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provoke_v thereto_o by_o our_o heinous_a miscarriage_n do_v just_o bring_v we_o into_o or_o do_v let_v we_o enter_v into_o temptation_n as_o our_o lord_n otherwhere_o express_v it_o 46._o pray_v say_v he_o that_o you_o enter_v not_o into_o temptation_n we_o shall_v infallible_o run_v into_o many_o grievous_a sin_n and_o desperate_a mischief_n no_o less_o sure_o than_o we_o shall_v wander_v and_o stumble_v in_o the_o dark_a than_o we_o shall_v slide_v and_o fall_v in_o the_o most_o slippery_a place_n 23._o and_o sometime_o be_v entangle_v when_o we_o do_v walk_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o snare_n surround_v with_o trap_n innumerable_a most_o cunning_o lay_v to_o catch_v we_o it_o be_v not_o say_v the_o prophet_n in_o man_n to_o direct_v his_o step_n so_o as_o to_o go_v straight_o and_o upright_o it_o be_v not_o in_o he_o to_o see_v his_o duty_n to_o bend_v his_o inclination_n to_o compliance_n therewith_o to_o restrain_v his_o appetite_n when_o sensible_a object_n forcible_o press_v on_o 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