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the_o saint_n will_v thou_o turn_v say_v eliphaz_n to_o job_n 5.1_o job._n 5.1_o job_n 5.1_o have_v he_o put_v that_o question_n to_o a_o papist_n he_o will_v ready_o have_v answer_v to_o st._n scythe_n for_o my_o purse_n to_o st._n loy_n to_o save_v my_o horse_n for_o my_o tooth_n to_o st._n apoline_n to_o st._n job_n for_o the_o pox_n to_o st._n luke_n to_o save_v my_o ox_n martyr_n fox_n martyr_n to_o st._n anthony_n to_o save_v my_o swine_n etc._n etc._n they_o have_v saint_n enough_o to_o turn_v unto_o as_o man_n do_v please_v for_o every_o disease_n they_o have_v a_o saint_n particular_o such_o be_v the_o gross_a idolatry_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n who_o set_v up_o some_o such_o to_o be_v pray_v unto_o and_o put_v confidence_n in_o as_o never_o have_v any_o true_a be_v but_o be_v mere_a fantasy_n and_o imagination_n of_o man_n brain_n and_o other_o such_o as_o we_o may_v conceive_v without_o breach_n of_o charity_n be_v damn_v wretch_n in_o hell_n and_o for_o the_o best_a 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