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i_o very_o think_v there_o be_v no_o desperate_a despiser_n of_o godliness_n or_o formal_a opposite_n to_o grace_n which_o do_v now_o hold_v holiness_n to_o be_v hypocrisy_n sanctification_n singularity_n practice_n of_o sincerity_n too_o much_o preciseness_n but_o when_o the_o pit_n of_o destruction_n have_v once_o shut_v her_o mouth_n upon_o they_o and_o they_o be_v sink_v irrecoverable_o into_o that_o dungeon_n of_o fire_n will_v be_v content_a with_o all_o their_o heart_n to_o live_v a_o million_o of_o year_n as_o precise_o as_o ever_o saint_n do_v upon_o earth_n to_o redeem_v but_o one_o moment_n of_o that_o torment_n so_o p._n 159._o the_o common_a conceit_n of_o these_o man_n be_v that_o civil_a honest_a man_n be_v in_o the_o state_n of_o grace_n and_o that_o formal_a professor_n be_v very_o forward_o and_o without_o exception_n but_o true_a christian_n indeed_o be_v puritan_n irregularist_n exorbitant_n transcendent_o to_o that_o ordinary_a pitch_n of_o formal_a piety_n which_o 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