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to_o perceive_v and_o eye_n to_o see_v and_o ear_n to_o hear_v etc._n etc._n judas_n be_v deliver_v to_o satan_n after_o the_o sop_n and_o put_v into_o his_o power_n for_o despise_v former_a admonition_n he_o often_o leave_v the_o rain_n to_o the_o devil_n that_o he_o may_v use_v what_o efficacy_n he_o can_v in_o those_o that_o have_v offend_v the_o majesty_n of_o god_n he_o withhold_v further_a influence_n of_o grace_n or_o withdraw_v what_o before_o he_o have_v grant_v they_o thus_o he_o withhold_v that_o grace_n from_o the_o son_n of_o eli_n that_o may_v have_v make_v their_o father_n pious_a admonition_n effectual_a to_o they_o 1_o sam._n 2.25_o they_o hearken_v not_o to_o the_o voice_n of_o their_o father_n because_o the_o lord_n will_v slay_v they_o he_o give_v grace_n to_o eli_n to_o reprove_v they_o and_o withhold_v that_o grace_n from_o they_o which_o may_v have_v enable_v they_o against_o their_o natural_a corruption_n and_o obstinacy_n to_o receive_v that_o reproof_n but_o 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