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do_v conceive_v such_o concupiscence_n dydimus_fw-la but_o i_o thynck_v that_o it_o be_v not_o meet_v and_o convenyent_n that_o such_o vain_a fantasye_n as_o do_v come_v into_o a_o man_n brayn_n and_o afterward_o do_v vanish_v away_o shall_v be_v take_v and_o condemn_v for_o concupiscence_n which_o proper_o have_v their_o of_o spring_n in_o the_o hart_n eu._n i_o say_v that_o god_n by_o this_o commandment_n thou_o shall_v not_o covet_v forbid_v not_o only_o those_o imagination_n that_o rise_v in_o man_n heart_n but_o also_o all_o vain_a thought_n that_o may_v by_o any_o mean_a move_n &_o stir_v up_o the_o hart_n unto_o concupiscence_n for_o we_o can_v never_o so_o soon_o lust_n or_o desire_v any_o thing_n in_o our_o mind_n but_o that_o the_o hart_n be_v straightways_o therewith_o touch_v and_o inflame_a whether_o it_o be_v little_a or_o much_o but_o the_o lord_n do_v require_v of_o we_o a_o most_o perfect_a charity_n which_o shall_v be_v far_a from_o all_o fleshly_a concupiscence_n 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