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and_o with_o elias_n thou_o know_v no_o more_o yet_o with_o elias_n thou_o may_v be_v deceive_v 18._o 1._o king_n 1._o 6_o 10._o 18._o and_o there_o may_v be_v seven_o thousand_o which_o thou_o know_v not_o that_o have_v not_o bow_v their_o knee_n to_o baal_n and_o thy_o mourning_n join_v to_o the_o mourning_n of_o that_o remnant_n which_o the_o lord_n have_v leave_v 9_o esay_n 1._o 9_o may_v save_v we_o from_o be_v like_a unto_o sodom_n and_o gomorrha_n howsoever_o do_v thy_o part_n let_v the_o soldier_n of_o christ_n be_v find_v in_o his_o place_n even_o when_o judgement_n be_v come_v if_o thou_o save_v not_o all_o thou_o shall_v be_v sure_a to_o save_v thyself_o perchance_o temporal_o 18._o jer._n 1._o 19_o &_o 39_o 18._o without_o doubt_n eternal_o and_o now_o to_o sum_n up_o all_o i_o wish_v that_o both_o magistrate_n minister_n and_o people_n may_v go_v so_o thorough_o with_o the_o truth_n of_o repentance_n that_o sin_n and_o sinfulness_n be_v put_v off_o the_o judgement_n that_o 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