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make_v and_o shall_v be_v that_o pure_a gold_n that_o shall_v pave_v the_o street_n of_o the_o holy_a city_n revel_v 21.18_o but_o the_o locust_n have_v upon_o their_o head_n as_o it_o be_v crown_n like_o gold_n as_o it_o be_v like_a in_o deceit_n and_o appearance_n and_o in_o deed_n most_o unlike_a unto_o true_a righteousness_n for_o their_o righteousness_n of_o deceit_n be_v either_o dilatory_a or_o defalk_v or_o insolent_a or_o rash_o censorious_a or_o otherwise_o inconform_v to_o the_o right_a principle_n of_o truth_n in_o practice_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v though_o it_o look_v like_a gold_n light_n as_o straw_n if_o lay_v in_o the_o balance_n this_o straw-like_a levity_n of_o love_n and_o work_n which_o we_o find_v in_o the_o locust_n have_v ever_o be_v the_o swift_a subversion_n and_o perdition_n of_o all_o person_n and_o place_n true_a saint_n scarce_o except_v that_o have_v perish_v upon_o earth_n belshazzar_n be_v lay_v in_o the_o balance_n and_o find_v want_v how_o want_v he_o his_o prince_n and_o kingdom_n judgement_n and_o work_n be_v find_v want_v in_o weight_n therefore_o he_o lose_v his_o life_n and_o his_o kingdom_n be_v translate_v that_o very_a night_n eli_n a_o true_a but_o too_o careless_a servant_n of_o god_n be_v lay_v in_o the_o balance_n and_o find_v want_v and_o how_o do_v elie_n good_a work_n want_v weight_n his_o son_n run_v into_o a_o slander_n and_o he_o stay_v they_o not_o his_o reproof_n seem_v fit_a from_o a_o father_n for_o such_o offender_n but_o it_o want_v weight_n be_v too_o mild_a such_o sin_n deserve_v more_o sharp_a rebuke_n and_o severe_a discipline_n therefore_o god_n cut_v he_o off_o and_o all_o his_o offspring_n not_o leave_v one_o alive_a but_o true_a saint_n themselves_o in_o these_o time_n think_v it_o no_o such_o great_a sin_n to_o be_v want_v in_o all_o good_a work_n either_o their_o promise_n want_v performance_n or_o their_o profession_n want_v practice_n or_o their_o practice_n be_v want_v in_o conformity_n to_o the_o incomplex_fw-la principle_n of_o truth_n in_o practice_n nor_o will_v they_o be_v reprove_v nor_o reprove_v other_o except_o perhaps_o as_o eli_n do_v they_o like_o he_o stay_v very_o few_o by_o the_o reprove_v of_o they_o from_o run_v into_o slander_n they_o evidence_n not_o clear_o what_o truth_n be_v nor_o discover_v sin_n but_o earnest_o declaim_v against_o it_o and_o be_v very_o much_o ignorant_a of_o it_o they_o convince_v not_o dissenter_n convert_v not_o the_o diffident_a reclaim_v not_o the_o disobedient_a stay_v none_o or_o very_o few_o and_o they_o themselves_o will_v scarce_o be_v stay_v by_o just_a reproof_n from_o run_v into_o error_n in_o faith_n and_o manner_n that_o be_v little_a their_o study_n or_o care_n their_o study_n be_v versant_a about_o thing_n of_o much_o high_a concernment_n and_o they_o mind_v more_o serious_a matter_n such_o levity_n of_o love_n and_o work_n and_o inconformity_n in_o practice_n to_o gospel-rule_n be_v or_o next_z to_o it_o the_o smoke_n of_o the_o locust_n babel_n penultimate_a antitype_n rome_n partly_o heretical_a but_o chief_o as_o orthodox_n
covetous_a and_o his_o practice_n partial_a or_o but_o in_o part_n and_o such_o service_n to_o god_n join_v with_o covetousness_n also_o all_o half_a performance_n and_o commix_v worshipping_n of_o god_n and_o baal_n christ_n and_o belial_n or_o of_o god_n and_o mammon_n and_o all_o halting_n betwixt_o two_o contrary_a practice_n or_o opinion_n be_v spiritual_a sorcery_n and_o be_v express_o compare_v to_o witchcraft_n and_o idolatry_n 1_o sam._n 15.22_o 23._o because_o the_o best_a work_n of_o such_o professor_n be_v mix_v heterogene_a or_o lincy-woolsy_a work_v of_o deceit_n and_o wicked_a exemption_n from_o sincere_a practice_n and_o true_a obedience_n four_o nor_o of_o their_o fornication_n literal_a fornication_n in_o sensual_a antichrist_n be_v many_o but_o the_o fornication_n of_o the_o mystery_n of_o iniquity_n and_o these_o intend_v in_o the_o text_n be_v the_o same_o be_v more_o spiritual_a and_o what_o be_v they_o when_o few_o or_o many_o join_v in_o outward-worship_n or_o 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company_n shall_v abhor_v the_o pollution_n of_o this_o spiritual_a filthiness_n and_o be_v redeem_v from_o the_o earth_n and_o among_o man_n to_o god_n and_o the_o lamb_n ver_fw-la 3_o 4._o but_o it_o be_v contrary_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o true_a church_n that_o she_o shall_v be_v call_v or_o redeem_v of_o god_n from_o the_o earth_n to_o follow_v earthly_a thing_n or_o that_o she_o shall_v be_v redeem_v from_o among_o man_n to_o mind_n nothing_o