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and_o the_o second_o rev._n 21.8_o now_o how_o fearful_a and_o formidable_a the_o very_a first_o death_n be_v you_o know_v all_o who_o ever_o see_v a_o man_n unman_v and_o lay_v in_o the_o dust_n to_o putrify_v and_o to_o be_v meat_n for_o worm_n whereby_o you_o may_v easy_o conceive_v how_o dreadful_a needs_o must_v be_v and_o will_v be_v both_o when_o one_o after_o another_o as_o it_o be_v shall_v require_v your_o soul_n as_o it_o be_v write_v luke_n 12.19_o 20._o thou_o fool_n this_o night_n they_o shall_v require_v thy_o soul_n from_o thou_o as_o the_o original_a have_v it_o mark_v they_o shall_v require_v it_o and_o who_o be_v they_o but_o the_o first_o and_o the_o second_o death_n as_o i_o conceive_v one_o second_v the_o other_o o_o think_v on_o this_o double_a death_n all_o you_o drunkard_n and_o fornicator_n swearer_n usurer_n epicure_n gurmand_n atheist_n and_o hypocrite_n and_o imagine_v in_o what_o a_o woeful_a plight_n your_o soul_n will_v be_v when_o those_o two_o death_n shall_v so_o require_v they_o and_o they_o shall_v be_v forthwith_o throw_v and_o cast_v into_o that_o formidable_a lake_n that_o burn_v with_o fire_n and_o brimstone_n which_o be_v the_o second_o death_n rev._n 21.8_o lamentable_a be_v the_o case_n of_o the_o man_n of_o sodom_n when_o sudden_o they_o see_v and_o feel_v both_o fire_n and_o brimstone_n drop_v down_o from_o heaven_n upon_o their_o body_n but_o infinite_o more_o grievous_a woeful_a and_o deplorable_a will_v be_v your_o condition_n then_o when_o these_o your_o immortal_a soul_n shall_v begin_v to_o feel_v in_o a_o moment_n after_o their_o departure_n that_o ever-during_a fire_n and_o brimstone_n which_o the_o lord_n in_o his_o fury_n will_v rain_v upon_o they_o in_o that_o infernal_a pit_n for_o as_o the_o 7._o the_o bonavent_n brevis_fw-la cap._n 6._o pag._n 7._o peccant_a spirit_n or_o soul_n of_o man_n subject_n itself_o to_o the_o baseness_n of_o sin_n pervert_v the_o dignity_n of_o its_o noble_a nature_n so_o the_o 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measure_v by_o any_o time_n or_o utter_v by_o any_o humane_a tongue_n hence_o when_o one_o who_o have_v live_v but_o a_o lewd_a and_o ungodly_a life_n be_v depart_v as_o one_o 123._o one_o doctor_n hill_n in_o his_o direction_n to_o die_v well_o p._n 123._o relate_v it_o of_o he_o he_o cry_v out_o even_o in_o this_o world_n most_o lamentable_o o_o lamentable_a destiny_n o_o infinite_a calamity_n o_o death_n without_o death_n o_o those_o contival_a cry_n which_o shall_v never_o be_v hearken_v unto_o our_o eye_n can_v see_v nothing_o but_o sorrowful_a spectacle_n and_o intolerable_a torment_n our_o ear_n can_v hear_v nothing_o but_o woe_n wo_n without_o end_n woeful_a o_o thou_o earth_n why_o do_v not_o thou_o swallow_v o_o you_o mountain_n why_o do_v not_o you_o cover_v we_o from_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o judge_n how_o far_o do_v the_o torment_n of_o hell_n exceed_v all_o the_o torture_n of_o this_o life_n o_o you_o bewitch_a pleasure_n of_o this_o world_n how_o have_v you_o lead_v we_o blindfolded_a to_o the_o horror_n of_o hell_n wo_n wo_n for_o ever_o unto_o we_o who_o without_o hope_n be_v cast_v from_o the_o favour_n of_o god_n so_o that_o after_o ten_o thousand_o year_n we_o may_v be_v deliver_v o_o that_o in_o any_o time_n we_o may_v have_v a_o end_n but_o it_o can_v be_v our_o temporal_a pleasure_n have_v eternal_a pain_n our_o mirth_n be_v now_o turn_v into_o mourn_v and_o we_o be_v cast_v into_o everlasting_a fire_n thus_o he_o i_o do_v not_o speak_v this_o to_o drive_v you_o to_o desperation_n but_o to_o persuade_v you_o to_o a_o alteration_n that_o you_o may_v change_v your_o estate_n and_o life_n for_o better_a pray_v god_n all-powerful_a to_o turn_v you_o that_o you_o may_v be_v turn_v from_o your_o sin_n and_o he_o from_o the_o fierceness_n of_o his_o wrath_n and_o so_o consequent_o may_v not_o come_v into_o that_o woeful_a woeful_a place_n of_o torment_n which_o shall_v never_o have_v a_o end_n the_o lord_n touch_v your_o heart_n that_o you_o 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