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denuntiation_n &_o reproof_n here_o speak_v of_o both_o by_o the_o apostle_n rom._n 2.1_o 9_o and_o by_o the_o prophet_n psal._n 50.16_o 22._o and_o by_o christ_n himself_o mat._n 7.1_o 5._o luk._n 19.22_o which_o i_o leave_v this_o hypocrite_n with_o his_o fellow_n to_o ponder_v and_o apply_v to_o themselves_o and_o will_v now_o conclude_v this_o three_o head_n of_o his_o treatise_n and_o our_o answer_n to_o his_o false_a accusation_n with_o that_o say_n of_o apuleius_n insimulari_fw-la quivis_fw-la innocens_fw-la a_o quovis_fw-la nebulone_o potest_fw-la or_o rather_o with_o that_o answer_n of_o nehemiah_n 24.28_o it_o be_v not_o do_v according_a to_o these_o word_n that_o thou_o say_v but_o thou_o feyne_v they_o of_o thy_o own_o heart_n and_o with_o that_o of_o solomon_n in_o his_o proverbes_n be_v not_o a_o witness_n against_o thy_o neighbour_n without_o cause_n for_o will_v thou_o deceive_v with_o thy_o lip_n and_o hitherto_o concern_v the_o three_o head_n of_o his_o treatise_n 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