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than_o your_o savior_n example_n gen._n 3_o 5._o and_o you_o will_v fall_v within_o the_o compass_n of_o a_o lie_n of_o which_o you_o may_v not_o at_o any_o hand_n be_v guilty_a no_o not_o for_o god_n and_o ill_o become_v a_o confessor_n of_o any_o man_n who_o profess_v he_o that_o be_v the_o way_n the_o truth_n and_o the_o life_n i_o say_v a_o lie_n for_o all_o equivocation_n and_o clusion_n in_o prejudice_n of_o truth_n and_o justice_n be_v a_o sort_n of_o lie_v job_n 13.7_o col._n 3.9_o isa_n 57.13_o gen._n 3.5_o with_o joh._n 8.44_o again_o it_o be_v true_a you_o may_v so_o prudent_o improve_v circumstance_n and_o manage_v your_o expression_n in_o arduous_a case_n with_o that_o circumspection_n as_o to_o divide_v if_o possible_a the_o adversary_n as_o paul_n do_v the_o pharisee_n and_o sadducee_n and_o as_o to_o disappoint_v their_o aim_n and_o detain_v they_o from_o a_o progress_n unto_o that_o which_o be_v of_o most_o hazard_n for_o you_o to_o assert_v as_o he_o do_v by_o 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