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soul_n do_v i_o not_o let_v pass_v my_o time_n and_o forget_v my_o god_n and_o soul_n as_o well_o as_o they_o and_o be_v i_o not_o bear_v in_o sin_n and_o wrath_n as_o well_o as_o they_o oh_o who_o make_v i_o to_o differ_v be_v my_o heart_n natural_o any_o ready_a for_o christ_n then_o they_o or_o any_o whit_n better_o affect_v to_o the_o spirit_n persuasion_n shall_v i_o ever_o have_v begin_v to_o love_n if_o god_n have_v not_o begin_v to_o i_o or_o ever_o be_v willing_a if_o he_o have_v not_o make_v i_o willing_a or_o ever_o differ_v if_o he_o have_v not_o make_v i_o to_o differ_v have_v i_o not_o now_o be_v in_o those_o flame_n if_o i_o have_v have_v i_o own_o way_n and_o be_v let_v alone_o to_o my_o own_o will_n do_v i_o not_o resist_v as_o powerful_a mean_n and_o lose_v as_o fair_a advantage_n as_o they_o and_o shall_v i_o not_o have_v linger_v in_o sodom_n tâ—ll_v the_o flame_n have_v seize_v on_o i_o if_o god_n have_v not_o in_o mercy_n carry_v i_o out_o oh_o how_o free_a be_v 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it_o that_o thou_o will_v reveal_v thyself_o to_o we_o and_o not_o unto_o the_o world_n when_o the_o prophet_n shall_v be_v send_v to_o one_o widow_n only_o of_o all_o that_o be_v in_o samaria_n and_o to_o cleanse_v one_o naaman_n of_o all_o the_o leper_n the_o mercy_n be_v more_o observable_a o_o that_o will_v sure_o be_v a_o day_n of_o passionate_a sense_n on_o both_o side_n when_o two_o shall_v be_v in_o a_o bed_n and_o two_o in_o the_o field_n the_o one_o take_v and_o the_o other_o forsake_v for_o a_o christian_n who_o be_v conscious_a of_o his_o own_o undeserving_a and_o il-deserving_a to_o see_v his_o companion_n in_o sin_n perish_v his_o neighbour_n kinsman_n father_n mother_n wife_n child_n for_o ever_o in_o hell_n while_o he_o be_v prefer_v among_o the_o bless_a to_o see_v other_o man_n sin_n eternal_o plague_v while_o his_o be_v all_o pardon_v to_o see_v those_o that_o be_v wont_a to_o sit_v with_o we_o in_o the_o same_o seat_n and_o eat_v with_o we_o at_o the_o same_o 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