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that_o be_v haste_v on_o you_o you_o will_v not_o so_o much_o desire_v it_o you_o will_v think_v it_o come_v too_o soon_o when_o it_o come_v the_o devil_n think_v so_o matth._n 8.29_o when_o god_n come_v he_o will_v come_v as_o a_o arm_a enemy_n against_o you_o to_o your_o utter_a destruction_n so_o that_o you_o have_v great_a cause_n to_o fear_v and_o by_o repentance_n to_o prevent_v rather_o than_o to_o desire_v that_o day_n yet_o these_o hypocrite_n either_o as_o conceit_v of_o their_o own_o innocency_n and_o confide_v in_o their_o privilege_n desire_v this_o day_n or_o else_o in_o mockery_n and_o scorn_n they_o cry_v when_o will_v that_o day_n come_v which_o amos_n so_o much_o talk_v of_o we_o will_v fain_o see_v it_o so_o you_o shall_v say_v the_o prophet_n time_n enough_o to_o your_o sorrow_n for_o it_o be_v a_o day_n of_o darkness_n and_o not_o of_o light_n and_o therefore_o woe_n be_v to_o you_o that_o thus_o scoff_o desire_v the_o day_n of_o the_o lord_n you_o will_v find_v 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