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29._o 31._o shemajah_n prophesy_v and_o cause_v the_o people_n to_o trust_v in_o a_o lie_n there_o be_v prophet_n in_o samaria_n that_o cause_v israel_n to_o err_v jerem._n 23._o 13._o that_o make_v people_n vain_a speak_v vision_n out_o of_o their_o own_o heart_n and_o not_o out_o of_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o lord_n that_o say_v to_o those_o that_o despise_v the_o lord_n the_o lord_n have_v say_v you_o shall_v have_v peace_n and_o to_o every_o one_o that_o walk_v after_o the_o imagination_n of_o his_o own_o heart_n no_o evil_a shall_v come_v unto_o you_o that_o daub_v with_o untempered_a mortar_n ezek._n 22._o 28._o that_o cry_v peace_n peace_n when_o there_o be_v no_o peace_n there_o be_v such_o in_o christ_n and_o in_o the_o apostle_n time_n that_o teach_v another_o way_n of_o salvation_n than_o what_o they_o teach_v this_o have_v be_v the_o great_a art_n of_o the_o papist_n to_o interpret_v the_o law_n and_o will_n of_o god_n with_o reference_n to_o man_n salvation_n into_o such_o 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