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pretend_a line_n of_o true_a judgement_n occasion_v thou_o to_o let_v it_o lie_v for_o some_o time_n by_o thou_o etc._n etc._n i_o say_v thou_o speak_v great_a swell_v word_n of_o vanity_n thereby_o to_o allure_v those_o who_o live_v with_o thou_o in_o error_n cry_v out_o of_o the_o hypocrisy_n and_o falsehood_n of_o t._n s._n but_o be_v it_o not_o strange_a to_o hear_v one_o in_o who_o abomination_n reign_v to_o cry_v out_o of_o abomination_n in_o other_o and_o to_o hear_v a_o hypocrite_n cry_v out_o of_o hyprocrisy_n and_o a_o liar_n to_o cry_v out_o of_o falsehood_n but_o by_o so_o do_v he_o that_o be_v indeed_o the_o notorious_a liar_n and_o the_o abominable_a hypocrite_n may_v have_v hope_n to_o pass_v undiscovered_a thou_o say_v yet_o for_o truth_n sake_n and_o for_o the_o sake_n of_o poor_a soul_n thou_o will_v give_v a_o very_a brief_a touch_n in_o a_o sheet_n of_o paper_n etc._n etc._n to_o which_o i_o say_v it_o be_v not_o thy_o pretence_n will_v hide_v thou_o the_o light_n 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