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thou_o not_o in_o fear_n of_o the_o eye_n of_o god_n be_v thou_o not_o ashamed_a have_v god_n thy_o spectator_n to_o fall_v into_o such_o a_o dead_a lethargy_n that_o like_o a_o brute_n beast_n thou_o make_v no_o haste_n but_o only_o to_o sleep_v and_o and_o take_v thy_o ease_n look_v about_o thou_o sluggard_n and_o though_o thou_o neglect_v the_o eye_n of_o man_n at_o least_o reverence_n those_o of_o god_n deus_fw-la videt_fw-la omne_fw-la god_n see_v all_o as_o well_o those_o that_o labour_n careful_o &_o industrious_o as_o thyself_o who_o labour_v so_o faint_o &_o negligent_o god_n behold_v both_o the_o labourer_n &_o loâ—t_a 〈◊〉_d he_o take_v notice_n as_o well_o of_o the_o deceaver_n 12.16_o job._n 12.16_o aâ—_n the_o deceive_v deus_fw-la videt_fw-la omne_fw-la seneca_n not_o only_o christian-like_a but_o almost_o if_o i_o may_v so_o say_v divine_o proper_o and_o true_o write_v of_o this_o point_n to_o lucilius_n initio_fw-la ep._n 41._o initio_fw-la god_n be_v very_o near_o 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