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hear such petioners petitioners? [[crossed out] To which will be added an improvement. - and Ist Persons may be said to regard iniquity in their hearts when they make some secret reserves - & are not universal in devoting thems. to God, & all which they have - This was manifestly the case with Annanias & Sapphira - The Evangelist tells us Acts - 5th that a certain man named Annanias with Sapphira his wife sold a possession (as was customary at that day) and brot the price & laid it down at the feet of the Apostles - but through deceit kept back a part of the price for which their possession sold - And Peter sd to him Annanias - why hath Satan filled thy heart to lie to the holy Ghost.