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and_o bury_v all_o their_o good_a fortune_n whilst_o the_o lord_n chasten_v thou_o out_o of_o thy_o sin_n they_o be_v sin_v themselves_o into_o plague_n beyond_o the_o dimension_n of_o chastening_n thou_o be_v only_o carry_v through_o a_o bless_a purgatory_n they_o into_o and_o leave_v in_o the_o pit_n of_o perdition_n which_o their_o own_o sin_n and_o god_n justice_n be_v prepare_v for_o they_o and_o thy_o suffering_n shall_v last_v no_o long_o than_o till_o their_o iniquity_n be_v full_a and_o the_o pit_n make_v ready_a to_o receive_v they_o in_o which_o work_n both_o their_o own_o wickedness_n and_o divine_a vengeance_n make_v haste_n their_o foot_n shall_v slide_v in_o due_a time_n for_o the_o day_n of_o their_o calamity_n be_v at_o hand_n and_o the_o thing_n that_o shall_v come_v upon_o they_o make_v haste_n for_o the_o lord_n shall_v judge_v his_o people_n and_o repent_v himself_o for_o his_o servant_n when_o he_o see_v that_o their_o power_n be_v go_v and_o there_o be_v none_o shut_v up_o or_o leave_v deut._n 32.35_o 36._o rejoice_v ob_fw-la you_o nation_n therefore_o with_o his_o people_n ver._n 43._o therefore_o thus_o say_v the_o lord_n god_n of_o host_n ob_fw-la my_o people_n that_o dwell_v in_o zion_n be_v not_o afraid_a of_o the_o assyrian_a he_o shall_v smite_v thou_o with_o a_o rod_n and_o shall_v lift_v up_o his_o staff_n against_o thou_o after_o the_o manner_n of_o egypt_n for_o yet_o a_o very_a little_a while_n and_o the_o indignation_n shall_v cease_v and_o my_o anger_n in_o their_o destruction_n isa_n 10.24_o 25._o 8._o thy_o affliction_n be_v not_o unto_o rejection_n and_o desertion_n as_o in_o the_o wicked_a the_o lord_n will_v not_o cast_v off_o and_o forsake_v though_o he_o chasten_v ver_fw-la 14._o no_o but_o own_o and_o return_v unto_o his_o servant_n although_o he_o may_v sometime_o seem_v to_o depart_v yet_o it_o be_v with_o yern_v bowel_n and_o a_o return_a heart_n and_o the_o reason_n of_o this_o be_v that_o 9_o he_o own_v his_o 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