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profitable_a to_o all_o for_o many_o be_v the_o child_n of_o perdition_n yet_o it_o be_v sufficient_a for_o we_o that_o we_o do_v deliver_v our_o own_o soul_n while_o they_o perish_v not_o through_o our_o fault_n as_o the_o lord_n say_v to_o ezechiel_n 3._o cap._n 3._o when_o i_o shall_v say_v to_o the_o wicked_a thou_o shall_v sure_o die_v and_o thou_o have_v not_o warn_v he_o nor_o speak_v to_o he_o to_o return_v from_o his_o wicked_a way_n that_o he_o may_v live_v that_o wicked_a man_n shall_v die_v but_o i_o will_v require_v his_o blood_n at_o thy_o hand_n but_o if_o thou_o have_v warn_v he_o and_o he_o have_v not_o repent_v of_o his_o wickedness_n he_o shall_v die_v in_o his_o iniquity_n but_o thou_o have_v deliver_v thy_o own_o soul_n and_o paul_n witness_v 2._o 2._o cor._n 2._o that_o we_o be_v the_o sweet_a savour_n of_o christ_n to_o god_n in_o they_o that_o be_v save_v and_o in_o they_o that_o perish_v the_o ungodly_a also_o be_v make_v without_o excuse_n in_o hear_v what_o 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