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the_o imagination_n of_o my_o heart_n to_o add_v drunkenness_n to_o thirst_n the_o lord_n shall_v not_o spare_v he_o but_o then_o the_o anger_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o his_o jealousy_n shall_v smoke_v against_o that_o man_n and_o all_o the_o curse_n that_o be_v write_v in_o this_o book_n shall_v lie_v upon_o he_o and_o the_o lord_n shall_v blot_v out_o his_o name_n from_o under_o heaven_n and_o in_o the_o 30_o chap._n ver_fw-la 10._o if_o thou_o shall_v hearken_v unto_o the_o voice_n of_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n to_o keep_v his_o commandment_n and_o his_o statute_n which_o be_v write_v in_o this_o book_n of_o the_o law_n from_o all_o which_o place_n and_o many_o more_o that_o may_v be_v produce_v it_o be_v manifest_a that_o the_o word_n of_o god_n of_o which_o moses_n speak_v be_v to_o be_v understand_v of_o the_o writing_n of_o moses_n and_o that_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v expound_v or_o draw_v to_o any_o unwritten_a tradition_n deliver_v by_o moses_n viva_fw-la voce_fw-la and_o 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