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according_a to_o your_o sin_n he_o have_v famine_n to_o punish_v intemperance_n and_o the_o abuse_n of_o his_o creature_n he_o have_v the_o devour_a sword_n to_o bring_v low_o the_o pride_n of_o man_n he_o have_v burn_n fever_n and_o unclean_a consume_a gout_n to_o punish_v the_o fiery_a and_o unclean_a lust_n and_o concupiscence_n of_o man_n if_o now_o the_o lord_n after_o that_o he_o have_v strike_v we_o with_o famine_n and_o pestilence_n come_v among_o we_o to_o visit_v we_o also_o with_o unaccustomed_a disease_n what_o shall_v we_o say_v but_o the_o despise_n of_o his_o former_a fatherly_a correction_n and_o our_o stubborn_a walk_n against_o the_o lord_n our_o god_n have_v procure_v this_o unto_o ourselves_o qâ—â—â—_n miâ—um_o in_o poenas_fw-la generis_fw-la humani_fw-la crescere_fw-la iram_fw-la dei_fw-la cum_fw-la demet._n cypri_n ad_fw-la demet._n crescat_fw-la quotidie_fw-la quod_fw-la puniatur_fw-la what_o marvel_v the_o wrath_n of_o god_n increase_v every_o day_n to_o 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