or_o to_o omit_v good_a manner_n and_o be_v ignorant_a of_o they_o such_o co-adjoynings_a as_o produce_v these_o or_o such_o like_a end_n be_v spiritual_a fornication_n &_o far_o from_o the_o end_n of_o that_o conscript_n incontaminate_a company_n but_o there_o be_v no_o church_n till_o those_o first_o fruit_n appear_v can_v be_v free_a from_o gross_a pollution_n of_o spiritual_a fornication_n because_o they_o have_v not_o their_o heart_n turn_v back_o they_o yet_o repent_v not_o say_v the_o text_n of_o their_o murder_n nor_o of_o their_o sorcery_n nor_o of_o their_o fornication_n nor_o five_o of_o their_o theft_n and_o what_o be_v they_o to_o diminish_v or_o derogate_v from_o the_o due_a worth_n or_o work_n of_o any_o man_n be_v spiritual_a thievery_n such_o be_v all_o half-performance_n like_o that_o of_o the_o unjust_a steward_n who_o set_v down_o but_o fifty_o measure_n of_o oil_n where_o a_o hunred_n be_v due_a and_o therefore_o all_o witness_v of_o the_o truth_n in_o word_n and_o work_n as_o pilate_n do_v by_o half_n second_v by_o recidivation_n or_o opposition_n be_v spiritual_a thievery_n and_o murderous_a theft_n as_o that_o in_o pilate_n be_v all_o careless_a or_o wilful_a derogation_n from_o the_o true_a meaning_n of_o the_o scripture_n or_o from_o the_o truth_n in_o the_o write_n of_o those_o that_o right_o unfold_v they_o be_v spiritual_a thievery_n and_o such_o detractor_n have_v all_o plague_n that_o can_v be_v possible_a denounce_v against_o they_o revel_v 22.19_o and_o therefore_o to_o affirm_v 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apostasy_n of_o antichrist_n that_o man_n mind_v not_o half_a mind_n or_o mind_n amiss_o those_o proper_a object_n of_o due_a animadvertency_n that_o be_v principia_fw-la praecognoscenda_fw-la the_o principle_n and_o ground_n of_o all_o obedience_n to_o god_n and_o right_a to_o man_n improbus_fw-la non_fw-la animadvertit_fw-la ut_fw-la intelligat_fw-la a_o wicked_a man_n say_v the_o text_n mind_v not_o or_o regard_v not_o that_o he_o may_v understand_v prov._n 29.7_o therefore_o nonadvertist_n must_v needs_o be_v desperate_o wicked_a because_o they_o know_v not_o nor_o mind_n to_o know_v what_o the_o ground_n of_o do_v right_a or_o wrong_n be_v therefore_o semiadvertist_n must_v be_v more_o wicked_a because_o they_o mind_v but_o by_o half_n and_o so_o to_o less_o and_o worse_a purpose_n than_o they_o that_o mind_v nothing_o for_o those_o ten_o semiadvertist-spy_n send_v to_o search_v the_o land_n of_o promise_n give_v in_o part_n a_o good_a report_n but_o otherwise_o a_o evil_a 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as_o most_o desire_n to_o seem_v religious_a be_v ex_fw-la digito_fw-la daemonis_fw-la opus_fw-la a_o more_o peculiar_a work_n wrought_v by_o the_o very_a singer_n of_o the_o devil_n in_o the_o heart_n and_o mouth_n of_o hypocrite_n this_o threefold_a inanimadvertency_n or_o carelessness_n to_o know_v what_o truth_n be_v in_o practice_n as_o well_o as_o in_o doctrine_n be_v almost_o general_a and_o seem_v to_o overspread_v the_o earth_n as_o water_n cover_v the_o sea_n to_o know_v the_o truth_n of_o it_o and_o the_o danger_n of_o it_o if_o it_o be_v true_a and_o how_o to_o prevent_v those_o danger_n be_v a_o duty_n universal_a incumbent_a upon_o all_o and_o of_o the_o high_a and_o most_o necessary_a concernment_n to_o all_o the_o prototype_n apostasy_n of_o the_o old_a world_n be_v almost_o universal_a noah_n preach_v a_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o year_n and_o we_o read_v not_o of_o one_o man_n more_o than_o his_o own_o family_n that_o be_v bring_v thereby_o to_o due_a animadtency_n the_o ground_n of_o true_a repentance_n i_o be_o therefore_o very_a much_o afraid_a that_o the_o grand_a apostasy_n be_v more_o general_a than_o man_n and_o saint_n imagine_v it_o to_o be_v i_o need_v not_o name_v those_o text_n that_o denote_v the_o antitype_n in_o that_o world_n as_o well_o as_o in_o this_o there_o want_v not_o no_o doubt_n many_o learned_a man_n repute_v religious_a if_o not_o famous_a both_o for_o learning_n and_o religion_n and_o yet_o the_o text_n say_v so_o universal_a be_v the_o inanimadvertency_n of_o that_o type-apostacy_n they_o know_v nothing_o till_o the_o flood_n come_v etc._n etc._n this_o therefore_o to_o foresee_v and_o shun_v the_o danger_n of_o such_o a_o epidemic_a sin_n and_o that_o sin_n itself_o of_o careless_a disregard_n that_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o ignorance_n and_o impenitence_n be_v opus_fw-la opere_fw-la dignum_fw-la a_o work_n worth_a all_o acceptation_n as_o the_o apostle_n speak_v in_o another_o case_n &_o of_o absolute_a 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