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To Hinder

Lev. iv. 22.TO HINDER. Prohibeo is used for to forbid. Quod Domini lege prohibetur: or for, 1 Sam. xxv. 33. Psal. xl. 9.to divert from. Blessed be thou which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood: and for to refrain, I will not refrain my lips: I will not cease to praise thee. Prohibe linguam tuam a malo: Keep thy tongue from evil. Mortuo non prohibeas gratiam: Shew thy gratitude to the dead. Ps. xxxiv. 13. Ecclus. vii. 33.Haggai, chap. i. ver. 10. Prohibiti sunt cœli ne darent terræ pluviam: God hath not permitted the heavens to give rain unto the earth, Ecclus. xlvi. 9. Prohibere gentem a peccatis: To divert the people from sin. Jeremiah xlviii. 10. Cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood: Maledictus qui prohibet gladium suum a sanguine.

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