Thou hast trusted in thy wickedness; confidently expecting to preserve thyself by these and other wicked arts and policies. Thou hast said, None seeth me; my counsels are so deeply and cunningly laid, that God himself can neither discover nor prevent the execution of them. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge in state policy, and the arts mentioned above and below, hath perverted thee; hath misled thee into the way of transgression and perdition. Thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; which was said Isaiah 47:8, and is here repeated, to note their intolerable arrogancy and self-confidence.

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