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sin_n here_o be_v a_o ilia_n a_o upheap_a measure_n of_o infinite_a sorrow_n a_o merciless_a sorrow_n without_o spark_n of_o hope_n or_o joy_n five_o now_o he_o see_v with_o horror_n and_o despair_n that_o 5._o which_o he_o will_v not_o hear_v of_o first_o that_o he_o have_v in_o his_o whole_a course_n pile_v up_o wrath_n against_o himself_o second_o that_o god_n who_o he_o think_v to_o be_v make_v all_o of_o mercy_n be_v a_o god_n of_o infinite_a justice_n and_o a_o consume_a fire_n and_o how_o dreadful_a it_o be_v to_o fall_v into_o his_o hand_n three_o that_o the_o sentence_n of_o death_n be_v pass_v irrecoverable_o and_o the_o heavy_a doom_n of_o damnation_n for_o such_o sin_n as_o he_o think_v to_o be_v light_a than_o a_o feather_n four_o that_o himself_o be_v a_o vessel_n of_o wrath_n fill_v with_o god_n indignation_n that_o shall_v seize_v on_o he_o so_o long_o as_o god_n be_v god_n see_v christ_n blood_n can_v be_v shed_v no_o more_o and_o tear_n of_o repentance_n come_v now_o 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thy_o mouth_n the_o end_n will_v be_v bitter_a as_o wormwood_n and_o if_o now_o thou_o see_v thy_o danger_n but_o will_v run_v on_o headlong_o upon_o all_o these_o sorrow_n exclude_v from_o all_o pity_n and_o mercy_n say_v thou_o be_v warn_v the_o time_n come_v wherein_o thou_o may_v be_v pity_v but_o not_o help_v or_o rather_o neither_o pity_v nor_o help_v the_o judge_n have_v say_v it_o behold_v i_o come_v short_o and_o my_o reward_n be_v with_o i_o to_o render_v to_o every_o man_n according_a to_o his_o work_n second_o if_o so_o many_o sorrow_n and_o they_o of_o this_o nature_n belong_v to_o every_o wicked_a man_n than_o it_o follow_v that_o 2._o no_o sin_n be_v small_a in_o itself_o to_o every_o of_o which_o all_o these_o sorrow_n belong_v our_o text_n plain_o teach_v that_o they_o belong_v not_o only_o to_o murderer_n thief_n adulterer_n liar_n swearer_n but_o also_o to_o civil_a honest_a man_n in_o the_o world_n account_n if_o they_o be_v ignorant_a of_o the_o word_n or_o way_n 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