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fix_v on_o christ_n christ_n be_v christ_n 2._o his_o joy_n be_v fix_v on_o christ_n the_o believer_n joy_n he_o can_v rejoice_v in_o corn_n and_o wine_n and_o affluence_n of_o earthly_a thing_n for_o there_o be_v vanity_n and_o vexation_n in_o they_o all_o but_o he_o rejoice_v in_o christ_n he_o delight_v hear_v christ_n speak_v to_o he_o in_o his_o word_n and_o in_o his_o speak_n to_o christ_n in_o prayer_n and_o supplication_n we_o read_v of_o the_o joy_n of_o espousal_n and_o of_o the_o joy_n of_o harvest_n and_o vintage_n but_o no_o joy_n like_o to_o the_o joy_n in_o god_n and_o to_o joy_n in_o the_o holy_a ghost_n which_o be_v joy_n unspeakable_a and_o full_a of_o glory_n senica_n will_v have_v joy_n dom._n volâ—_n laetitiam_fw-la tibi_fw-la esse_fw-la domi._n senator_n vis_fw-fr nunquam_fw-la esse_fw-la tristis_fw-la bene_fw-la vive_fw-la bona_fw-la vita_fw-la semper_fw-la gaudium_fw-la habet_fw-la conscientia_fw-la rei_fw-la semper_fw-la in_o poena_fw-la est_fw-la beza_n 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unrighteousness_n because_o they_o receive_v not_o the_o love_n of_o the_o truth_n that_o they_o may_v be_v save_v and_o for_o this_o cause_n god_n shall_v send_v they_o strong_a delusion_n that_o they_o shall_v believe_v a_o lie_n that_o they_o all_o may_v he_o damn_a who_o believe_v not_o the_o truth_n but_o have_v pleasure_n in_o vnrighteousness_n to_o be_v give_v over_o to_o a_o spirit_n of_o delusion_n and_o to_o have_v the_o leprosy_n in_o the_o head_n be_v a_o terrible_a judgement_n such_o a_o one_o the_o priest_n pronounce_v utter_o unclean_a his_o plague_n be_v in_o 44._o leu._n 13._o 44._o the_o head_n levit._n 13._o 44._o the_o gradation_n be_v no_o more_o common_a than_o true_a first_o a_o sceptic_a to_o question_v every_o truth_n next_o a_o heretic_n at_o last_o a_o atheist_n 3._o unbeliever_n be_v give_v over_o to_o final_a impenitency_n 3._o unbeliever_n be_v give_v over_o to_o final_a impenitency_n impenitency_n joh._n 8._o 24._o if_o you_o believe_v not_o that_o i_o be_o he_o you_o shall_v die_v in_o your_o sin_n no_o death_n so_o bad_a as_o to_o die_v in_o one_o sin_n to_o die_v on_o the_o wheel_n to_o be_v tear_v in_o piece_n by_o wild_a horse_n to_o be_v burn_v in_o a_o cauldron_n of_o scald_a lead_n or_o scald_a oil_n these_o be_v exquisite_a torment_n and_o cruel_a death_n but_o to_o die_v in_o sin_n and_o to_o die_v unreconciled_a to_o jesus_n christ_n this_o be_v the_o worst_a of_o all_o sort_n of_o death_n beyond_o all_o expression_n and_o apprehension_n we_o read_v of_o a_o dreadful_a woe_n against_o the_o vile_a of_o sinner_n who_o have_v this_o brand_n of_o infamy_n stamp_v upon_o they_o judas_n 12._o tree_n who_o fruit_n wither_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d without_o fruit_n twice_o dead_a pluck_v up_o by_o the_o root_n this_o be_v the_o condition_n of_o unbe-lievers_a they_o be_v as_o twice_o dead_a be_v altogether_o and_o certain_o dead_a irrecoverable_o and_o total_o deprive_v of_o all_o vital_a operation_n 4._o unbeliever_n 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