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death_n where_o the_o worker_n of_o iniquity_n may_v hide_v themselves_o job_n 31._o 41._o do_v he_o not_o see_v my_o way_n and_o count_v all_o my_o step_n psal_n 11._o 14._o the_o lord_n throne_n be_v in_o the_o heaven_n his_o eye_n behold_v his_o eye_n lid_v try_v the_o child_n of_o man_n and_o the_o 139._o psalm_n throughout_o prov._n 5._o 21._o the_o way_n of_o man_n be_v before_o the_o lord_n and_o he_o ponder_v all_o his_o go_n prov._n 15._o 3._o the_o eye_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v in_o every_o place_n behold_v the_o eviâ—_n and_o the_o good_a and_o in_o the_o 11._o v._o hell_n anâ—_n destruction_n be_v before_o the_o lord_n how_o much_o more_o than_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o son_n of_o man_n jer._n 23._o 24._o can_v any_o man_n hide_v himself_o â—â—_o secret_n place_n that_o i_o shall_v not_o see_v he_o saiâ—â—_n the_o lord_n do_v not_o i_o fill_v heaven_n and_o earth_n say_v the_o lord_n darkness_n hide_v not_o froâ—_n he_o but_o the_o night_n shine_v as_o the_o day_n and_o in_o the_o 27._o vers_fw-la i_o have_v see_v thy_o adultery_n and_o thy_o neighing_n woe_n unto_o thou_o will_v thou_o not_o â—â—_o make_v clean_o when_o shall_v it_o once_o be_v heb._n 4._o â—_o but_o all_o thing_n be_v naked_a and_o open_a unto_o â—â—_o eye_n of_o he_o with_o who_o we_o have_v to_o do_v thâ—_n you_o see_v what_o abundance_n of_o scripture_n theâ—_n be_v of_o this_o kind_n and_o there_o be_v multitude_n more_o tend_v to_o the_o same_o purpose_n sureâ—â—_n it_o intimate_v to_o we_o that_o we_o be_v not_o easiâ—_n persuade_v of_o this_o truth_n that_o god_n be_v alwaâ—_n present_a with_o we_o and_o behold_v of_o we_o suâ—â—ly_o the_o lord_n will_v never_o urge_v this_o maâ—â—_n so_o often_o upon_o the_o child_n of_o man_n â—â—_o that_o he_o know_v how_o prone_a we_o be_v to_o question_v it_o o_o there_o be_v a_o world_n of_o arheism_n aâ—_n unbelief_n in_o our_o heart_n about_o it_o hence_o yâ—â—â—â—ad_v psal_n 50._o 22._o thou_o think_v i_o be_v such_o one_o as_o thyself_o 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contract_a hardness_n whereby_o he_o become_v more_o blind_a dead_a refractory_a and_o obstinate_a than_o ever_o of_o this_o we_o read_v in_o the_o 9_o of_o exodus_fw-la and_o the_o 12._o in_o the_o instance_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v harden_v pharaoh_n heart_n isa_n 6._o 9_o 10._o go_v and_o tell_v this_o people_n hear_v you_o indeed_o but_o understand_v not_o and_o see_v you_o indeed_o but_o perceive_v not_o make_v the_o heart_n of_o this_o people_n fat_a lest_o they_o be_v convert_v it_o be_v a_o tremendous_a text_n and_o be_v quote_v six_o time_n in_o the_o new_a testament_n math._n 13._o 14._o mark_v 4._o 12._o luk._n 8._o 10._o john_n 12._o 40._o act_n 28._o 26._o rom._n 11._o 8._o now_o it_o be_v principal_o the_o second_o and_o three_o viz._n contract_a and_o judicial_a hardness_n that_o youthful_a lust_n yield_v to_o do_v miserable_o bring_v upon_o the_o heart_n these_o make_v the_o heart_n like_o the_o leviathan_n scale_n as_o job_n speak_v these_o do_v as_o it_o be_v bury_v 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