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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d more_o be_v mean_v then_o speak_v they_o be_v much_o please_v delight_a ravish_v with_o the_o peace_n of_o a_o good_a conscience_n but_o who_o will_v venture_v to_o sea_n in_o a_o tear_v crack_a weather-beaten_a ship_n have_v neither_o sail_n nor_o anchor_n nor_o ballast_n there_o be_v no_o worse_a hell_n on_o earth_n than_o a_o ill_a conscience_n especial_o in_o troublous_a and_o suffer_a time_n witness_v judas_n spira_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v report_v of_o some_o that_o have_v run_v through_o all_o the_o sect_n to_o the_o very_a ranter_n that_o they_o lie_v under_o the_o horror_n of_o hell_n roar_a and_o cry_v there_o be_v no_o mercy_n for_o they_o i_o can_v wish_v they_o that_o first_o lead_v they_o out_o of_o the_o way_n may_v be_v sensible_a of_o this_o wrong_n have_v a_o care_n therefore_o of_o this_o ship_n that_o be_v of_o so_o great_a concernment_n 3._o the_o passenger_n or_o pilot_n of_o the_o ship_n soul_n 3._o the_o worth_n of_o the_o 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