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will_v it_o not_o grieve_v thou_o to_o be_v thrust_v into_o hell_n with_o that_o company_n which_o here_o thou_o abhorrede_v to_o be_v turn_v out_o with_o the_o worker_n of_o iniquity_n psal_n 125._o last_o nay_o to_o have_v a_o hot_a hell_n than_o they_o all_o this_o perhaps_o may_v sound_v harsh_a in_o your_o ear_n and_o you_o may_v suppose_v they_o to_o be_v but_o the_o hyperbolical_a expression_n of_o a_o orator_n declaim_v against_o this_o sin_n or_o the_o overheat_v eructation_n of_o mistake_a zeal_n and_o misguide_a passion_n no_o my_o brethren_n they_o be_v the_o word_n of_o truth_n and_o soberness_n the_o great_a sin_n shall_v have_v the_o great_a punishment_n that_o be_v a_o know_a and_o grant_v maxim_n now_o thy_o sin_n be_v great_a than_o many_o i_o will_v not_o say_v then_o any_o profane_v person_n be_v not_o contempt_n of_o christ_n and_o set_v light_n by_o he_o set_v up_o your_o own_o righteousness_n in_o opposition_n to_o he_o trample_v upon_o his_o precious_a blood_n 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