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yet_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o most_o will_v not_o be_v persuade_v to_o trust_v god_n sin_n and_o the_o creature_n deceive_v all_o that_o trust_v in_o they_o yet_o we_o can_v hardly_o call_v or_o beat_v the_o heart_n off_o from_o trust_v they_o sin_n seldom_o lose_v its_o credit_n sin_n have_v break_v and_o undo_v thousand_o yea_o all_o who_o have_v trust_v it_o yet_o still_o it_o have_v credit_n among_o thousand_o and_o can_v be_v trust_v with_o more_o than_o this_o world_n be_v worth_a the_o precious_a soul_n of_o man_n for_o the_o ask_n but_o let_v not_o he_o that_o be_v deceive_v trust_v any_o long_a in_o vanity_n if_o he_o do_v he_o shall_v never_o be_v a_o gainer_n no_o nor_o a_o saver_n by_o it_o for_o vanity_n shall_v be_v his_o recompense_n vanity_n fill_v both_o part_n of_o the_o verse_n and_o meet_v we_o at_o every_o turn_n yet_o with_o a_o difference_n in_o the_o former_a part_n by_o vanity_n be_v signify_v either_o sin_n or_o the_o creature_n in_o this_o latter_a part_n 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olive_n to_o lose_v a_o hopeful_a child_n be_v a_o affliction_n what_o be_v it_o then_o to_o lose_v they_o all_o eliphaz_n have_v dehort_v the_o wicked_a man_n from_o trust_v in_o vanity_n upon_o these_o consideration_n give_v in_o the_o strength_n of_o his_o whole_a discourse_n in_o the_o two_o last_o verse_n of_o the_o chapter_n verse_n 34._o the_o congregation_n of_o hypocrite_n shall_v be_v desolate_a and_o fire_n shall_v consume_v the_o tabernacle_n of_o bribery_n 35._o they_o conceive_v mischief_n and_o bring_v forth_o vanity_n and_o their_o belly_n prepare_v deceit_n jun._n epilogus_fw-la est_fw-la totius_fw-la loci_fw-la merc._n apodosis_n superioris_fw-la allegoriae_fw-la jobum_fw-la perstringens_fw-la cvi_fw-la ista_fw-la obvenerant_fw-la jun._n as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v here_o be_v the_o sum_n of_o all_o of_o all_o the_o sin_n and_o of_o all_o the_o punishment_n of_o a_o wicked_a man_n here_o be_v two_o sort_n of_o wicked_a man_n describe_v and_o these_o two_o as_o be_v 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to_o pervert_v
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