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be_v preach_v to_o all_o take_v heed_n brethren_n lest_o at_o any_o time_n there_o be_v in_o any_o of_o you_o a_o evil_a hart_n and_o unfaithful_a to_o depart_v away_o from_o the_o live_a god_n he_o be_v call_v the_o live_a god_n in_o two_o respect_n the_o one_o be_v for_o difference_n sake_n put_v between_o he_o and_o the_o idol_n of_o the_o gentile_n which_o be_v the_o work_n of_o man_n hand_n and_o have_v no_o life_n and_o yet_o be_v they_o call_v god_n but_o he_o be_v more_o proper_o and_o true_o call_v the_o live_a god_n for_o excellency_n sake_n because_o he_o ever_o live_v and_o be_v the_o well_o spring_n of_o life_n which_o give_v to_o all_o thing_n life_n and_o be_v to_o fall_v away_o therefore_o through_o the_o evil_a of_o thy_o own_o heart_n from_o he_o which_o be_v to_o thou_o all_o in_o all_o thing_n be_v a_o desperate_a evil_a case_n here_o we_o learn_v that_o it_o profit_v we_o nothing_o to_o have_v believe_v the_o word_n of_o life_n &_o to_o have_v begin_v in_o the_o 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