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yet_o shall_v never_o enjoy_v they_o so_o he_o make_v some_o to_o taste_v the_o wrath_n and_o torment_n of_o that_o wrath_n which_o be_v to_o come_v who_o never_o yet_o shall_v feel_v they_o three_o into_o this_o deep_a fall_n in_o the_o depth_n of_o satan_n deep_a temptation_n as_o it_o be_v with_o christ_n in_o this_o condition_n so_o it_o be_v in_o its_o meawith_o saint_n now_o the_o devil_n and_o the_o power_n of_o darkness_n bestir_v themselves_o luke_n 22.33_o when_o sun_n set_v and_o darkness_n cover_v the_o earth_n than_o the_o lion_n and_o wild_a beast_n go_v forth_o psal_n 104.20_o 21._o so_o when_o god_n hide_v his_o face_n see_v christ_n complaint_n in_o that_o day_n psal_n 22.1_o 12_o 13_o 16_o 20._o four_o into_o this_o deep_a fall_v the_o depth_n of_o hell_n hell_n be_v deep_a and_o large_a isa_n 30._o ult_n nothing_o deep_o job_n 11.8_o the_o bottomless_a pit_n rev_n 7.1_o in_o the_o depth_n of_o spiritual_a desertion_n saint_n have_v complain_v of_o the_o snare_n of_o 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