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full_a and_o certain_a persuasion_n it_o be_v the_o evidence_n of_o thing_n not_o see_v i_o ask_v be_v we_o so_o will_v to_o god_n it_o be_v nay_o will_v for_o many_o of_o we_o we_o do_v but_o believe_v that_o he_o be_v present_a with_o we_o and_o see_v what_o we_o do_v or_o think_v as_o firm_o as_o we_o do_v a_o story_n out_o of_o our_o own_o chronicle_n nay_o as_o many_o time_n we_o do_v believe_v a_o lie_n will_v our_o faith_n be_v but_o as_o a_o grain_n of_o mustardseed_n even_o such_o a_o faith_n if_o it_o do_v not_o remove_v mountain_n yet_o will_v chide_v down_o many_o a_o swell_a thought_n will_v silence_v many_o a_o proud_a word_n will_v restrain_v we_o from_o those_o action_n which_o now_o we_o glory_v in_o but_o will_v run_v from_o as_o from_o serpent_n as_o from_o the_o devil_n himself_o if_o we_o can_v full_o persuade_v ourselves_o that_o a_o god_n of_o wisdom_n and_o power_n be_v so_o near_o and_o now_o in_o the_o last_o place_n let_v we_o cast_v a_o look_n upon_o those_o 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gospel_n but_o for_o mammon_n and_o the_o world_n what_o foul_a pollution_n that_o grind_v and_o cruel_a oppression_n what_o open_a profaneness_n have_v there_o be_v in_o the_o world_n and_o we_o may_v ask_v wit_n the_o prophet_n jeremiah_n cap._n 8.12_o confusi_fw-la sunt_fw-la be_v they_o ashamed_a when_o they_o commit_v abomination_n nay_o they_o be_v not_o ashamed_a neither_o can_v they_o have_v any_o shame_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ephes_n 4.18_o for_o the_o hardness_n and_o blindness_n of_o their_o heart_n for_o in_o sin_n and_o by_o sin_n they_o at_o last_o grow_v familiar_a in_o sin_n clothe_v themselves_o with_o it_o as_o with_o a_o robe_n of_o honour_n bring_v it_o forth_o into_o open_a view_n