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that_o you_o be_v not_o partaker_n of_o her_o sin_n and_o that_o you_o receive_v not_o of_o her_o plague_n say_v the_o voice_n from_o heaven_n unto_o the_o godly_a abide_v in_o the_o mystical_a romish_a babylon_n let_v we_o now_o follow_v this_o admonition_n and_o withdraw_v ourselves_o from_o among_o all_o ungodly_a person_n in_o the_o world_n not_o in_o place_n for_o than_o we_o must_v go_v out_o of_o the_o world_n but_o in_o our_o love_n and_o practice_n of_o their_o wicked_a do_n that_o in_o nothing_o we_o have_v fellowship_n with_o the_o unfruitful_a work_n of_o darkness_n how_o shall_v we_o do_v this_o you_o will_v say_v the_o best_a way_n we_o can_v follow_v be_v this_o learn_v to_o mourn_v for_o common_a sin_n and_o so_o thou_o shall_v be_v sure_a to_o live_v free_a from_o they_o put_v on_o that_o holy_a affection_n which_o be_v in_o david_n let_v thy_o eye_n run_v with_o river_n of_o water_n 119.136_o because_o man_n forsake_v god_n law_n make_v not_o thyself_o sport_n with_o 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