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16.7_o 1._o sam._n 24._o etc._n etc._n &_o a_o saul_n to_o persecute_v he_o but_o now_o 16._o joh._n 16._o the_o sorrow_n of_o the_o godly_a shall_v be_v turn_v into_o joy_n 21.4_o reu._n 21.4_o and_o christ_n will_v wipe_v all_o tear_n from_o their_o eye_n even_o as_o tender_a heart_a mother_n do_v wipe_v from_o the_o eye_n of_o their_o little_a babe_n the_o tear_n which_o they_o shed_v through_o the_o sense_n of_o some_o calamity_n so_o will_v the_o lord_n with_o the_o handkerchief_n of_o compassion_n dry_a up_o the_o stream_n of_o his_o child_n tear_n that_o issue_v from_o the_o spring_n of_o dolour_n 3_o they_o be_v deliver_v from_o the_o provocation_n &_o allurement_n of_o the_o wicked_a world_n which_o be_v the_o fan_n and_o firebrand_n of_o iniquity_n 19.20_o reu._n 19.20_o for_o the_o beast_n and_o that_o false_a prophet_n which_o wrought_v miracle_n whereby_o he_o deceive_v the_o world_n shall_v now_o be_v cast_v into_o a_o lake_n that_o burn_v with_o fire_n and_o brimstone_n 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