or_o observation_n hence_o likewise_o isai_n 3.10_o calig_n tostatus_n in_o loc_n potest_fw-la idem_fw-la signifioare_n quod_fw-la palam_fw-la &_o publicae_fw-la perer._n in_o loc_n nihil_fw-la magis_fw-la in_o naturâ_fw-la suâ_fw-la laudare_fw-la se_fw-la dicebat_fw-la quam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d suet._n in_o calig_n the_o prophet_n reprove_v boldness_n of_o sin_v in_o the_o jew_n say_v that_o they_o declare_v their_o sin_n as_o sodom_n who_o 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