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there_o shall_v be_v weep_v and_o gnash_n of_o tooth_n luc._n 13._o 28._o three_o in_o the_o punishment_n of_o sense_n when_o they_o shall_v be_v wrap_v in_o that_o curse_a sentence_n depart_v from_o i_o i_o know_v you_o not_o when_o they_o shall_v be_v bind_v hand_n and_o foot_n and_o cast_v into_o torment_n prepare_v for_o the_o devil_n and_o his_o angel_n which_o torment_n be_v amplify_v first_o by_o the_o place_n a_o prison_n a_o lake_n of_o fire_n and_o brimstone_n a_o dungeon_n for_o the_o darkness_n black_a than_o that_o of_o egypt_n where_o shall_v be_v a_o perpetual_a night_n in_o a_o word_n a_o hell_n second_o by_o the_o company_n the_o devil_n and_o his_o angel_n with_o all_o the_o rout_n of_o reprobate_n god_n deadly_a enemy_n and_o who_o god_n be_v a_o deadly_a enemy_n unto_o such_o as_o they_o choose_v for_o their_o companion_n in_o this_o world_n and_o will_v not_o be_v separate_v from_o now_o they_o shall_v not_o three_o by_o the_o exquisiteness_n of_o torment_n set_v 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sin_n here_o be_v a_o ilia_n a_o upheap_a measure_n of_o infinite_a sorrow_n a_o merciless_a sorrow_n without_o spark_n of_o hope_n or_o joy_n five_o now_o he_o see_v with_o horror_n and_o despair_n that_o 5._o which_o he_o will_v not_o hear_v of_o first_o that_o he_o have_v in_o his_o whole_a course_n pile_v up_o wrath_n against_o himself_o second_o that_o god_n who_o he_o think_v to_o be_v make_v all_o of_o mercy_n be_v a_o god_n of_o infinite_a justice_n and_o a_o consume_a fire_n and_o how_o dreadful_a it_o be_v to_o fall_v into_o his_o hand_n three_o that_o the_o sentence_n of_o death_n be_v pass_v irrecoverable_o and_o the_o heavy_a doom_n of_o damnation_n for_o such_o sin_n as_o he_o think_v to_o be_v light_a than_o a_o feather_n four_o that_o himself_o be_v a_o vessel_n of_o wrath_n fill_v with_o god_n indignation_n that_o shall_v seize_v on_o he_o so_o long_o as_o god_n be_v god_n see_v christ_n blood_n can_v be_v shed_v no_o more_o and_o tear_n of_o repentance_n come_v now_o 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