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excellency_n mount_v up_o to_o the_o heaven_n and_o his_o head_n reach_v unto_o the_o cloud_n yet_o shall_v he_o perish_v for_o ever_o like_o his_o dongue_z but_o the_o righteous_a be_v like_o a_o strong_a mountain_n and_o he_o shall_v be_v have_v in_o everlasting_a remembrance_n wherefore_o to_o draw_v to_o a_o conclusion_n just_a occasion_n may_v here_o be_v take_v for_o deplore_a the_o negligence_n and_o unhappy_a condition_n of_o our_o time_n where_o be_v there_o any_o that_o take_v into_o their_o thought_n the_o due_a consideration_n of_o the_o time_n to_o come_v where_o shall_v we_o find_v any_o true_o provident_a for_o immortality_n sic_fw-la plerique_fw-la vivimus_fw-la ac_fw-la si_fw-la fabula_fw-la esset_fw-la omnis_fw-la aeternitas_fw-la we_o so_o live_v as_o though_o we_o conceive_v of_o eternity_n but_o as_o of_o a_o fable_n or_o a_o dream_n the_o sweet_a allurement_n of_o sin_n do_v so_o strange_o beguile_v many_o that_o by_o gentle_a degree_n they_o obliterate_v and_o 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