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do_v believe_v and_o tremble_v if_o profane_a wit_n believe_v not_o that_o there_o be_v a_o god_n they_o be_v blind_a than_o heathen_n if_o they_o do_v believe_v there_o be_v one_o they_o be_v on_o this_o account_n more_o mad_a than_o devil_n and_o who_o save_v mad_a and_o blind_a man_n can_v think_v it_o valuable_a wit_n to_o make_v god_n and_o man_n one_o be_v enemy_n for_o merriment_n expose_v one_o self_n to_o everlasting_a fire_n for_o a_o fit_a of_o laughter_n once_o a_o merry_a atheist_n never_o a_o sober_a christian_a say_v dr._n hammond_n 2._o unclean_a jest_a be_v foolish_a the_o holy_a ghost_n have_v name_v obscenity_n very_a folly_n and_o call_v word_n of_o smut_n rot_a and_o corrupt_a what_o a_o extreme_a frenzy_n than_o be_v it_o ever_o so_o witty_o to_o commit_v this_o folly_n to_o spew_v forth_o worse_o than_o street-dirt_n and_o name_v it_o a_o fine_a sport_n but_o hereunto_o rise_v none_o save_o high_a graduate_n in_o the_o university_n of_o wickedness_n wherefore_o i_o advance_v but_o this_o single_a thought_n god_n law_n in_o old_a time_n require_v cut_v off_o of_o the_o hand_n which_o do_v a_o indecent_a act_n to_o save_v the_o near_a relation_n life_n deut._n calv._n 25._o 11._o and_o hereby_o we_o may_v easy_o judge_v of_o his_o wrath_n against_o the_o mouth_n that_o utter_v unclean_a word_n for_o nothing_o but_o a_o once_o to_o disport_v and_o debauch_v its_o hearer_n 3._o unnatural_a jest_a be_v foolish_a that_o which_o make_v merry_a with_o the_o sin_n and_o sport_v with_o the_o misery_n of_o men._n that_o play_v upon_o their_o misdeed_n and_o taunt_n at_o their_o part_n their_o infirm_a body_n or_o mean_a condition_n and_o particular_a disaster_n a_o practice_n so_o horrid_a that_o it_o will_v be_v as_o impossible_a as_o unrighteous_a do_v not_o man_n together_o put_v off_o the_o humane_a and_o put_v on_o diabolical_a nature_n for_o humanity_n will_v compassionate_a not_o patratragediate_a on_o a_o stray_n or_o a_o faln-beast_n and_o it_o 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