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lie_v hide_v mat._n 5._o 14._o take_v heed_n therefore_o to_o yourselves_o and_o do_v your_o work_n as_o those_o that_o remember_v that_o the_o world_n look_v on_o they_o and_o that_o with_o the_o quick-sighted_a eye_n of_o malice_n ready_a to_o make_v the_o worst_a of_o all_o and_o to_o find_v the_o small_a fault_n where_o it_o be_v and_o aggravate_v it_o where_o they_o find_v it_o and_o divulge_v it_o and_o make_v it_o advantageous_a to_o their_o design_n and_o to_o make_v fault_n where_o they_o can_v find_v they_o how_o cautelous_o then_o shall_v we_o walk_v before_o so_o many_o ill-minded_n observer_n sect_n fourteen_o 6._o take_v heed_n also_o to_o yourselves_o for_o your_o sin_n have_v more_o heinous_a aggravation_n than_o other_o man_n its_o note_a among_o king_n alphonsus_n saying_n that_o a_o great_a man_n can_v commit_v a_o small_a sin_n we_o may_v much_o more_o say_v that_o a_o learned_a man_n or_o a_o teacher_n of_o other_o can_v commit_v a_o small_a sin_n or_o at_o least_o 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the_o supper_n of_o the_o lord_n wherein_o you_o call_v man_n to_o renew_v their_o covenant_n do_v import_v your_o own_o renounce_n of_o the_o flesh_n and_o the_o world_n and_o your_o engagement_n unto_o christ_n how_o oft_o and_o how_o open_o have_v you_o bear_v witness_n of_o the_o odiousness_n and_o damnable_a nature_n of_o sin_n and_o yet_o will_v you_o entertain_v it_o against_o all_o these_o profession_n and_o testimony_n of_o your_o own_o o_o what_o treachery_n be_v it_o to_o make_v such_o a_o stir_n in_o the_o pulpit_n against_o it_o and_o after_o all_o to_o entertain_v it_o in_o the_o heart_n and_o give_v it_o the_o room_n that_o be_v due_a to_o god_n and_o even_o prefer_v it_o before_o
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