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and_o not_o to_o see_v they_o to_o be_v ignorant_a of_o our_o fault_n when_o no_o body_n else_o be_v to_o be_v the_o subject_a of_o most_o people_n laughter_n and_o not_o willing_a to_o know_v any_o thing_n of_o it_o to_o feed_v ourselves_o with_o vain_a imagination_n be_v unwilling_a to_o know_v that_o they_o be_v vain_a be_v a_o condition_n which_o do_v not_o seem_v very_o desirable_a and_o yet_o it_o be_v this_o which_o be_v the_o delight_n of_o worldly_a man_n and_o chief_o of_o the_o great_a one_o 17._o it_o be_v by_o these_o mean_v we_o be_v interrupt_v from_o see_v the_o truth_n when_o we_o shall_v use_v some_o care_n and_o application_n to_o find_v it_o but_o there_o be_v some_o rencounter_n wherein_o truth_n show_v itself_o to_o we_o and_o in_o which_o we_o shall_v be_v force_v to_o see_v it_o if_o we_o do_v not_o use_v cunning_a to_o avoid_v it_o for_o some_o time_n we_o find_v man_n charitable_a enough_o to_o try_v to_o free_v we_o from_o the_o delusion_n wherein_o we_o 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draw_v therein_o so_o we_o shall_v observe_v sometime_o one_o passion_n sometime_o another_o to_o day_n we_o shall_v discover_v one_o delusion_n of_o self-love_n tomorrow_o another_o and_o by_o that_o mean_v we_o shall_v form_v by_o little_a and_o little_a a_o portraiture_n so_o like_a that_o we_o shall_v see_v every_o moment_n even_o what_o we_o be_v so_o that_o we_o shall_v have_v reason_n to_o say_v continual_o to_o ourselves_o behold_v what_o i_o be_o see_v here_o what_o i_o have_v love_v so_o much_o and_o can_v wish_v that_o the_o whole_a world_n may_v be_v the_o object_n of_o its_o esteem_n and_o affection_n 20._o we_o must_v not_o forget_v among_o the_o multitude_n of_o our_o fault_n those_o which_o be_v only_o outward_a and_o involuntary_a render_v we_o not_o proper_o guilty_a before_o god_n for_o those_o be_v they_o which_o oftentimes_o humble_v we_o the_o most_o in_o our_o own_o thought_n because_o we_o be_v so_o vain_a that_o we_o ordinary_o judge_v of_o ourselves_o rather_o 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