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your_o matter_n be_v good_a say_v he_o when_o they_o be_v stark_o naught_o so_o thy_o conscience_n may_v flatter_v thou_o and_o say_v thy_o matter_n be_v good_a but_o when_o conscience_n can_v say_v true_o thy_o matter_n be_v good_a the_o conscience_n be_v like_o a_o register_n or_o a_o bill_n now_o when_o it_o be_v a_o bill_n of_o good_a item_n when_o all_o thy_o sin_n be_v blot_v out_o and_o good_a thing_n be_v write_v in_o now_o it_o be_v a_o good_a conscience_n you_o know_v we_o call_v it_o a_o foul_a bill_n that_o have_v foul_a crime_n write_v in_o it_o though_o the_o bill_n be_v never_o so_o fair_a write_v yet_o if_o it_o have_v foul_a
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good_a and_o excuse_v he_o and_o approve_v he_o but_o in_o all_o these_o it_o make_v he_o do_v his_o duty_n too_o so_o likewise_o when_o it_o counsel_n it_o do_v not_o only_a counsel_n and_o dictate_v what_o be_v to_o be_v do_v and_o what_o not_o but_o it_o so_o do_v all_o these_o particular_n that_o it_o make_v the_o man_n to_o do_v his_o duty_n in_o sincerity_n from_o day_n to_o day_n this_o be_v alive_a conscience_n now_o that_o this_o be_v the_o live_a conscience_n i_o prove_v it_o unto_o you_o by_o five_o argument_n 1._o because_o conscience_n be_v make_v not_o only_o to_o do_v all_o these_o 1_o act_n but_o to_o make_v a_o man_n to_o do_v he_o so_o that_o when_o conscience_n do_v its_o own_o act_n never_o so_o much_o that_o be_v nothing_o to_o the_o life_n of_o conscience_n do_v thy_o conscience_n check_v thou_o and_o smite_v thou_o do_v it_o whisper_v never_o so_o much_o in_o thou_o this_o be_v no_o argument_n it_o be_v alive_a except_o it_o make_v thou_o to_o be_v obedient_a 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