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this_o night_n thy_o soul_n shall_v be_v take_v away_o from_o thou_o than_o who_o shall_v those_o thing_n be_v which_o thou_o haste_v provide_v even_o so_o it_o be_v with_o those_o that_o lay_v up_o treasure_n for_o themselves_o here_o and_o be_v not_o scotfree_a in_o god_n as_o if_o one_o shall_v say_v with_o the_o prophet_n david_n 38._o the_o scotfree_a of_o this_o world_n be_v scotfree_a in_o their_o own_o conceit_n but_o when_o they_o shall_v perceive_v it_o as_o it_o be_v in_o deed_n after_o they_o be_v go_v out_o of_o this_o world_n they_o shall_v find_v themselves_o whole_o destitute_a and_o naked_a of_o all_o as_o for_o great_a estate_n dignity_n and_o authority_n in_o common_a weal_n plutarch_n reherse_v demosâ—_n that_o the_o most_o famous_a orator_n demosthenes_n be_v wont_a to_o admonish_v young_a man_n which_o resort_v unto_o he_o that_o they_o shall_v not_o hunt_v after_o promotion_n dignity_n or_o great_a office_n say_v unto_o they_o in_o this_o manner_n if_o there_o 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envy_n dissimulation_n falsehood_n and_o inconstancy_n vain_a glory_n iniquity_n sorcery_n superstition_n and_o impiety_n than_o do_v in_o this_o one_o dominion_n of_o antechrist_n he_o alone_o have_v more_o contaminate_v god_n holy_a temple_n than_o all_o the_o infidel_n together_o that_o ever_o be_v they_o have_v most_o shameful_o entreat_v and_o judge_v the_o very_a elect_v people_n of_o god_n â—_o which_o be_v the_o vessel_n of_o his_o glory_n 9_o they_o have_v most_o miserable_o and_o narow_o keep_v under_o and_o as_o it_o be_v in_o prison_n the_o true_a ministerâ—_n of_o god_n by_o their_o decree_n and_o tradition_n the_o severity_n and_o rudeness_n of_o pharaoh_n antioch_n and_o caiphas_n be_v nothing_o in_o the_o comparison_n of_o they_o for_o in_o they_o be_v all_o kind_n of_o beastliness_n uncleanlinesse_n wantonness_n concupiscence_n and_o carnal_a security_n no_o reason_n or_o humanity_n have_v any_o place_n among_o they_o they_o be_v more_o like_a beast_n than_o man_n 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