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than_o the_o cleanse_n of_o the_o augean_a stable_a 〈◊〉_d this_o be_v not_o to_o make_v sport_n and_o recreation_n for_o the_o atheist_n and_o debauch_a nor_o to_o give_v occasion_n to_o such_o person_n to_o turn_v the_o inspiration_n of_o holy-scripture_n into_o matter_n of_o drollery_n and_o buffoonery_n as_o the_o author_n of_o the_o second_o pamphlet_n tragical_o declaim_v any_o more_o than_o our_o saviour_n unmask_v the_o hypocrisy_n of_o the_o scribe_n and_o pharisee_n be_v the_o destroy_v the_o law_n of_o moses_n or_o the_o discovery_n of_o cheat_n and_o impostor_n do_v give_v occasion_n to_o suspect_v the_o honesty_n of_o all_o mankind_n nay_o so_o far_o be_v it_o from_o that_o that_o we_o think_v the_o separate_n of_o fanaticism_n from_o true_a inspiration_n to_o be_v one_o of_o the_o best_a service_n that_o can_v be_v do_v to_o the_o christian_a religion_n which_o otherwise_o be_v in_o danger_n of_o be_v despise_v or_o reject_v by_o the_o considerate_a part_n of_o mankind_n 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