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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eternal_a affliction_n or_o smite_v nec_fw-la mortis_fw-la poenas_fw-la mors_fw-la altera_fw-la finiet_fw-la huius_fw-la horaque_fw-la erit_fw-la tantis_fw-la ultima_fw-la nulla_fw-la malis_fw-la and_o s._n john_n who_o well_o know_v the_o mind_n of_o his_o lord_n sai_z the_o 11._o smoke_n of_o their_o torment_n ascend_v up_o for_o ever_o and_o ever_o and_o they_o have_v no_o rest_n day_n nor_o night_n that_o be_v their_o torment_n be_v continual_a and_o it_o be_v eternal_a their_o second_o death_n shall_v be_v but_o a_o die_a to_o all_o felicity_n for_o so_o death_n be_v take_v in_o scripture_n adam_n die_v when_o he_o eat_v the_o forbid_a fruit_n that_o be_v he_o be_v liable_a to_o sickness_n and_o sorrow_n and_o pain_n and_o dissolution_n of_o soul_n and_o body_n and_o to_o be_v miserable_a be_v the_o worse_a death_n of_o the_o two_o they_o shall_v see_v the_o eternal_a felicity_n of_o the_o saint_n but_o they_o shall_v never_o taste_v of_o the_o holy_a 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