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what_o a_o condition_n it_o be_v to_o be_v damn_v hear_v a_o little_a and_o tremble_v thou_o shall_v there_o to_o thy_o great_a horror_n and_o amazement_n see_v much_o joy_n but_o never_o feel_v it_o for_o thou_o shall_v see_v abraham_n isaac_n and_o jacob_n and_o all_o the_o prophet_n in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n &_o thou_o thyself_o thrust_v out_o luke_n 6.13.28_o as_o touch_v thy_o company_n though_o here_o on_o earth_n thou_o will_v not_o perchance_o be_v hire_v to_o lodge_v one_o night_n in_o a_o house_n haunt_v with_o spirit_n yet_o there_o thou_o must_v inhabit_v with_o unclean_a devil_n for_o evermore_o matth._n 25.41_o and_o to_o conclude_v in_o this_o thy_o curse_a estate_n thy_o heart_n and_o tongue_n shall_v be_v full_a of_o curse_n and_o blasphemy_n thou_o shall_v blaspheme_v the_o god_n of_o heaven_n for_o thy_o pain_n and_o sore_n thou_o shall_v curse_v those_o that_o be_v the_o mean_n to_o bring_v thou_o thither_o curse_v the_o time_n that_o ever_o thou_o lose_v so_o 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