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we_o before_o the_o end_n we_o know_v not_o neither_o may_v any_o one_o herein_o make_v search_n but_o understand_v in_o sobriety_n that_o which_o be_v meet_v obey_v what_o be_v command_v believe_v what_o be_v promise_v and_o cease_v to_o imagine_a desperate_o and_o sin_v not_o presumptuous_o &_o hope_v well_o in_o the_o end_n and_o so_o shall_v we_o make_v sure_a to_o ourselves_o that_o which_o be_v ever_o certain_a and_o unchangeable_a with_o god_n this_o note_n and_o thus_o much_o for_o the_o exhortation_n the_o reason_n follow_v for_o a_o note_n of_o a_o reason_n of_o the_o exhortation_n enim_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d enim_fw-la which_o go_v before_o conclude_v as_o a_o use_n from_o the_o former_a argument_n a_o grammatical_a observation_n in_o this_o conjunction_n to_o be_v well_o mark_v there_o be_v difference_n between_o for_o &_o therefore_o both_o in_o this_o verse_n quapropter_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quapropter_fw-la for_o show_v the_o reason_n of_o 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