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this_o be_v continue_v pag._n 481_o chap._n 36._o 3._o the_o effect_n of_o this_o sad_a condition_n these_o be_v express_v according_a to_o the_o quality_n of_o the_o person_n thus_o deserted_n 1._o as_o they_o be_v sleep_v christian_n and_o they_o be_v 1._o careless_n pag._n 483_o 2._o decline_a in_o affection_n pag._n 484_o 3._o apt_a to_o he_o draw_v to_o evil_a ibid._n 2._o as_o they_o be_v awaken_v in_o these_o there_o be_v different_a working_n 1._o evil_n effect_n as_o 1._o heartless_a complaint_n pag._n 485_o 2._o fruitless_a complaint_n pag._n 486_o 3._o great_a unquietness_n express_v in_o three_o thing_n pag._n 487_o 2._o good_a effect_n as_o 1._o sorrow_n pag._n 490._o 2._o long_v desire_n pag._n 491_o 3._o repentance_n ibid._n 4._o subjection_n pag._n 492_o 4._o the_o cause_n of_o the_o restlessness_n of_o the_o soul_n without_o god_n pag._n 492_o 1._o from_o the_o condition_n of_o the_o subject_n express_v in_o five_o thing_n pag._n 492_o 2._o from_o the_o object_n in_o 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