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his_o people_n mingle_v with_o they_o than_o all_o his_o wrath_n will_v be_v stir_v up_o and_o all_o the_o vial_n of_o his_o fury_n pour_v down_o upon_o they_o i_o have_v do_v with_o that_o first_o doctrine_n that_o evil_a way_n be_v the_o way_n of_o death_n doct._n 2._o the_o second_o doctrine_n be_v this_o the_o great_a reason_n why_o man_n die_v &_o die_v for_o ever_o be_v because_o they_o will_n they_o will_v be_v the_o servant_n of_o sin_n though_o death_n be_v all_o the_o wage_n they_o shall_v certain_o have_v for_o all_o their_o toilsome_a and_o laborious_a service_n sinner_n will_v not_o be_v purge_v jer._n 13._o ult_n wo_n unto_o thou_o o_o jerusalem_n will_v thou_o not_o be_v make_v clean_o when_o shall_v it_o once_o be_v they_o will_v not_o be_v gather_v under_o the_o wing_n of_o christ_n though_o there_o only_o be_v the_o place_n of_o refuge_n both_o from_o the_o rage_n of_o satan_n and_o from_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n mat._n 23._o 37._o o_o jerusalem_n jerusalem_n thou_o that_o kill_v the_o prophet_n and_o stone_v they_o that_o be_v send_v unto_o thou_o how_o often_o will_v i_o have_v gather_v thy_o child_n together_o as_o a_o hen_n gather_v her_o brood_n under_o her_o wing_n and_o you_o will_v nâ—t_v nay_o the_o will_n of_o many_o who_o have_v often_o slight_v the_o admonition_n and_o call_v of_o moses_n and_o the_o prophet_n be_v so_o desperate_o bend_v to_o sin_n that_o though_o themselves_o shall_v see_v the_o flame_n and_o torment_v it_o make_v other_o suffer_v yet_o they_o will_v not_o be_v persuade_v to_o forsake_v it_o luk._n 16._o 30_o 31._o nay_o father_n abraham_n but_o if_o one_o go_v to_o they_o from_o the_o dead_a they_o will_v repent_v and_o he_o say_v unto_o he_o if_o they_o hear_v not_o moses_n and_o the_o prophet_n neither_o will_v they_o be_v persuade_v though_o one_o rise_v from_o the_o dead_a my_o work_n in_o the_o open_n of_o this_o doctrine_n will_v be_v first_o to_o demonstrate_v the_o truth_n of_o it_o that_o man_n die_v 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