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so_o many_o gentile_n there_o be_v many_o that_o want_v the_o wedding_n garment_n for_o there_o be_v many_o hypocrite_n in_o every_o visible_a church_n many_o people_n come_v in_o isaiah_n 2._o for_o 2.3_o among_o which_o there_o can_v not_o but_o be_v many_o unfound_a one_o but_o it_o be_v speak_v in_o the_o singular_a number_n to_o show_v the_o strictness_n of_o the_o search_n he_o see_v a_o man_n not_o one_o can_v escape_v the_o eye_n of_o the_o lord_n hence_o observe_v doct._n when_o the_o lord_n come_v to_o view_v his_o church_n and_o to_o see_v his_o guest_n he_o will_v sin_v out_o every_o unsound_a one_o in_o it_o reason_n and_o the_o reason_n be_v oculus_fw-la deus_fw-la est_fw-la totus_fw-la oculus_fw-la because_o he_o be_v a_o all-seeing_a god_n none_o can_v go_v from_o his_o presence_n psal_n 139._o from_o the_o 1._o to_o the_o 6._o verse_n read_v jer._n 23.23.24_o dan._n 2_o 22_o heb._n 4.13_o and_o yet_o more_o evident_o because_o in_o he_o we_o live_v and_o move_v and_o 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