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our_o eye_n do_v not_o our_o wanton_a heart_n forget_v christ_n our_o absent_a husband_n and_o his_o return_n be_v it_o possible_a that_o they_o can_v gad_n abroad_o so_o much_o after_o other_o lover_n as_o now_o they_o do_v no_o no_o expectation_n of_o christ_n second_o come_v will_v dash_v out_o of_o countenance_n all_o adulterous_a thought_n and_o wanton_a dalliance_n with_o the_o idol_n of_o time_n it_o will_v maintain_v in_o we_o pure_a virgin_n chaste_a love_n towards_o christ_n and_o that_o upon_o this_o ground_n because_o it_o know_v that_o all_o those_o that_o love_v not_o our_o lord_n jesus_n lie_v under_o the_o most_o dreadful_a curse_n that_o ever_o be_v thus_o 1_o cor._n 16.22_o 16.22_o 1_o cor._n 16.22_o if_o any_o man_n love_v not_o the_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n let_v he_o be_v anathema_n maranatha_n i._n e._n let_v he_o be_v accurse_v till_o the_o lord_n come_v to_o pronounce_v his_o last_o doom_n this_o curse_n as_o we_o before_o hint_v allude_v to_o the_o great_a 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spring_n and_o degree_n of_o it_o with_o the_o resolution_n of_o several_a weighty_a question_n on_o the_o 8._o of_o the_o roman_n 32_o 33_o 34_o verse_n 3._o the_o unsearchable_a riches_n of_o christ_n or_o meat_n for_o strong_a man_n and_o milk_n for_o babe_n 〈…〉_o two_o and_o twenty_o sermon_n from_o ephes_n