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It is one thing for a mans eye to glance towards a thing, another thing to fixe, and fully to settle it selfe vpon it. Thoughts of pride and vain-glory may rush into the hart of a sincere Christian: they rest onely in the heart of an hypocrite; who is set on worke onely by them in al his actions, and seekes only to giue contentment to them.

Daniel Dyke The Mystery of Selfe-Deceiving, Chap. XXI; EEBO-TCP A21024, near p. 257

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