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then_o and_o they_o go_v about_o to_o shake_v it_o off_o alas_o why_o do_v you_o go_v about_o that_o which_o be_v utter_o impossible_a you_o may_v suppress_v it_o for_o a_o while_n and_o gag_n it_o for_o a_o while_n but_o you_o can_v never_o shake_v it_o off_o conscience_n stick_v so_o close_o that_o a_o man_n may_v as_o soon_o shake_v off_o himself_o as_o his_o conscience_n and_o indeed_o his_o conscience_n be_v himself_o 11.28_o let_v a_o man_n examine_v himself_o 13._o that_o be_v his_o conscience_n judge_n in_o yourselves_o that_o be_v judge_v in_o your_o conscience_n 3_o three_o this_o confute_v that_o drunken_a opinion_n that_o conscience_n be_v nothing_o but_o a_o present_a fit_n of_o melancholy_n no_o it_o cause_v it_o may_v be_v the_o present_a melancholic_a fit_n but_o it_o be_v not_o it_o conscience_n be_v a_o stand_a power_n in_o a_o man_n that_o be_v evermore_o with_o he_o and_o will_v evermore_o judge_v he_o and_o condemn_v he_o if_o he_o be_v guilty_a before_o god_n it_o 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