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the_o sacrament_n very_o terrible_a if_o any_o of_o you_o be_v a_o hinderer_n or_o slanderer_n of_o god_n word_n or_o be_v in_o malice_n or_o envy_n repent_v of_o your_o sin_n and_o come_v not_o to_o this_o holy_a table_n lest_o after_o the_o take_n of_o the_o sacrament_n the_o devil_n enter_v into_o you_o as_o he_o do_v into_o judas_n and_o fill_v you_o full_a of_o iniquity_n and_o bring_v you_o to_o destruction_n of_o body_n and_o soul_n and_o be_v not_o the_o word_n of_o our_o judge_n more_o terrible_a mat._n 25._o depart_v from_o i_o you_o curse_v into_o everlasting_a fire_n prepare_v for_o the_o devil_n and_o his_o angel_n for_o i_o be_v hungry_a thirsty_a a_o stranger_n naked_a in_o prison_n etc._n etc._n in_o as_o much_o as_o you_o do_v it_o not_o to_o one_o of_o the_o least_o of_o these_o you_o do_v it_o not_o to_o i_o and_o these_o shall_v go_v away_o into_o everlasting_a punishment_n but_o the_o righteous_a into_o life_n eternal_a o_o let_v i_o never_o be_v one_o of_o those_o 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