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be_v acceptable_a and_o to_o confess_v it_o with_o the_o mouth_n and_o to_o love_v it_o with_o the_o heart_n be_v a_o lie_v unto_o god_n and_o a_o provocation_n of_o the_o eye_n of_o his_o glory_n q._n what_o do_v you_o mean_v by_o feign_v and_o dissemble_v in_o this_o work_n a._n when_o man_n confess_v it_o yet_o know_v not_o what_o it_o be_v or_o if_o they_o think_v they_o know_v it_o do_v not_o conclude_v it_o so_o bad_a as_o it_o be_v or_o when_o man_n ask_v pardon_n of_o god_n but_o do_v not_o see_v their_o need_n of_o pardon_n this_o man_n must_v needs_o dissemble_v q._n what_o do_v you_o mean_v by_o do_v it_o by_o the_o half_n a._n when_o man_n confess_v some_o but_o not_o all_o that_o they_o be_v convince_v of_o or_o if_o they_o confess_v all_o yet_o labour_v in_o their_o confession_n to_o lessen_v it_o or_o when_o in_o their_o confession_n they_o turn_v not_o from_o all_o sin_n to_o god_n but_o from_o one_o sin_n to_o another_o they_o turn_v but_o not_o to_o the_o most_o 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