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see_v dr._n prostons_n sermon_n on_o that_o text._n eph._n 5._o but_o though_o he_o study_v to_o approve_v himself_o to_o god_n and_o to_o walk_v as_o in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n 2.17_o god_n 2_o cor._n 2.17_o 2._o cor_fw-la 2._o yet_o he_o can_v not_o escape_v the_o malicious_a censure_n of_o man_n if_o he_o do_v all_o in_o hypocrisy_n he_o know_v that_o he_o have_v the_o imputation_n of_o dissemble_a and_o hypocrisy_n cast_v upon_o he_o by_o man_n void_a of_o charity_n and_o sincerity_n but_o the_o testimony_n of_o his_o own_o conscience_n do_v more_o comfort_n he_o than_o the_o uncharitable_a censure_n of_o man_n deject_v he_o and_o he_o have_v wont_a upon_o that_o occasion_n to_o take_v up_o the_o word_n of_o job_n chap_n 27._o 27.5_o 27._o job_n 27.5_o till_o i_o die_v i_o will_v not_o remove_v my_o integrity_n from_o i_o and_o many_o have_v often_o hear_v he_o to_o profess_v that_o he_o will_v not_o willing_o sin_n to_o get_v a_o world_n though_o the_o evil_n which_o he_o 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