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covetousness_n without_o bound_n six_o this_o sin_n be_v of_o the_o great_a sloth_n imprudence_n and_o inadvertence_n in_o that_o while_n god_n have_v endow_v man_n with_o knowledge_n righteousness_n and_o holiness_n when_o satan_n do_v accost_v he_o with_o a_o lie_n to_o break_v the_o command_n he_o shall_v have_v reflect_v on_o the_o righteousness_n and_o hoilness_n of_o god_n that_o it_o be_v impossible_a for_o god_n to_o lie_v and_o thereby_o shall_v have_v resist_v satan_n suggestion_n found_v on_o a_o lie_n from_o the_o holiness_n and_o goodness_n of_o god_n in_o give_v man_n all_o thing_n he_o shall_v have_v reason_v that_o it_o be_v not_o just_a in_o he_o to_o murmur_v at_o his_o pleasure_n in_o man_n be_v restrain_v from_o some_o thing_n and_o upon_o satan_n first_o suggestion_n of_o a_o lie_n against_o god_n he_o shall_v not_o have_v listen_v further_o to_o he_o but_o rest_v in_o the_o credit_n of_o god_n truth_n and_o continue_v in_o his_o obedience_n seven_o from_o the_o 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