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man_n be_v do_v when_o they_o sin_n how_o great_a a_o god_n they_o provoke_v to_o punish_v they_o how_o great_a a_o misery_n they_o be_v bring_v on_o their_o own_o soul_n it_o must_v grieve_v we_o to_o think_v how_o unsafe_a a_o way_n they_o go_v and_o what_o a_o dismal_a end_n will_v be_v to_o that_o way_n phil._n 3.19_o jer._n 9.1_o the_o prophet_n wish_n oh_o that_o my_o head_n be_v water_n and_o my_o eye_n a_o fountain_n of_o tear_n that_o i_o may_v weep_v day_n and_o night_n for_o the_o slay_v of_o the_o daughter_n of_o my_o people_n and_o yet_o as_o one_o observe_v when_o he_o pronounce_v these_o sad_a word_n 1._o dubose_n sermon_n pag._n 1._o the_o misery_n of_o the_o jew_n be_v not_o arrive_v jerusalem_n do_v as_o yet_o subsist_v in_o its_o magnificence_n and_o splendour_n its_o temple_n have_v not_o lose_v thatadmirable_a beauty_n which_o make_v it_o the_o wonder_n of_o the_o world_n its_o palace_n have_v lose_v nothing_o of_o their_o pomp_n its_o wall_n and_o fortress_n be_v 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