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on_o thou_o ere_o he_o have_v do_v for_o his_o eye_n put_v out_o and_o will_v destroy_v thou_o though_o he_o perish_v with_o thou_o peccatum_fw-la susurrans_fw-la will_v prove_v peccatum_fw-la exclamans_fw-la the_o witness_n may_v be_v slay_v but_o do_v soon_o rise_v again_o and_o up_o to_o heaven_n they_o go_v to_o accuse_v the_o world_n of_o irreligion_n and_o impiety_n rev._n 11._o 2._o to_o such_o as_o be_v haunt_v and_o fâ—â—â—owed_v with_o that_o grisly_a and_o ghastly_a fury_n of_o a_o evil_n accuse_v gnaw_a and_o corrode_a conscience_n no_o wolf_n on_o the_o breast_n like_o this_o no_o worm_n in_o the_o inward_o like_o this_o torment_n it_o never_o lie_v quiet_a it_o be_v ever_o gnaw_v and_o corrode_a as_o no_o phrenfie_v so_o outrageous_a as_o the_o roar_a and_o rage_a conscience_n it_o be_v like_o the_o rage_a sea_n which_o can_v rest_v esay_n 57_o 21._o no_o wind_n abroad_o cause_v a_o earthquake_n but_o what_o wind_n be_v enclose_v in_o the_o bowel_n of_o the_o earth_n no_o 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