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her_o candlestick_n &_o the_o candle_n consequent_o except_o she_o repent_v rev._n 2.4_o 5._o and_o do_v not_o he_o seem_v to_o speak_v the_o same_o to_o england_n and_o to_o his_o church_n here_o at_o this_o day_n o_o let_v we_o yet_o in_o this_o our_o day_n know_v the_o thing_n that_o belong_v unto_o our_o peace_n before_o they_o be_v hide_v from_o our_o eye_n 2._o the_o darkness_n of_o death_n eccel_n 12.2_o while_o the_o sun_n or_o the_o light_n or_o the_o moon_n or_o the_o star_n be_v not_o darken_v etc._n etc._n then_o shall_v the_o dust_n return_n to_o the_o earth_n as_o it_o be_v etc._n etc._n that_o be_v before_o the_o outward_a part_n of_o the_o body_n or_o the_o inward_a