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thou_o shall_v not_o tempt_v the_o lord_n thy_o god_n it_o be_v a_o delude_a spirit_n it_o set_v the_o bless_a harmonious_a scripture_n against_o itself_o when_o scripture_n be_v set_v on_o the_o devil_n rack_n by_o himself_o immediate_o or_o by_o his_o instrument_n mediate_o it_o be_v still_o devilish_a 2_o pet._n 3._o 16._o 17._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o put_v they_o on_o the_o rack_n as_o they_o do_v other_o scripture_n albeit_o to_o the_o perdition_n of_o such_o huckster_n thus_o the_o devil_n by_o the_o false_a prophet_n pretend_v divine_a authority_n and_o warrant_n for_o that_o which_o be_v direct_o contrary_a to_o divine_a authority_n jerem._n 28._o 11_o 14._o hannaniah_n say_v babel_n yoke_n shall_v be_v break_v in_o two_o year_n and_o that_o the_o lord_n say_v it_o but_o god_n by_o jeremiah_n say_v no_o and_o as_o satan_n do_v thus_o mediate_o by_o his_o instrument_n so_o he_o use_v to_o do_v more_o immediate_o by_o himself_o but_o as_o for_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n he_o be_v a_o spirit_n of_o truth_n can_v suggest_v nothing_o but_o what_o be_v consonant_n unto_o truth_n what_o he_o hear_v say_v christ_n that_o he_o shall_v speak_v joh._n 16._o 13._o and_o be_v a_o spirit_n of_o wisdom_n he_o can_v speak_v contradiction_n to_o what_o himself_o indict_v and_o inspire_v as_o he_o do_v the_o scripture_n 2_o pet_n 1._o 21._o he_o be_v a_o witness_n 1_o joh._n 5._o a_o faithful_a witness_n speak_v the_o truth_n the_o whole_a truth_n and_o nothing_o but_o the_o truth_n and_o the_o same_o constant_o as_o it_o be_v say_v of_o the_o true_a witness_n prov._n 21._o 28._o he_o that_o hear_v speak_v constant_o i_o deny_v not_o but_o that_o in_o some_o extraordinary_a case_n god_n may_v say_v to_o abraham_n that_o in_o isaak_n shall_v thy_o seed_n be_v call_v etc._n etc._n gen._n 21._o and_o yet_o chap._n 22._o bid_v abraham_n kill_v that_o his_o isaak_n before_o isaak_n have_v any_o child_n and_o so_o seem_o cross_v his_o promise_n yea_o and_o his_o 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