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their_o mountain_n into_o everlasting_a destruction_n verse_n ix_o thou_o have_v ravish_v my_o heart_n my_o sister_n my_o spouse_n thou_o have_v ravish_v my_o heart_n with_o one_o of_o thy_o eye_n with_o one_o chain_n of_o thy_o neck_n the_o church_n be_v obedient_a to_o the_o call_v of_o christ_n in_o forsake_v the_o lion_n den_n and_o the_o leopard_n mountain_n in_o separate_n from_o amana_n shenir_fw-fr and_o hermon_n and_o rest_v herself_o in_o mount_n zion_n christ_n here_o say_v thou_o have_v ravish_v my_o heart_n to_o be_v ravish_v be_v to_o be_v overcome_v and_o to_o have_v the_o heart_n and_o affection_n whole_o take_v up_o by_o the_o sight_n of_o another_o this_o ravishment_n be_v say_v to_o come_v from_o one_o of_o the_o eye_n or_o from_o one_o look_v of_o the_o eye_n that_o
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