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to_o their_o dissolution_n last_o because_o often_o fall_v into_o the_o same_o sin_n against_o light_n of_o conscience_n and_o experience_n of_o god_n grace_n in_o prevent_v or_o master_v the_o same_o prove_v a_o occasion_n to_o offer_v violence_n even_o to_o the_o pure_a thought_n and_o holy_a purpose_n and_o so_o to_o challenge_v the_o sincerity_n of_o the_o heart_n and_o thereby_o prove_v a_o mean_n of_o wound_v the_o conscience_n and_o affect_v yea_o swallow_a up_o the_o same_o with_o intolerable_a grief_n and_o horror_n yea_o with_o hellish_a and_o desperate_a pang_n whereby_o our_o estate_n in_o sincerity_n be_v special_o question_v because_o there_o appear_v no_o hope_n of_o recovery_n in_o that_o hereby_o there_o will_v follow_v a_o refusal_n of_o mean_n which_o may_v recover_v or_o a_o pervert_v of_o they_o to_o our_o deep_a plunge_v in_o this_o horrible_a pit_n of_o despair_n yet_o herein_o also_o may_v we_o raise_v up_o unto_o ourselves_o many_o evidence_n of_o our_o 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