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he_o suffer_v no_o man_n to_o do_v they_o wrong_n yea_o he_o reprove_v king_n for_o their_o sake_n ver_fw-la 14._o saying_n touch_v not_o my_o anoint_a and_o do_v my_o prophet_n no_o harm_n ver_fw-la 14_o 15._o which_o they_o that_o dare_v disobey_v when_o he_o make_v inquisition_n for_o blood_n he_o will_v remember_v they_o and_o not_o forget_v the_o cry_n of_o the_o humble_a psal_n 9.12_o who_o blood_n will_v cry_v as_o abel_n do_v gen._n 4.10_o for_o vengeance_n against_o they_o and_o god_n will_v hear_v it_o and_o avenge_v it_o too_o rom._n 19.2_o and_o his_o vengeance_n will_v be_v such_o as_o if_o they_o do_v apprehend_v it_o as_o god_n will_v inflict_v it_o will_v put_v they_o into_o the_o extremity_n of_o belshazzar_n when_o he_o see_v the_o finger_n of_o a_o man_n hand-writing_n the_o doom_n of_o his_o ruin_n upon_o the_o plaster_n of_o the_o wall_n which_o make_v his_o countenance_n to_o be_v change_v his_o thought_n to_o be_v trouble_v the_o joint_n of_o his_o loin_n to_o 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