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hypocrisy_n of_o popery_n how_o it_o be_v discover_v num._n 23._o it_o be_v a_o fault_n in_o christian_n not_o to_o mark_v how_o god_n do_v note_n out_o the_o wicked_a pro._n 10.10_o all_o these_o note_n must_v be_v take_v together_o the_o four_o point_n the_o wicked_a be_v cunning_a and_o painful_a to_o their_o own_o confusion_n esa._n 36.21_o &_o 37.1_o joh._n 8.6_o we_o may_v reprove_v sin_n by_o our_o gesture_n how_o vain_a man_n show_v their_o dislike_n of_o the_o truth_n especial_o at_o sermon_n the_o force_n of_o outward_a sign_n and_o gesture_n the_o five_o point_n the_o proneness_n of_o man_n to_o evil_a and_o untowardness_n to_o learn_v the_o truth_n be_v a_o great_a cause_n of_o anti-christs_a advancement_n those_o that_o be_v apt_a to_o learn_v lie_n shall_v be_v give_v over_o of_o god_n to_o believe_v lie_n man_n inclination_n to_o popery_n make_v papist_n and_o popery_n to_o grow_v the_o cause_n of_o belial_o distemperature_n what_o be_v mean_v in_o the_o scripture_n by_o the_o hart_n the_o first_o point_n if_o the_o hart_n be_v naught_o all_o be_v naught_o psal._n 41.1_o a_o description_n of_o a_o natural_a man_n the_o second_o point_n 1._o sam._n 16.7_o jer._n 17.10_o the_o skill_n of_o papist_n the_o villainy_n of_o papist_n their_o ceremony_n prayer_n inquisition_n 2._o sort._n politic_a protestant_n psal._n 10._o amnons_n disease_n absaloms_n practice_n machiavels_n name_n open_v how_o carnal_a policy_n do_v make_v much_o of_o religion_n religion_n complaint_n devour_v gulf_n politic_a practice_n against_o the_o minister_n of_o christ._n politic_a and_o cruel_a practice_n against_o the_o common_a wealth_n of_o the_o fox_n and_o the_o lion_n usurer_n kindness_n in_o lend_v of_o money_n pro._n 23.6.7_o pro._n 26.24.25_o mat._n 2._o mat._n 22._o a_o necessary_a admonition_n the_o three_o point_n josh._n 7._o of_o good_a come_v no_o thing_n but_o good_a christ_n be_v call_v a_o rock_n of_o offence_n but_o be_v no_o cause_n of_o offence_n joh._n 1._o how_o christ_n be_v a_o occasion_n of_o fall_v cal._n de_fw-fr scandalis_fw-la some_o be_v like_o the_o spider_n psal._n 55.12_o jam._n 1.13.14_o 15._o 2._o point_n to_o be_v obscrue_v in_o the_o word_n of_o james._n into_o a_o lewd_a heart_n the_o word_n can_v enter_v in_o a_o evil_a heart_n the_o word_n can_v abide_v simile_n a_o lewd_a hart_n make_v a_o lewd_a report_n of_o a_o sermon_n mat_n 15.18.19_o a_o man_n of_o a_o lewd_a hart_n do_v most_o shame_n and_o annoy_v himself_o himself_o himself_o the_o heart_n must_v be_v reform_v before_o one_o can_v be_v a_o good_a man_n pro._n 4.23_o mat._n 15.19_o gen._n 27._o psal_n 41.6_o similitude_n judg._n 16.15_o the_o heart_n like_o a_o great_a commander_n ezec._n 33.31_o exod_n 35.21_o 22.29_o psal._n 45.1_o psal._n 108.2_o pro._n 23._o vers._n 12._o 17._o 19_o 26._o too_o many_o such_o now_o adays_o the_o principal_a care_n of_o most_o man_n when_o the_o sabbath_n day_n come_v the_o hart_n be_v still_o of_o the_o old_a fashion_n we_o 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