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hypocrite_n job._n 4.6_o and_o the_o great_a hypocrite_n who_o be_v a_o christian_n in_o name_n only_o they_o acquit_v of_o hypocrisy_n isay_n 66.3_o 2_o they_o think_v such_o enemy_n to_o the_o state_n who_o be_v great_a friend_n yea_o prop_n of_o the_o state_n and_o those_o friend_n who_o be_v the_o great_a enemy_n 1_o king_n 18.17.18_o gen._n 39.5.20_o job._n 22.30_o isay_n 6.13_o 3_o they_o account_v themselves_o the_o most_o valiant_a and_o courageous_a because_o they_o be_v apt_a to_o fight_v upon_o every_o idle_a quarrel_n be_v it_o but_o the_o lie_n which_o be_v the_o great_a pusillanimity_n or_o at_o most_o but_o stupid_a and_o desperate_a madness_n and_o show_v that_o their_o life_n be_v but_o little_a worth_n see_v they_o will_v sell_v they_o so_o good_a cheap_a when_o they_o be_v the_o base_a coward_n and_o vile_a white-liver_n in_o a_o country_n not_o dare_v to_o suffer_v for_o christ_n or_o in_o a_o good_a cause_n so_o much_o as_o a_o poor_a nickname_n how_o much_o less_o 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