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god_n do_v the_o mighty_a work_n in_o tyre_n and_o sidon_n which_o he_o do_v in_o chorazin_n and_o bethsaida_n he_o know_v that_o they_o will_v have_v repent_v in_o sackcloth_n and_o ash_n and_o if_o the_o mighty_a work_n which_o be_v do_v in_o capernaum_n have_v be_v do_v in_o sodom_n it_o also_o upon_o the_o word_n of_o our_o saviour_n will_v have_v remain_v until_o this_o day_n but_o see_v the_o almighty_a have_v do_v for_o those_o place_n what_o be_v enough_o in_o his_o most_o righteous_a judgement_n he_o be_v not_o willing_a to_o add_v more_o than_o be_v sufficient_a how_o many_o of_o those_o who_o have_v lead_v a_o wicked_a and_o sinful_a life_n and_o still_o profess_v a_o inclination_n and_o desire_n to_o die_v well_o have_v either_o have_v the_o death_n they_o wish_v for_o or_o a_o bless_a and_o happy_a end_n how_o every_o man_n shall_v end_v his_o day_n depend_v not_o on_o himself_o but_o on_o the_o counsel_n and_o decree_n of_o god_n as_o it_o be_v write_v psal_n 68_o he_o that_o be_v our_o god_n be_v the_o god_n of_o salvation_n and_o unto_o god_n the_o lord_n belong_v the_o issue_n from_o death_n but_o god_n shall_v wound_v the_o head_n of_o his_o enemy_n and_o the_o hairy_a scalp_n of_o such_o a_o one_o as_o go_v on_o still_o in_o his_o trespass_n most_o terrible_a also_o and_o yet_o most_o certain_a be_v that_o sentence_n pronounce_v by_o divine_a oracle_n psal_n 34._o evil_a shall_v slay_v the_o wicked_a and_o they_o that_o hate_v the_o righteous_a shall_v be_v desolate_a but_o great_a be_v the_o promise_n and_o hope_n that_o the_o scripture_n give_v to_o those_o who_o love_n piety_n and_o be_v of_o a_o penitent_a and_o obedient_a heart_n which_o we_o shall_v always_o have_v before_o our_o eye_n the_o lord_n redeem_v the_o soul_n of_o his_o servant_n and_o none_o of_o they_o that_o trust_v in_o he_o shall_v be_v desolate_a let_v we_o then_o a_o little_a consider_v what_o these_o man_n do_v who_o leave_v off_o to_o after_o he_o have_v leave_v his_o 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