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(6.) [centered]

Those concerned are to apply it acc'd-
-ing [according] to own sense of guilt – little or
much. The rebuke is for the
whole community.

All evils are in some sense conseq^s [consequences]
of sin – direct or indirect.

Can't Specify the particular sins
for wh. [which] this is sent as rebuke.

Perhaps there is no one sin.

Perhaps – for Sabbath desecration – neglect &c. [etc.].
" [Perhaps] General neglect of best interests of community.
" [Perhaps] for absorbing selfishness – for that
easy virtue wh. [which] lets more houses
be burnt within a years [year's] time than are
built within sight of our own doors –

Must be some connection betwixt our ca-
-lamity & our sin. Settle it for selves.