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and_o cock_v if_o god_n say_v the_o word_n to_o strike_v we_o dead_a in_o the_o place_n where_o ever_o we_o sit_v ride_v walk_v lie_v down_o there_o be_v from_o thence_o a_o fall_n into_o eternity_n we_o may_v well_o wonder_v when_o we_o read_v of_o the_o three_o child_n preservation_n in_o the_o fiery_a furnace_n dan._n 3._o and_o of_o daniel_n safety_n in_o the_o lion_n den_n dan._n 6._o and_o yet_o i_o tell_v you_o our_o daily_a and_o hourly_a deliverance_n be_v as_o great_a only_o they_o be_v not_o so_o rare_a for_o to_o name_v no_o more_o devil_n can_v as_o easy_o kill_v we_o as_o the_o fire_n or_o lion_n can_v they_o and_o we_o have_v no_o more_o power_n to_o resist_v or_o escape_v these_o murderer_n than_o they_o have_v the_o merciless_a flame_n or_o greedy_a lion_n but_o as_o god_n miraculous_o preserve_v they_o so_o do_v he_o wonderful_o preserve_v we_o even_o in_o a_o crowd_n of_o death_n and_o danger_n use_v 2._o of_o reprehension_n second_o this_o doctrine_n reprove_v 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wrath_n be_v set_v and_o bend_v against_o thou_o o_o how_o can_v thou_o hold_v up_o thy_o face_n when_o the_o face_n of_o god_n be_v set_v against_o thou_o and_o whereas_o thou_o think_v thou_o be_v plant_v in_o thy_o country_n and_o plant_v in_o the_o church_n of_o god_n and_o plant_v in_o thy_o family_n god_n will_v cut_v thou_o off_o from_o among_o thy_o people_n thus_o poor_a wretch_n thy_o disease_n be_v perhaps_o abate_v and_o thou_o rejoic_a in_o thy_o ease_n and_o health_n but_o remember_v thou_o have_v get_v the_o devil_n blessing_n and_o god_n curse_n second_o this_o be_v that_o filthy_a sin_n of_o whoredom_n see_v again_o leu._n 20.6_o the_o soul_n that_o turn_v after_o such_o as_o have_v familiar_a spirit_n to_o go_v a_o whore_v after_o they_o do_v not_o you_o account_v this_o a_o beastly_a sin_n for_o people_n to_o go_v up_o and_o down_o a_o whore_v well_o though_o thou_o think_v thou_o keep_v thyself_o honest_a and_o will_v say_v i_o thank_v god_n no_o body_n can_v 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