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4.25_o prov._n 22.1_o eccles_n 7.1_o rom._n 13.9_o 10._o jam._n 3.9_o 10._o col._n 4.6_o i_o be_o command_v in_o general_a to_o give_v testimony_n to_o the_o truth_n upon_o all_o occasion_n and_o particular_o to_o preserve_v and_o advance_v the_o good-name_n and_o esteem_v of_o my_o neighbour_n and_o to_o speak_v well_o of_o all_o man_n as_o far_o as_o in_o truth_n and_o modesty_n and_o without_o flattery_n i_o may_v 2._o i_o be_o forbid_v all_o false_a and_o evil_a speak_n lie_v and_o slander_v 1.19_o leu._n 19.11_o 16._o tit._n 3.2_o jam._n 4.11_o rev._n 22.15_o prov._n 10.18_o psal_n 110.5_o 1_o pet._n 3.9_o 10._o mat._n 7.1_o etc._n etc._n prov._n 11.13_o &_o 18.8_o ecclus._n 19.6_o 7_o etc._n etc._n &_o 21.25_o 26._o &_o 20.25_o jam._n 1.19_o rail_a and_o revile_v rash_a censure_v and_o condemn_v other_o and_o to_o this_o end_n i_o be_o forbid_v all_o tale-bearing_a and_o much_o meddle_v and_o talk_v of_o other_o man_n life_n and_o manner_n wherein_o by_o some_o respective_a duty_n i_o be_o not_o concern_v quest_n what_o be_v the_o ten_o commandment_n answ_n thou_o shall_v not_o cover_v thy_o neighbour_n house_n thou_o shall_v not_o cobet_v thy_o neighbour_n wife_n nor_o his_o serbant_n nor_o his_o maid_n nor_o his_o ox_n nor_o his_o ass_n nor_o any_o thing_n that_o be_v thy_o neighbour_n quest_n what_o be_v command_v and_o what_o forbid_a you_o herein_o answ_n 1._o 21.5_o phil._n 4.11_o 1_o tim._n 6.6_o 8._o heb._n 13.5_o ephes_n 4.28_o 2_o thes_n 3.8_o etc._n etc._n prov._n 10.4_o &_o 13.4_o &_o 21.5_o i_o be_o command_v to_o be_v content_a with_o my_o present_a state_n and_o condition_n what_o ever_o it_o be_v and_o in_o order_n hereunto_o to_o be_v diligent_a and_o industrious_a in_o the_o duty_n of_o my_o call_n both_o for_o my_o own_o
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7_o and_o never_o able_a to_o come_v to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o truth_n hence_o 2._o 26.12_o prov._n 26.12_o so_o many_o become_v wise_a in_o their_o own_o conceit_n 26.12_o prov._n 26.12_o who_o real_o be_v but_o fool_n in_o the_o knowledge_n of_o save_a truth_n 22._o rom._n 1.21_o 22._o who_o wax_v vain_a in_o their_o imagination_n &_o their_o foolish_a heart_n be_v darken_v through_o the_o glimmering_n of_o conceit_a knowledge_n who_o will_v take_v upon_o they_o to_o talk_v of_o this_o and_o that_o point_n in_o religion_n argue_v against_o such_o and_o such_o doctrine_n &_o practice_n of_o the_o church_n and_o yet_o understand_v nothing_o of_o what_o they_o say_v or_o whereof_o they_o affirm_v hence_o 3_o it_o be_v that_o the_o holy_a word_n of_o god_n which_o be_v in_o itself_o right_o understand_v the_o pure_a fountain_n of_o truth_n be_v make_v by_o many_o uncatechize_v unprincipled_a man_n now_o a_o day_n the_o very_a sink_n of_o error_n be_v misinterpret_v and_o 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