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which_o in_o his_o health_n he_o will_v not_o for_o all_o the_o world_n the_o lord_n will_v make_v thy_o own_o conscience_n impeach_v thyself_o and_o discover_v thy_o transgression_n thou_o think_v not_o so_o so_o think_v judas_n but_o as_o then_o with_o he_o so_o also_o with_o thou_o the_o case_n will_v clean_o be_v alter_v the_o three_o appendix_n of_o their_o death_n be_v their_o society_n with_o the_o devil_n and_o his_o angel_n mat._n 25._o we_o account_v it_o a_o fearful_a thing_n to_o see_v a_o spectrum_n or_o diabolical_a delusion_n and_o so_o it_o be_v to_o our_o weak_a nature_n but_o to_o be_v real_o present_a with_o satan_n world_n without_o end_n a_o companion_n in_o torment_n what_o earthly_a man_n can_v abide_v it_o to_o be_v in_o a_o prison_n full_a of_o murderer_n it_o be_v horrible_a but_o in_o that_o bottomless_a pit_n with_o thousand_o of_o condemn_a spirit_n abject_a and_o forlorn_a creature_n a_o heavy_a hear_v the_o thief_n before_o he_o be_v attach_v and_o carry_v to_o the_o gaol_n perhaps_o he_o frequent_v the_o house_n of_o many_o a_o worthy_a person_n it_o be_v not_o thy_o stock_n and_o kindred_n thy_o pomp_n and_o outward_a bravery_n that_o will_v serve_v thy_o turn_n when_o thou_o be_v arrest_v with_o death_n all_o the_o world_n will_v not_o be_v of_o sufficient_a credit_n to_o bail_v thou_o think_v serious_o of_o this_o and_o lay_v it_o to_o heart_n to_o be_v take_v out_o of_o the_o field_n of_o pleasure_n and_o to_o be_v throw_v into_o the_o dungeon_n of_o hell_n there_o to_o be_v guide_v with_o that_o curse_a crew_n be_v no_o jesting-matter_n oh_o that_o all_o carnal_a liver_n of_o our_o age_n will_v consider_v hereof_o no_o doubt_n it_o will_v somewhat_o restrain_v they_o in_o their_o wilful_a course_n and_o gash_n their_o heart_n amid_o their_o pleasure_n o_o that_o that_o the_o curious_a and_o nice_a woman_n that_o can_v abide_v the_o noise_n of_o a_o canon_n or_o the_o sudden_a flash_a of_o fire_n can_v ponder_v the_o misery_n whereunto_o they_o be_v bear_v namely_o to_o dwell_v in_o darkness_n with_o those_o blasphemous_a spirit_n world_n without_o end_n in_o the_o night_n season_n or_o in_o a_o dark_a place_n thou_o be_v ready_a to_o run_v away_o at_o the_o sight_n of_o a_o shadow_n or_o at_o the_o reciprocal_a imagination_n of_o thy_o own_o thought_n upon_o the_o noise_n of_o a_o screech_n owl_n or_o the_o like_a and_o think_v thou_o that_o thou_o can_v abide_v the_o sight_n nay_o the_o company_n and_o continual_a familiarity_n of_o that_o hellish_a cave_n the_o lord_n give_v thou_o a_o heart_n to_o consider_v of_o this_o fearful_a horror_n before_o it_o betide_v thou_o and_o to_o go_v out_o of_o thyself_o to_o behold_v the_o strange_a change_n which_o be_v wrought_v by_o the_o grave_n and_o sepulchre_n the_o four_o be_v the_o incredible_a horror_n and_o distress_n of_o conscience_n which_o the_o carnal_a liver_n sustain_v by_o the_o sense_n and_o feel_n of_o the_o whole_a wrath_n of_o god_n 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