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〈…〉_z you_o will_v yet_o wink_v and_o hate_v the_o light_n if_o you_o perish_v in_o your_o self-deceiving_a who_o can_v help_v it_o brief_o and_o plain_o be_v it_o know_v to_o thou_o again_o whoever_o thou_o be_v that_o hear_v this_o that_o if_o thou_o have_v not_o these_o five_o character_n follow_v thy_o religion_n be_v all_o but_o vain_a and_o self-deceiving_a 1._o if_o god_n authority_n as_o he_o speak_v by_o his_o spirit_n word_n and_o minister_n be_v not_o high_o with_o thy_o soul_n and_o can_v do_v more_o with_o thou_o than_o king_n and_o parliament_n and_o then_o the_o world_n and_o flesh_n mat._n 23._o 8_o 9_o 10._o 2._o if_o the_o 〈…〉_z â—â—â—ing_v glory_n be_v not_o practical_o more_o esteem_v by_o thou_o and_o choose_v and_o seek_v than_o any_o thing_n or_o all_o thing_n in_o the_o world_n mat_n 6._o 21._o col._n 3._o 4._o joh._n 6._o 27._o 2_o tim._n 4._o 8_o 9_o matth._n 22._o 5._o luke_n 18._o 22_o 23._o phil._n 3._o 20._o 3._o if_o thou_o see_v not_o such_o a_o 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