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ezek._n 13._o 22._o who_o will_v call_v for_o fire_n from_o heaven_n on_o 54._o luke_n 9_o 54._o those_o who_o we_o be_v to_o save_v with_o fear_n rather_o pull_v they_o out_o of_o the_o fire_n of_o hell_n 23._o judas_n v._n 23._o but_o we_o enter_v upon_o this_o unpleasant_a task_n with_o the_o like_a affection_n to_o that_o which_o be_v state_n fuller_n proph._n state_n wont_a to_o be_v show_v at_o the_o degradation_n of_o a_o knight_n for_o high_a misdemeanour_n the_o king_n and_o twelve_o knight_n more_o do_v put_v on_o mourning_n as_o a_o emblem_n of_o sorrow_n for_o his_o miscarriage_n who_o they_o be_v now_o to_o deprive_v of_o all_o his_o former_a dignity_n and_o honour_n and_o to_o leave_v a_o everlasting_a blot_n of_o infamy_n upon_o i_o remember_v well_o when_o the_o prophet_n ezekiel_n be_v command_v to_o denounce_v the_o fatal_a downfall_n of_o tyrus_n a_o heathen_a city_n he_o be_v command_v also_o to_o take_v up_o a_o sad_a lamentation_n for_o tyrus_n and_o shall_v i_o 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