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<p>Here is a description of the worst of sinners, whose <i>hearts are fully set in them to do evil</i>. 1. They set that at defiance which would deter and detain them from sin: <i>An ungodly witness</i> is one that bears false witness against his neighbour, and will forswear himself to do another a mischief, in which there is not only great injustice, but great impiety; this is one of the worst of men. Or <i>an ungodly witness</i> is one that profanely and atheistically witnesses against religion and godliness, whose instructions seduce <i>from the words of knowledge</i> (<a class="bibleref" title="Prov.19.27" href="/passage/?search=Prov.19.27">Prov. 19:27</a>); such a one <i>scorns judgment</i>, laughs at the terrors of the Lord, mocks at that fear, <a class="bibleref" title="Job.15.26" href="/passage/?search=Job.15.26">Job 15:26</a>. Tell him of law and equity, that the scriptures and an oath are sacred things, and not to be jested with, that there will come a reckoning day; he laughs at it all, and scorns to heed it. 2. They are greedy, and glad of that which gives them an opportunity to sin: <i>The mouth of the wicked</i> eagerly <i>devours iniquity, drinks it in like water</i>, <a class="bibleref" title="Job.15.16" href="/passage/?search=Job.15.16">Job 15:16</a>.</p>
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