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father_n house_n 2._o he_o be_v trouble_v at_o the_o evil_a conversation_n of_o the_o sodomite_n 2_o pet._n 2.8_o psal_n 119.136_o so_o in_o drunkenness_n 3._o he_o be_v hospital_n heb._n 13.2_o 1_o pet._n 4.9_o christmas_n 4._o he_o entreat_v the_o sodomite_n to_o desist_v from_o their_o villainy_n 5._o he_o seek_v to_o deliver_v his_o son_n in_o law_n 6._o for_o a_o good_a while_o he_o keep_v close_o to_o his_o uncle_n abraham_n his_o fault_n 1._o he_o choose_v to_o dwell_v in_o a_o fertile_a place_n among_o sinful_a man_n 2._o he_o continue_v to_o dwell_v in_o sodom_n among_o great_a sinner_n 3._o he_o offer_v his_o two_o daughter_n to_o the_o sodomite_n rom._n 6.2_o 4._o he_o linger_v in_o sodom_n till_o the_o angel_n take_v he_o by_o the_o hand_n job_n 2.4_o 6._o he_o be_v twice_o drunken_a his_o benefit_n 1._o god_n give_v he_o repentance_n 2._o he_o and_o he_o be_v deliver_v out_o of_o the_o burn_a of_o sodom_n his_o affliction_n be_v four_o lot_n wife_n her_o benefit_n 1._o deliver_v from_o captivity_n 2._o deliver_v out_o of_o the_o burn_a of_o sodom_n her_o sin_n she_o look_v back_o to_o sodom_n her_o punishment_n lot_n daughter_n have_v no_o virtue_n their_o vice_n 1._o they_o agree_v together_o about_o two_o grievous_a crime_n gen._n 19.31_o qui_fw-la semel_fw-la verecundiae_fw-la limit_n transiluerit_fw-la graviter_fw-la impudentem_fw-la esse_fw-la oportet_fw-la their_o own_o sin_n they_o make_v their_o father_n drunken_a their_o special_a sin_n abraham_n confederate_n their_o virtue_n 1._o they_o be_v friend_n to_o abraham_n it_o be_v a_o good_a thing_n to_o be_v a_o a_o friend_n to_o the_o godly_a prov._n 13.20_o mat._n 10.22_o act_n 28._o 2._o