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thou_o satan_n and_o in_o jude_n verse_n 9_o when_v michael_n the_o archangel_n strive_v with_o the_o devil_n about_o the_o body_n of_o moses_n he_o dare_v not_o blame_v he_o with_o curse_a speak_v but_o say_v the_o lord_n rebuke_v thou_o he_o have_v his_o arrant_a he_o need_v have_v no_o more_o say_v to_o he_o and_o if_o it_o be_v but_o pronounce_v by_o man_n with_o a_o faithful_a heart_n and_o assure_a confidence_n in_o god_n it_o be_v able_a to_o strike_v terror_n and_o astonnishment_n into_o the_o heart_n of_o ungodly_a man_n behold_v the_o lord_n come_v to_o judgement_n etc._n etc._n and_o in_o the_o 1_o thess_n 4.16_o the_o lord_n shall_v descend_v from_o heaven_n with_o a_o shout_n etc._n etc._n the_o day_n of_o judgement_n be_v a_o matter_n of_o terror_n to_o the_o wicked_a and_o because_o it_o shall_v affright_v they_o the_o more_o it_o be_v denounce_v against_o they_o in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o alas_o though_o wicked_a man_n be_v never_o so_o great_a what_o 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christianity_n special_o you_o that_o have_v proceed_v so_o far_o in_o it_o as_o to_o receive_v the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o lord_n supper_n you_o have_v thereby_o absolute_a communion_n you_o have_v give_v yourselves_o unto_o jesus_n christ_n and_o he_o have_v give_v himself_o likewise_o to_o you_o you_o be_v make_v one_o with_o christ_n and_o he_o with_o you_o and_o with_o all_o the_o faithful_a this_o be_v set_v down_o in_o the_o sixteenth_o and_o seventeenth_o verse_n on_o the_o other_o side_n say_v he_o they_o that_o do_v communicate_v in_o their_o religious_a feast_n that_o be_v consecrate_v unto_o idol_n they_o do_v give_v themselves_o over_o unto_o those_o idol_n and_o make_v themselves_o one_o with_o those_o idol_n &_o with_o they_o that_o worship_v they_o that_o you_o hear_v in_o the_o 1_o co._n 10.20_o mark_v what_o the_o apostle_n infer_v upon_o it_o it_o be_v impossible_a to_o be_v one_o with_o god_n and_o one_o with_o idol_n one_o with_o god_n and_o one_o with_o devil_n 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