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all_o his_o benefit_n and_o promise_n will_v belong_v unto_o you_o but_o not_o before_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n you_o be_v in_o your_o blood_n ezek._n 16._o 6._o and_o have_v to_o answer_v not_o only_o for_o your_o original_a guilt_n but_o for_o every_o thought_n word_n and_o action_n of_o you_o from_o your_o infancy_n matth._n 9_o 12_o 13._o luke_n 1._o 53._o gal._n 5._o 1_o to_o 7._o enough_o to_o stare_v you_o if_o you_o be_v not_o stark_o dead_a chap._n 27._o 1._o but_o perhaps_o thy_o heart_n and_o conscience_n be_v not_o only_o sermon_n but_o thunder-proof_n and_o then_o nothing_o will_v do_v good_a upon_o thou_o the_o case_n of_o all_o incorrigible_a one_o yea_o most_o man_n now_o adays_o be_v judgement-proof_n and_o let_v they_o be_v never_o so_o clear_o convince_v from_o the_o word_n that_o they_o be_v in_o a_o dangerous_a condition_n all_o thought_n thereof_o present_o pass_v away_o like_o the_o sound_n of_o a_o bell_n that_o be_v ring_v or_o if_o not_o satan_n can_v 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