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such_o a_o son_n of_o belial_n that_o a_o man_n can_v speak_v to_o he_o some_o be_v so_o barbarous_a as_o if_o they_o be_v a_o kin_n to_o the_o ostrich_n they_o be_v fire_v with_o rage_n and_o breathe_v forth_o nothing_o but_o revenge_n like_o those_o two_o man_n in_o the_o gospel_n possess_v with_o devil_n come_v out_o of_o the_o tomb_n exceed_v fierce_a matth._n 8.28_o let_v we_o be_v like_o christ_n in_o mildness_n and_o sweetness_n let_v we_o pray_v for_o our_o enemy_n and_o conquer_v they_o by_o love_n david_n kindness_n melt_v saul_n heart_n 1_o sam._n 24.16_o a_o freeze_a heart_n will_v be_v thaw_v with_o the_o fire_n
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solomon_n have_v describe_v they_o prov._n 19.9_o fool_n make_v a_o mock_n of_o sin_n stultus_fw-la in_o vitia_fw-la cito_fw-la dilabitur_fw-la isidor_n who_o but_o fool_n will_v make_v light_n of_o that_o which_o grieve_v the_o spirit_n of_o god_n who_o but_o fool_n will_v put_v such_o a_o viperous_a sin_n in_o their_o bosom_n who_o but_o fool_n will_v laugh_v at_o their_o own_o calamity_n and_o make_v sport_n while_o they_o give_v themselves_o poison_n vii_o br._n if_o sin_n be_v so_o great_a a_o evil_a than_o i_o infer_v that_o there_o be_v no_o good_a to_o be_v get_v by_o sin_n of_o this_o thorn_n we_o can_v gather_v grape_n if_o sin_n be_v so_o deadly_a a_o evil_a than_o we_o can_v get_v any_o profit_n by_o it_o no_o man_n do_v ever_o thrive_v upon_o this_o trade_n those_o atheist_n say_v mal._n 3_o 14._o it_o be_v in_o vain_a to_o serve_v god_n and_o what_o profit_n be_v it_o but_o we_o may_v say_v more_o true_o what_o profit_n be_v there_o in_o sin_n rom._n 6.21_o what_o 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