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sorrow_n and_o reluctancy_n for_o sin_n be_v bring_v to_o countenance_v their_o justification_n and_o perseverance_n in_o sin_n oh_o let_v it_o never_o be_v tell_v in_o gath_n nor_o publish_v in_o the_o street_n of_o ascalon_n let_v â—ot_n the_o unbelieve_a jew_n nor_o the_o son_n of_o mahoâ—er_n nor_o the_o savage_a indian_n ever_o come_v to_o hear_v what_o a_o generation_n of_o viper_n and_o prodigious_a monster_n have_v be_v hatch_v and_o foment_v under_o the_o sunshine_n of_o the_o gospel_n how_o will_v our_o enemy_n abroad_o reproach_n and_o blasphemâ—_n our_o religion_n when_o these_o shall_v be_v underâ—…ood_a to_o be_v the_o fruit_n of_o it_o in_o its_o false_o pretend_v purity_n and_o reformation_n whether_o that_o blasphemy_n which_o the_o scribe_n that_o come_v from_o jerusalem_n be_v guilty_a of_o in_o attribute_v the_o dispossession_n of_o unclean_a spirit_n which_o they_o see_v our_o saviour_n do_v by_o the_o finger_n of_o god_n to_o be_v do_v by_o beelzebub_n be_v 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