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vice_n miserable_a and_o we_o may_v take_v it_o for_o grant_v that_o god_n will_v reward_v a_o happy_a and_o punish_v a_o miserable_a nature_n 7._o these_o natural_a reward_n and_o punishment_n of_o virtue_n and_o vice_n be_v a_o great_a instrument_n of_o providence_n as_o they_o be_v a_o most_o effectual_a antidote_n and_o remedy_n against_o superstition_n which_o corrupt_v the_o manner_n of_o man_n and_o debauch_n the_o world_n by_o superstition_n i_o mean_v all_o those_o hypocritical_a art_n of_o appease_v god_n and_o procure_v his_o favour_n without_o obey_v his_o law_n or_o reform_v our_o sin_n infinite_a such_o superstition_n have_v be_v invent_v by_o heathen_n by_o jew_n by_o christian_n themselves_o especial_o by_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n which_o abound_v with_o they_o now_o these_o superstition_n do_v not_o only_o spoil_v all_o religion_n but_o corrupt_a man_n life_n and_o give_v they_o great_a security_n and_o impudence_n in_o sin_v which_o overturn_v the_o good_a 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