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which_o pull_v down_o ruin_n and_o destruction_n upon_o a_o nation_n and_o be_v oft_o the_o chief_a cause_n of_o it_o the_o poet_n never_o speak_v a_o true_a word_n than_o when_o he_o say_v pindar_n pindar_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n as_o the_o scholiast_n well_o note_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d justice_n be_v a_o high_a wall_n there_o be_v no_o such_o tall_a and_o impregnable_a bulwark_n such_o a_o safe_a defence_n to_o a_o nation_n as_o to_o deal_v upright_o and_o honest_o one_o with_o another_o and_o with_o all_o their_o neighbour_n and_o then_o i_o be_o sure_a a_o nation_n be_v like_a to_o be_v lay_v waste_n when_o there_o be_v a_o breach_n make_v in_o this_o wall_n for_o oppression_n violence_n and_o wrong_a to_o enter_v in_o i_o have_v already_o note_v so_o many_o passage_n out_o of_o the_o prophet_n that_o make_v these_o sin_n the_o cause_n of_o their_o desolation_n and_o be_v carry_v captive_a out_o of_o their_o land_n that_o i_o may_v presume_v the_o reader_n 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to_o hazard_v yourselves_o in_o a_o good_a cause_n be_v as_o conscientious_a in_o follow_v the_o minister_n doctrine_n as_o in_o pay_v of_o he_o his_o tithe_n and_o speak_v well_o of_o he_o as_o zealous_a in_o do_v as_o you_o be_v in_o hear_v as_o careful_a to_o use_v god_n grace_n as_o to_o beg_v it_o to_o live_v to_o god_n as_o to_o pray_v to_o he_o and_o saint_n james_n give_v we_o the_o reason_n jam._n 1.22_o that_o we_o shall_v otherwise_o deceive_v our_o own_o soul_n we_o shall_v have_v only_o so_o much_o religion_n as_o will_v serve_v to_o cozen_v ourselves_o as_o many_o a_o man_n do_v who_o hear_v god_n word_n and_o pray_v and_o be_v much_o affect_v but_o make_v no_o conscience_n of_o lay_v it_o to_o his_o heart_n by_o serious_a consideration_n and_o work_v of_o it_o into_o the_o frame_n of_o his_o spririt_n that_o he_o may_v live_v according_a to_o it_o cap._n xxiv_o 1._o the_o distinction_n which_o the_o pharisee_n have_v to_o elude_v god_n command_n 2._o one_o more_o 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