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in_o such_o a_o age_n of_o christianity_n we_o can_v deny_v nor_o therefore_o that_o these_o our_o day_n be_v some_o of_o the_o last_o the_o three_o next_o follow_v verse_n it_o be_v not_o necessary_a to_o my_o present_a design_n that_o i_o particular_o examine_v or_o paraphrase_n upon_o the_o sum_n of_o they_o be_v that_o in_o that_o degenerate_a state_n and_o age_n by_o the_o apostle_n predict_v such_o professor_n of_o christianity_n shall_v abound_v who_o be_v overrun_v with_o such_o immorality_n which_o not_o only_o the_o evangelical_n law_n but_o even_o nature_n itself_o have_v ever_o adjudge_v the_o most_o abominable_a vice_n and_o the_o dismal_a list_n of_o these_o run_v so_o high_a and_o large_a that_o it_o be_v not_o easy_a to_o instance_n in_o that_o crime_n which_o may_v not_o be_v reduce_v to_o some_o of_o those_o comprehensive_a head_n there_o enumerate_v namely_o of_o selfishness_n covetousness_n blasphemy_n ingratitude_n cruelty_n treachery_n voluptuousness_n profaneness_n etc._n etc._n now_o where_o the_o multitude_n shall_v be_v so_o profligate_o bad_a what_o remain_v there_o can_v be_v of_o religion_n and_o christianity_n a_o man_n will_v wonder_v yet_o we_o see_v even_o in_o this_o state_n of_o public_a manner_n the_o apostle_n not_o only_o admit_v but_o foretell_v people_n shall_v have_v a_o form_n of_o godliness_n though_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o afore_o specify_v flagitiousness_n it_o must_v needs_o be_v that_o they_o shall_v deny_v the_o power_n of_o it_o now_o there_o be_v too_o just_a a_o suspicion_n that_o as_o the_o former_a part_n of_o this_o character_n be_v verify_v in_o the_o live_v of_o the_o present_a christian_a world_n so_o this_o late_a part_n and_o close_o of_o it_o belong_v to_o we_o also_o before_o we_o roundly_o accuse_v or_o undertake_v to_o prove_v the_o age_n guilty_a of_o it_o it_o will_v be_v expedient_a a_o little_a more_o distinct_o to_o consider_v the_o term_n of_o the_o charge_n §_o 3._o by_o godliness_n the_o apostle_n undoubted_o in_o the_o place_n mention_v intend_a only_a religion_n in_o general_n or_o the_o belief_n and_o worship_n of_o the_o true_a god_n what_o he_o style_v the_o form_n hereof_o seem_v to_o import_v two_o thing_n first_o a_o idea_n scheme_n or_o draught_n of_o religious_a doctrine_n or_o principle_n and_o thus_o the_o same_o apostle_n elsewhere_o use_v the_o very_a self_n same_o term_n viz._n rom._n two_o 20._o where_n speak_v touch_v the_o self-pleasing_a jew_n he_o bring_v he_o in_o as_o have_v a_o form_n of_o knowledge_n and_o of_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o law_n and_o we_o have_v no_o reason_n to_o exclude_v this_o form_n of_o knowledge_n from_o the_o form_n of_o godliness_n admit_v by_o the_o apostle_n to_o be_v in_o those_o wicked_a liver_n he_o tax_v as_o wild_o as_o they_o live_v they_o may_v have_v as_o the_o jew_n and_o perhaps_o value_v themselves_o upon_o their_o have_v a_o measure_n of_o religious_a knowledge_n second_o the_o form_n of_o godliness_n 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