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12.10_o by_o examine_v see_v our_o want_n and_o need_n of_o christ_n john_n 13.14_o maintain_v our_o own_o reverence_n the_o 6._o commandment_n bodily_a life_n and_o health_n hurt_v not_o exod._n 21.22_o prou._n 17.19_o prou._n 19.11_o gen._n 13.7_o 1._o cor._n 13.7_o 1._o tim._n 6.17_o do_v good_a to_o their_o life_n 1._o john_n 4.11_o matth._n 9.26_o pro._n 3.27_o show_v mercy_n job._n 31.13_o &_o 14._o visit_v the_o sick_a matth._n 25.35_o jam._n 2.16_o judg._n 1.3_o judg._n 6.35_o pity_v to_o the_o soul_n good_a example_n 1._o pet._n 3.1_o 1._o cor._n 10.33_o winifrid_n and_o confirm_v other_o heb._n 10.24_o 1._o thes_n 5._o help_v the_o poor_a rom._n 12._o phil._n 7._o ruth_n 2.13_o the_o seven_o commandment_n not_o to_o attempt_v our_o neighbour_n honesty_n our_o mind_n and_o body_n must_v be_v chaste_a unmarried_a 1._o cor._n 7.32_o marry_a 1._o pet._n 3.7_o the_o 8._o commandment_n not_o to_o injury_n in_o his_o good_n rom._n 13.8_o not_o lay_v claim_n to_o that_o which_o be_v 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do_v no_o good_a while_o he_o live_v the_o lavish_v spender_n hurt_v such_o as_o they_o shall_v do_v good_a to_o lend_v needful_a exod._n 22.25_o luk._n 6.33_o rich_a borrow_v shall_v recompense_v the_o lender_n matth._n 7.12_o of_o suretyship_n luk._n 10.35_o pro._n 22.26_o &_o 6.1_o how_o far_o we_o may_v be_v surety_n genes_n 42.37_o pro._n 22.27_o lawful_a vocation_n 1._o pet._n 4.10_o deal_v lawful_o deut._n 15.15_o levit._n 25.14_o amos._n 8.5_o psalm_n 15.4_o partnership_n usury_n unlawful_a regard_v have_v of_o both_o party_n be_v no_o usury_n matth._n 7.12_o usury_n and_o oppression_n have_v no_o place_n among_o christian_n of_o annuity_n what_o they_o be_v two_o kind_n of_o they_o the_o first_o kind_n full_a of_o danger_n man_n must_v not_o sell_v that_o which_o they_o have_v not_o forehand_n bargain_n seldom_o end_v well_o the_o second_o kind_n not_o unlawful_a yet_o abuse_v on_o the_o cellar_n behalf_n on_o the_o behalf_n of_o the_o buyer_n such_o buyer_n be_v grinder_n some_o annuity_n worse_o than_o ten_o in_o the_o hundred_o how_o to_o redress_v such_o abuse_n restitution_n job._n 31.16_o prou._n 3.29_o prou._n 21.15_o the_o 9_o commandment_n to_o rejoice_v in_o our_o neighbour_n credit_n 3._o john_n 2._o gal._n 5.26_o 1._o thess_n 5.14_o sorrow_n for_o their_o infirmity_n hope_v the_o best_a ephes_n 2.5_o 1._o cor._n 6.11_o matth._n 7.1_o tit._n 3.2_o to_o cover_v fault_n levit._n 19.17_o jam._n 5.20_o rebuke_n not_o to_o disclose_v unmeete_a secret_n note_n not_o to_o speak_v of_o fault_n matth._n 18.15_o 1._o cor._n 1.11_o pro._n 14.25_o to_o defend_v his_o credit_n act._n 26.15_o to_o give_v testimony_n take_v all_o in_o best_a part_n matth._n 1.19_o john_n 13.28_o luk._n 7.39_o we_o shall_v censure_v ourselves_o not_o too_o credulous_a matth._n 10.17_o to_o note_v out_o evil_a man_n act._n 2.40_o tit._n 3.2_o pro._n 15.1_o the_o ten_o commandment_n