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37.1_o 7_o 8._o &_o 73.2_o 3_o 21_o 22._o prov._n 3.31_o &_o 23.17_o &_o 24.1_o 19_o and_o have_v moreover_o furnish_v we_o with_o divers_a dissuasive_a reason_n against_o it_o as_o 1._o the_o wickeds_n prosperity_n and_o the_o success_n of_o evil_a way_n be_v no_o uncouth_a or_o strange_a thing_n but_o very_o ancient_a and_o ordinary_a it_o be_v call_v in_o the_o book_n of_o job_n 22.15_o job_n 22.15_o the_o old_a way_n which_o wicked_a man_n have_v tread_v it_o be_v a_o old_a and_o beat_a path_n what_o notice_n job_n david_n jeremiah_n habakkuk_n and_o many_o other_o in_o scripture_n and_o humane_a story_n have_v give_v we_o of_o this_o be_v too_o much_o to_o relate_v the_o penner_n of_o psal_n 73._o 73.12_o psal_n 73.12_o hold_n up_o wicked_a man_n in_o this_o condition_n with_o a_o behold_v that_o we_o may_v all_o see_v and_o never_o more_o strange_a at_o it_o behold_v these_o be_v the_o ungodly_a who_o prosper_v in_o the_o world_n they_o increase_v in_o riches_n although_o now_o 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