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therefore_o give_v you_o a_o account_n of_o a_o few_o of_o they_o and_o tell_v you_o their_o name_n the_o first_o i_o shall_v begin_v with_o be_v unbelief_n a_o very_a dangerous_a fellow_n 2._o pride_n 3._o vain-glory._n 4._o formality_n 5._o hypocrisy_n 6._o oppression_n 7._o heresy_n 8._o superstition_n 9_o idolatry_n alias_o papistry_n 10._o prosperity_n 11._o persecution_n 12._o ignorance_n 13._o blind_a zeal_n 14._o vain_a hope_n 15._o sloth_n alias_o idleness_n 16._o covetousness_n 17._o old_a custom_n 18._o evil_a example_n 19_o self-righteousness_n 20._o presumption_n 21._o despair_n 22._o slavish_a fear_n 23._o a_o sensual_a pleasure_n and_o 24._o apostasy_n with_o many_o other_o of_o like_a quality_n too_o tedious_a here_o to_o reckon_v up_o but_o by_o mention_v the_o name_n of_o these_o you_o may_v easy_o discern_v who_o and_o what_o the_o other_o be_v who_o with_o their_o attendance_n be_v all_o implacable_a enemy_n to_o true_a godliness_n and_o as_o much_o as_o lie_v in_o 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