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and_o drunkenness_n in_o chamber_v &_o wantonness_n etc._n etc._n and_o not_o in_o poverty_n of_o spirit_n and_o humility_n with_o christ_n but_o in_o pride_n and_o fullness_n of_o the_o world_n our_o joy_n be_v not_o in_o communion_n with_o christ_n in_o his_o birth_n and_o death_n but_o in_o liberty_n to_o the_o flesh_n &_o forget_v of_o all_o o_o if_o christ_n shall_v come_v as_o he_o will_v come_v and_o find_v we_o thus_o one_o swill_v and_o drink_v another_o card_v and_o dice_v another_o whore_v and_o all_o under_o pretence_n of_o love_n to_o he_o will_v he_o take_v it_o well_o o_o no_o christ_n be_v bear_v in_o a_o time_n and_o manner_n little_o look_v for_o by_o the_o world_n and_o yet_o in_o a_o time_n of_o great_a need_n for_o the_o church_n be_v now_o grow_v to_o a_o low_a ebb_n from_o ezraâ—s_n &_o nehemiahs_n time_n after_o the_o second_o temple_n and_o one_o during_o the_o time_n of_o the_o maccabee_n they_o suffer_v great_a persecution_n &_o darkness_n as_o heb._n 11._o 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