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their_o iniquity_n and_o for_o their_o abomination_n ezek._n 36._o 31._o now_o do_v the_o soul_n call_v to_o remembrance_n it_o be_v former_a evil_a practice_n and_o say_v i_o be_v in_o the_o dark_a before_o and_o think_v nothing_o now_o i_o be_o in_o the_o light_n i_o perceive_v myself_o all_o stain_v and_o mire_v 2._o of_o its_o lose_a condition_n now_o it_o see_v the_o s._n 4_o sword_n of_o god_n indignation_n hang_v over_o its_o head_n by_o a_o twine_n thread_n now_o it_o see_v the_o vial_n of_o wrath_n unstop_v and_o ready_a to_o empty_v themselves_o upon_o its_o head_n in_o a_o curse_n to_o its_o eternal_a destruction_n
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