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go_v on_o in_o a_o way_n of_o obstinacy_n and_o harden_v his_o heart_n against_o all_o god_n word_n and_o rod_n and_o it_o be_v his_o ruin_n obstinacy_n be_v always_o a_o forerunner_n of_o destruction_n a_o callous_a brawny_a heart_n speed_v a_o man_n to_o perdition_n it_o let_v in_o like_o a_o hole_n in_o a_o bank_n a_o sea_n of_o misery_n and_o drown_v all_o before_o it_o thus_o much_o for_o the_o quality_n of_o the_o sin_n that_o bring_v destruction_n let_v i_o now_o show_v the_o kind_n of_o they_o second_o when_o sin_n for_o the_o kind_n of_o they_o be_v like_o sodom_n sin_n and_o what_o be_v they_o ans_fw-fr 1._o pride_n ezek._n 16.49_o in_o apparel_n in_o look_n in_o gate_n in_o carriage_n and_o behaviour_n in_o gesture_n in_o building_n and_o any_o other_o way_n express_v this_o be_v a_o sin_n that_o bring_v destruction_n with_o it_o prov._n 16.18_o &_o 18.12_o before_o destruction_n the_o heart_n of_o man_n be_v haughty_a the_o high_a tower_n come_v soon_o down_n the_o high_a 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