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when_o he_o intend_v to_o take_v urias_n his_o wife_n he_o have_v examine_v his_o intent_n by_o the_o rule_n of_o exodus_fw-la he_o have_v find_v it_o to_o be_v adultery_n and_o three_o after_o due_a examination_n have_v find_v his_o intent_n to_o be_v adultery_n he_o can_v not_o but_o condemn_v himself_o in_o his_o own_o conscience_n that_o he_o be_v guilty_a of_o damnation_n according_a to_o this_o sense_n 1._o rom._n 1._o say_v saint_n paul_n they_o have_v the_o effect_n of_o the_o law_n write_v in_o their_o heart_n their_o conscience_n also_o bear_v witness_n and_o their_o thought_n accuse_v or_o excuse_v one_o a_o other_o albeit_o conscience_n be_v sometime_o take_v only_o for_o the_o intellectual_a power_n and_o faculty_n of_o our_o understanding_n &_o reasonable_a soul_n by_o which_o we_o be_v able_a thus_o to_o argue_v and_o discourse_v with_o ourselves_o so_o saint_n paul_n say_v we_o must_v obey_v magistrate_n for_o conscience_n 13._o rom._n 13._o sake_n that_o be_v because_o 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