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rich_a in_o good_a work_n the_o great_a thy_o receipt_n be_v the_o great_a ought_v to_o be_v their_o return_n chap._n xxix_o show_v the_o necessity_n of_o restore_v ill-gotten_a good_n vi_o careful_o restore_v what_o thou_o have_v steal_v or_o unjust_o get_v it_o be_v very_o sinful_a to_o get_v thing_n wrongful_o and_o no_o less_o to_o keep_v what_o be_v wrongful_o get_v therefore_o the_o law_n require_v restitution_n of_o steal_a and_o ill-gotten_a good_n as_o exod._n 22._o 1._o leu._n 6._o 2_o 3._o etc._n etc._n restitution_n be_v not_o a_o arbitrary_a thing_n leave_v to_o our_o will_n to_o do_v or_o not_o to_o do_v but_o a_o act_n of_o justice_n to_o the_o performance_n whereof_o we_o be_v bind_v by_o the_o express_a letter_n of_o the_o law_n whosoever_o he_o be_v that_o have_v wrong_v another_o either_o by_o detain_v what_o he_o have_v borrow_v or_o by_o get_v by_o fraud_n or_o oppression_n aught_o to_o make_v satisfaction_n by_o restore_v either_o the_o thing_n itself_o or_o the_o 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