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discourse_v as_o other_o can_v nor_o have_v those_o gift_n that_o other_o have_v yet_o they_o thank_v god_n their_o heart_n be_v good_a and_o ever_o be_v even_o from_o their_o childhood_n and_o though_o they_o can_v utter_v themselves_o yet_o they_o have_v it_o in_o their_o heart_n thus_o the_o devil_n keep_v some_o in_o this_o fetter_n and_o this_o bond_n but_o towards_o the_o break_n of_o it_o consider_v 1._o many_o have_v go_v to_o hell_n with_o such_o good_a meaning_n in_o their_o heart_n and_o with_o such_o good_a wish_n in_o their_o mouth_n as_o balaam_n for_o one_o numb_a 23._o 10_o let_v i_o die_v the_o death_n of_o the_o righteous_a and_o let_v my_o last_o end_n be_v like_o he_o who_o will_v