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it_o turn_v thou_o into_o a_o nabuchadnezzar_n into_o a_o heathen_a nay_o into_o a_o nabuchadnezzar_n 10.21_o jer._n 10.21_o a_o beast_n they_o be_v become_v brutish_a and_o have_v not_o seek_v the_o lord_n thou_o pretend_v a_o love_n to_o god_n do_v thou_o love_v he_o thou_o will_v love_v to_o be_v with_o he_o yea_o lover_n covet_v to_o be_v alone_o where_o they_o may_v more_o free_o impart_v their_o mutual_a affection_n perhaps_o in_o thy_o family_n religious_a worship_n of_o god_n by_o prayer_n be_v yet_o keep_v up_o to_o keep_v up_o thy_o credit_n with_o man_n that_o thou_o may_v not_o be_v think_v a_o atheist_n that_o thou_o may_v be_v trust_v a_o hundred_o thing_n may_v keep_v thou_o and_o hold_v thou_o to_o public_a duty_n but_o herein_o be_v the_o trial_n of_o thy_o uprightness_n what_o thou_o do_v in_o secret_a for_o god_n and_o with_o he_o when_o the_o master_n part_n the_o two_o great_a one_o god_n and_o world_n then_o be_v the_o trial_n of_o thou_o who_o servant_n thou_o 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