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at_o your_o own_o folly_n in_o mislaying_a they_o or_o part_v with_o they_o and_o can_v you_o so_o easy_o bear_v the_o loss_n of_o eternal_a one_o 2._o repent_v and_o do_v your_o first_o work_n except_o 5._o apoc._n 2._o 5._o the_o cause_n be_v remove_v the_o effect_n will_v still_o remain_v till_o the_o sin_n be_v remove_v for_o which_o god_n have_v withdraw_v himself_o god_n will_v not_o return_v he_o that_o avoyd_v a_o place_n because_o of_o the_o infectious_a air_n or_o any_o other_o inconveniency_n in_o his_o habitation_n there_o will_v not_o in_o reason_n return_v till_o the_o cause_n of_o his_o removal_n be_v remove_v if_o thou_o will_v have_v god_n face_n towards_o thou_o as_o at_o former_a time_n thou_o must_v set_v thy_o face_n towards_o he_o as_o at_o former_a time_n i_o have_v former_o enlarge_v upon_o that_o remarkable_a place_n jer._n 31._o 18_o 19_o 20._o where_o as_o soon_o as_o ephraim_n heart_n turn_v god_n bowel_n be_v turn_v too_o be_v ephraim_n a_o pleasant_a 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