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frequent_o in_o thou_o if_o thou_o always_o lie_v tumble_v in_o the_o sud_n of_o thy_o filthy_a thought_n thy_o continue_v therein_o make_v thy_o sin_n more_o abominable_a than_o david_n outward_a act_n which_o he_o but_o once_o commit_v so_o that_o we_o see_v there_o be_v a_o filthiness_n of_o the_o spirit_n as_o well_o as_o the_o flesh_n in_o james_n 1.21_o we_o have_v a_o word_n set_v out_o the_o filthiness_n of_o it_o which_o be_v superfluity_n lay_v apart_o say_v he_o all_o filthiness_n and_o superfluity_n of_o naughtiness_n first_o it_o be_v express_v by_o the_o name_n of_o filthiness_n chew_v there_o be_v nothing_o so_o defile_v a_o man_n as_o sin_n then_o it_o be_v call_v superfluity_n of_o naughtiness_n but_o what_o be_v there_o any_o naughtiness_n to_o be_v bear_v with_o and_o what_o exceed_v that_o be_v it_o superfluity_n no_o that_o be_v not_o the_o meaning_n of_o the_o place_n by_o superfluity_n be_v mean_v the_o excrement_n of_o sin_n excrement_n be_v the_o refuse_n of_o 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the_o soul_n which_o do_v defile_v and_o pollute_v it_o if_o a_o man_n shall_v take_v the_o excrement_n of_o a_o beast_n to_o adorn_v himself_o will_v not_o we_o think_v he_o a_o ass_n well_o when_o we_o thus_o defile_v ourselves_o by_o sin_n god_n can_v endure_v we_o he_o be_v force_v to_o turn_v from_o we_o he_o abhor_v we_o and_o that_o be_v the_o next_o woe_n 2._o when_o thou_o have_v make_v thyself_o such_o a_o black_a soul_n such_o a_o dunghill_n such_o a_o sty_n than_o god_n must_v be_v go_v he_o can_v endure_v to_o dwell_v there_o it_o stand_v not_o with_o his_o honour_n and_o with_o the_o purity_n of_o his_o nature_n to_o dwell_v in_o such_o a_o pollute_a heart_n there_o must_v now_o be_v a_o divorce_n holiness_n become_v his_o house_n for_o ever_o his_o delight_n be_v in_o the_o saint_n he_o be_v king_n of_o the_o saint_n he_o will_v not_o be_v in_o a_o sty_n when_o thou_o have_v thus_o pollute_v and_o defile_v thy_o soul_n god_n and_o thou_o must_v present_o part_v god_n 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of_o our_o body_n pulls_z body_z and_o soul_n in_o sunder_o a_o thing_n which_o have_v little_o hurt_v in_o itself_o be_v it_o not_o for_o the_o sting_n of_o it_o which_o make_v it_o fearful_a to_o die_v be_v esteem_v far_o worse_o than_o to_o be_v dead_a in_o regard_n of_o the_o pang_n that_o be_v in_o die_v to_o which_o death_n put_v a_o end_n this_o temporal_a death_n be_v in_o a_o instant_n but_o this_o other_o eternal_a whereby_o we_o be_v ever_o die_v and_o never_o dead_a for_o by_o it_o we_o be_v punish_v with_o a_o everlasting_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2_o thess._n 1.9_o and_o that_o from_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o lord_n by_o the_o glory_n of_o his_o power_n then_o which_o place_n i_o have_v no_o need_n to_o add_v more_o for_o as_o much_o as_o can_v be_v sâ—id_v of_o man_n and_o angel_n be_v full_o comprehend_v in_o it_o the_o apostle_n term_v this_o a_o fearful_a thing_n indeed_o heb._n 2.15_o whereon_o if_o a_o man_n but_o think_v if_o he_o have_v his_o wit_n about_o he_o he_o will_v for_o fear_n of_o it_o be_v all_o his_o life_n long_a subject_n to_o bondage_n he_o will_v scarce_o draw_v any_o free_a breath_n but_o will_v still_o be_v study_v how_o to_o avoid_v it_o and_o will_v still_o be_v in_o bondage_n and_o drudgery_n till_o he_o be_v deliver_v thus_o i_o have_v declare_v the_o nature_n of_o the_o place_n and_o of_o this_o second_o death_n that_o i_o may_v now_o go_v far_o know_v that_o this_o lake_n and_o this_o place_n be_v the_o place_n that_o the_o lord_n have_v provide_v for_o his_o enemy_n it_o be_v the_o lord_n slaughter-house_n it_o be_v call_v a_o place_n of_o torment_n luke_n 16._o a_o place_n wherein_o god_n will_v show_v the_o accomplishment_n of_o his_o wrath_n and_o revenge_n upon_o his_o enemy_n those_o my_o enemy_n that_o will_v not_o have_v i_o to_o reign_v over_o they_o bring_v they_o forth_o and_o slay_v they_o before_o my_o face_n those_o vessel_n of_o wrath_n those_o rebel_n the_o king_n be_v in_o rage_v and_o 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