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how_o short_a sight_v be_v they_o into_o their_o misery_n who_o be_v trouble_v for_o their_o scandalous_a sin_n of_o drunkenness_n adultery_n murder_n etc._n etc._n but_o neither_o observe_v nor_o sorrow_n for_o their_o unbelief_n the_o mother_n sin_n the_o main_a sin_n the_o nursery_n of_o all_o sin_n the_o soul_n say_v luther_n be_v a_o hypocrite_n that_o see_v a_o mote_n in_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o flesh_n but_o not_o a_o beam_n in_o its_o own_o eye_n namely_o infidelity_n which_o be_v incomparable_o great_a than_o all_o sin_n commit_v by_o the_o body_n 3._o great_a be_v our_o forwardness_n to_o fall_v into_o the_o sin_n of_o unbeleef_n 3._o observat_fw-la 3._o god_n seem_v to_o study_v the_o prevention_n of_o this_o sin_n among_o the_o israelite_n but_o it_o break_v the_o bar_n that_o he_o put_v in_o the_o way_n to_o stop_v it_o covenant_n oath_n miracle_n plague_n be_v all_o as_o easy_o snap_v in_o sunder_o by_o this_o sin_n as_o be_v the_o cord_n by_o samson_n even_o christ_n 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