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from_o theâ—_n the_o evil_a day_n which_o say_v in_o their_o heart_n tush_o god_n have_v forget_v he_o will_v not_o see_v it_o which_o be_v at_o their_o league_n with_o death_n and_o at_o their_o bargain_n with_o hell_n let_v they_o all_o stand_v back_o and_o know_v that_o there_o be_v no_o place_n for_o their_o name_n in_o this_o book_n and_o why_o the_o lord_n himself_o yield_v the_o reason_n whosoever_o sin_v against_o i_o i_o will_v put_v his_o name_n out_o of_o my_o book_n ex._n 32._o and_o again_o i_o will_v make_v their_o remembrance_n to_o cease_v from_o among_o man_n no_o no_o jeremie_n tell_v they_o plain_a enough_o where_o they_o shall_v be_v write_v even_o in_o the_o dust_n or_o in_o the_o earth_n jer._n 17._o and_o why_o because_o they_o have_v forsake_v the_o lord_n the_o fountain_n of_o live_a water_n therefore_o let_v they_o write_v their_o name_n upon_o their_o own_o stately_a house_n and_o upon_o their_o sumptuous_a tomb_n and_o sepulcher_n no_o man_n will_v control_v they_o but_o it_o be_v their_o judgement_n to_o be_v scatter_v like_o the_o chaff_n before_o the_o wind_n psal_n 1._o to_o be_v wither_v like_o grass_n before_o the_o son_n psal_n 37._o and_o to_o melt_v or_o consume_v like_o wax_n before_o the_o fire_n psal_n 68_o that_o be_v to_o be_v forget_v and_o to_o be_v rake_v uppe_o and_o bury_v in_o the_o forlorn_a ash_n of_o all_o obscuritye_n and_o oblivion_n and_o yet_o their_o punishment_n shall_v not_o be_v forget_v i_o warrant_v you_o for_o that_o be_v write_v and_o set_v down_o in_o another_o kind_n of_o book_n than_o we_o have_v yet_o speak_v off_o i_o mean_v the_o black_a book_n of_o god_n most_o bitter_a vengeance_n whereof_o ezechel_n speak_v chap._n 2._o which_o