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to_o commit_v any_o sin_n again_o john_n 16.11_o there_o christ_n say_v that_o he_o will_v send_v the_o spirit_n the_o comforter_n and_o he_o shall_v reprove_v the_o world_n of_o righteousness_n and_o of_o sin_n and_o of_o judgement_n in_o that_o it_o be_v say_v he_o will_v reprove_v the_o world_n of_o judgement_n thereby_o be_v nothing_o else_o mean_v but_o that_o the_o lord_n will_v govern_v man_n and_o why_o shall_v the_o comforter_n convince_v the_o world_n of_o judgement_n because_o satan_n be_v judge_v say_v the_o text_n that_o be_v he_o be_v keep_v off_o and_o can_v pluck_v the_o soul_n to_o himself_o the_o government_n that_o satan_n have_v over_o the_o soul_n be_v whole_o remove_v and_o christ_n have_v the_o soul_n under_o his_o command_n and_o the_o soul_n be_v content_v to_o be_v whole_o at_o at_o his_o dispose_n in_o the_o time_n that_o christ_n live_v upon_o the_o earth_n when_o the_o devil_n do_v possess_v the_o body_n of_o man_n the_o lord_n say_v unto_o they_o i_o 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this_o the_o house_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o heart_n of_o a_o sinner_n the_o strongman_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o sin_n and_o satan_n the_o devil_n and_o sin_n take_v possession_n of_o and_o rule_v in_o the_o soul_n of_o a_o sinner_n and_o this_o be_v the_o woeful_a condition_n of_o many_o man_n that_o think_v their_o penny_n good_a silver_n and_o bear_v their_o head_n aloft_o howsoever_o they_o lift_v their_o head_n so_o high_a yet_o their_o soul_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o habitation_n for_o the_o devil_n now_o satan_n rule_v and_o overpower_v the_o soul_n by_o sin_n be_v the_o strong_a man_n that_o usurp_v authority_n over_o the_o soul_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o corruption_n that_o prevail_v over_o the_o soul_n for_o if_o there_o be_v not_o sin_n within_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n there_o be_v no_o power_n that_o satan_n can_v usurp_v over_o man_n now_o observe_v it_o the_o lord_n jesus_n be_v the_o strong_a man_n and_o before_o he_o can_v come_v and_o take_v 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