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what_o shall_v more_o intoxicate_a and_o besot_v he_o and_o keep_v he_o from_o ever_o come_v to_o himself_o so_o his_o mind_n be_v always_o doze_v and_o he_o live_v under_o a_o perpetual_a kind_n of_o drunkenness_n and_o loss_n of_o his_o reason_n his_o thought_n be_v always_o drown_v in_o hurry_n business_n or_o company_n drink_v noise_n or_o diversion_n or_o scatter_v and_o disperse_v in_o mad_a freak_n and_o prank_n of_o extravagance_n and_o with_o a_o sort_n of_o practical_a incoherent_a nonsense_n or_o else_o amuse_v with_o fantastic_a whimsy_n and_o romantic_a conceit_n and_o imaginary_a representation_n of_o thing_n as_o they_o be_v draw_v by_o play_n and_o poet_n contrary_a to_o all_o sober_a think_n and_o the_o right_a knowledge_n of_o the_o nature_n of_o thing_n as_o god_n have_v constitute_v they_o in_o the_o world_n thus_o it_o be_v with_o our_o either_o dull_a or_o witty_a unthinking_a debauchee_n who_o live_v a_o ramble_a careless_a thoughtless_a life_n without_o any_o 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delight_n to_o be_v taste_v in_o they_o but_o often_o a_o real_a bitterness_n instead_o of_o it_o like_o the_o vine_n of_o sodom_n and_o gomorrah_n deut._n 32.32_o their_o grape_n be_v grape_n of_o gall_n their_o cluster_n be_v bitter_a their_o wine_n be_v the_o poison_n of_o dragon_n and_o the_o cruel_a venom_n of_o asp_n man_n always_o find_v themselves_o deceive_v and_o disappoint_v in_o their_o vain_a expectation_n of_o what_o their_o sin_n will_v afford_v they_o and_o therefore_o always_o come_v off_o with_o repentance_n shame_n and_o remorse_n and_o can_v never_o answer_v it_o to_o themselves_o afterward_o nor_o find_v any_o good_a account_n in_o the_o reckon_n when_o they_o come_v to_o cast_v it_o up_o and_o ask_v themselves_o serious_o the_o apostle_n question_n what_o fruit_n have_v you_o in_o
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