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that_o shall_v never_o be_v reverse_v it_o be_v the_o church_n prayer_n return_v again_o and_o cause_v the_o light_n of_o thy_o countenance_n to_o shine_v on_o we_o and_o we_o shall_v be_v save_v psal._n 80.19_o like_o the_o sunshine_n after_o a_o cloudy_a night_n but_o here_o be_v fog_n of_o darkness_n for_o evermore_o the_o sun_n be_v to_o shine_v no_o more_o on_o they_o to_o all_o eternity_n 2_o pet._n 2.17_o to_o who_o be_v reserve_v the_o blackness_n of_o darkness_n for_o ever_o hell_n be_v a_o region_n upon_o which_o the_o sun_n shall_v never_o shine_v 1._o use_v lay_v to_o heart_n your_o distance_n from_o god_n by_o nature_n let_v we_o not_o draw_v this_o great_a judgement_n upon_o ourselves_o our_o sin_n will_v be_v our_o torment_n we_o be_v estrange_v from_o the_o womb_n isa._n 58.3_o as_o a_o stream_n run_v away_o from_o the_o fountain_n further_o and_o further_o so_o be_v we_o absent_a from_o god_n both_o in_o heart_n and_o affection_n as_o well_o as_o in_o state_n ephes._n 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