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25._o cain_n shall_v not_o escape_v scotfree_a as_o he_o hope_v god_n will_v appear_v himself_n when_o man_n either_o do_v not_o will_v not_o or_o can_v the_o judge_n of_o quick_a and_o dead_a himself_z arraign_v cain_n at_o the_o bar_n denounce_v judgement_n notwithstanding_o all_o his_o jesuitical_a evasion_n as_o before_o against_o he_o which_o consist_v of_o 3_o particular_n one_a he_o be_v curse_v in_o his_o person_n v._o 11._o and_o they_o who_o god_n curse_v shall_v be_v curse_v as_o they_o who_o god_n bless_v shall_v be_v bless_v gen._n 27._o 33._o numb_a 23._o 20._o even_o the_o grand_a balaam_n of_o rome_n who_o canonize_v cain_n for_o murder_v righteous_a abel_n can_v take_v off_o that_o curse_n which_o the_o great_a god_n lay_v on_o better_o all_o the_o witch_n in_o the_o world_n and_o all_o the_o devil_n in_o hell_n or_o their_o elder_a son_n the_o pope_n shall_v curse_v we_o with_o bell_n book_n and_o candle_n than_o this_o one_o god_n who_o curse_n be_v irrevocable_a 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