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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d smoke_n and_o lurk_a fire_n do_v corrode_v and_o secret_o consume_v therefore_o this_o discourse_n be_v less_o necessary_a a_o physician_n will_v have_v but_o small_a employment_n near_o the_o riphaean_a mountain_n if_o he_o can_v cure_v nothing_o but_o calenture_n catarrh_n and_o dead_a palfy_v cold_n and_o consumption_n be_v their_o evil_n and_o so_o be_v lukewarmnesse_n and_o deadness_n of_o spirit_n the_o proper_a malady_n of_o our_o age_n for_o though_o some_o be_v hot_a when_o they_o be_v mistake_v yet_o man_n be_v cold_a in_o a_o righteous_a cause_n and_o the_o nature_n of_o this_o evil_n be_v to_o be_v insensible_a and_o the_o man_n be_v far_o from_o a_o cure_n because_o they_o neither_o feel_v their_o evil_n nor_o perceive_v their_o danger_n but_o of_o this_o i_o have_v already_o give_v account_n and_o to_o it_o i_o shall_v only_o add_v what_o a_o old_a spiritual_a person_n tell_v a_o novice_n in_o religion_n ask_v he_o the_o cause_n why_o he_o so_o 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