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person_n in_o this_o word_n thou_n thou_o child_n thou_o man_n thou_o woman_n use_v therefore_o my_o child_n stir_v up_o thy_o strength_n to_o keep_v thy_o vessel_n in_o holiness_n and_o honour_n what_o miserable_a pollution_n be_v among_o man_n in_o eye_n as_o they_o that_o have_v their_o eye_n full_a of_o adultery_n 2._o 2_o pet._n 2._o in_o speech_n as_o judah_n to_o thamar_n 38._o gen._n 38._o let_v i_o lie_v with_o thou_o in_o gesture_n 13._o jer._n 5._o 2_o sam._n 13._o as_o they_o that_o neigh_v after_o their_o neighbour_n wife_n by_o fornication_n as_o amnon_n by_o adultery_n 49._o joh._n 8._o gen._n 49._o as_o the_o woman_n take_v in_o adultery_n by_o incest_n as_o reuben_n and_o that_o incestuous_a man_n 6._o 1_o cor._n 5._o rom._n 1._o &_o 1_o cor._n 6._o and_o by_o unnatural_a sin_n how_o do_v man_n and_o woman_n provide_v for_o it_o by_o drunkenness_n gluttony_n wanton_a apparel_n and_o idleness_n oh_o let_v thy_o heart_n bleed_v to_o think_v of_o these_o sin_n commit_v 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