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in_o no_o error_n quod_fw-la volumus_fw-la sanctum_fw-la est_fw-la joh._n 9.40_o what_o be_v we_o ignorant_a and_o blind_a also_o in_o matter_n of_o conversation_n they_o be_v without_o spot_n or_o wrinkle_n you_o be_v they_o which_o justify_v yourselves_o before_o man_n luke_n 16.14_o it_o be_v hard_a to_o bring_v they_o to_o acknowledge_v either_o error_n or_o fault_n but_o yet_o if_o it_o stand_v for_o their_o turn_n they_o will_v even_o act_v a_o penitent_n part_n and_o confess_v and_o recant_v and_o seem_v to_o be_v sorry_a for_o sin_n so_o do_v simon_n magus_n and_o king_n saul_n second_o see_v the_o pertinacy_n and_o obstinacy_n of_o hypocrisy_n it_o will_v act_v and_o counterfeit_v and_o never_o give_v over_o no_o not_o in_o the_o great_a affliction_n cum_fw-la occideret_fw-la when_o god_n hand_n be_v in_o slay_v they_o yet_o than_o they_o will_v counterfeit_v neither_o mercy_n not_o miracle_n nor_o chastisement_n nor_o plague_n will_v alter_v or_o change_v they_o isaiah_n 26.10_o let_v favour_n be_v show_v to_o he_o yet_o he_o will_v not_o learn_v righteousness_n nay_o let_v god_n hand_n be_v lift_v up_o yet_o they_o will_v not_o see_v it_o of_o all_o other_o sin_n the_o hypocrite_n be_v the_o most_o hopeless_a and_o incorrigible_a affliction_n have_v bring_v home_o profane_a sinner_n but_o a_o hypocrite_n will_v stand_v to_o that_o too_o either_o accuse_v god_n for_o afflict_v he_o or_o dissemble_o accuse_v himself_o like_o some_o desperate_a cutpurse_n that_o will_v steal_v and_o pilfer_v in_o the_o session_n house_n or_o at_o the_o gallow_n three_o see_v the_o brutish_a and_o stupid_a sottishness_n of_o hypocrisy_n it_o will_v not_o only_o undertake_v to_o deceive_v man_n but_o god_n also_o think_v to_o mock_v he_o with_o flattery_n and_o lie_n as_o ahaz_n how_o do_v he_o cover_v his_o infidelity_n oh_o he_o will_v not_o tempt_v god_n what_o say_v isaiah_n chap._n 7.13_o be_v it_o a_o small_a thing_n to_o weary_a man_n but_o will_v you_o weary_v my_o god_n also_o a_o hypocrite_n will_v not_o only_o falter_v with_o man_n seek_v to_o delude_v the_o world_n but_o they_o be_v lie_v child_n to_o god_n isaiah_n 30.9_o thus_o peter_n charge_v ananias_n and_o saphira_n that_o they_o lie_v not_o to_o man_n but_o to_o the_o holy_a ghost_n act_v 5.4_o thus_o isaiah_n bring_v in_o the_o hypocrite_n of_o his_o time_n boast_v even_o to_o god_n of_o their_o hypocritical_a service_n and_o devotion_n wherefore_o have_v we_o fast_v and_o thou_o see_v it_o not_o wherefore_o have_v we_o afflict_v our_o soul_n and_o thou_o take_v no_o knowledge_n isaiah_n 58.3_o indeed_o hypocrite_n be_v in_o truth_n secret_a atheist_n they_o turn_v the_o glory_n of_o god_n into_o a_o idol_n so_o hope_v to_o put_v he_o off_o with_o vizard_n and_o counterfeit_n worse_o than_o jacob_n towards_o isaac_n god_n can_v neither_o see_v nor_o feel_v nor_o find_v out_o their_o mockery_n that_o be_v the_o three_o the_o falseness_n of_o their_o repentance_n come_v we_o to_o the_o 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intimation_n on_o peter_n part_n that_o be_v of_o special_a care_n and_o circumspection_n in_o case_n of_o temptation_n it_o be_v not_o enough_o to_o rest_v in_o general_a promise_n the_o church_n of_o god_n be_v sure_a it_o be_v build_v on_o a_o rock_n and_o there_o we_o rest_v ourselves_o but_o we_o must_v make_v provision_n for_o our_o own_o safety_n as_o in_o the_o case_n of_o war_n and_o invasion_n man_n be_v not_o content_a that_o the_o coast_n be_v guard_v &_o the_o castle_n fortify_v &_o that_o there_o be_v public_a care_n to_o watch_v over_o the_o kingdom_n but_o every_o man_n provide_v for_o himself_o and_o have_v armour_n for_o his_o own_o use_n so_o in_o the_o case_n of_o temptation_n we_o be_v not_o to_o entrench_v ourselves_o with_o general_a promise_n of_o the_o church_n that_o be_v build_v on_o a_o rock_n and_o it_o shall_v stand_v and_o the_o power_n of_o hell_n shall_v not_o prevail_v against_o it_o it_o be_v true_a satan_n in_o his_o war_n against_o the_o church_n 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