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end_n and_o if_o there_o be_v any_o that_o will_v now_o say_v as_o the_o people_n in_o the_o time_n of_o daniel_n do_v whatsoever_o we_o do_v god_n will_v not_o look_v unto_o we_o he_o regard_v not_o our_o do_n whether_o we_o do_v good_a or_o evil_n god_n have_v no_o respect_n unto_o it_o and_o so_o be_v nothing_o move_v in_o their_o conscience_n for_o their_o sinful_a live_n when_o they_o shall_v be_v cast_v into_o utter_a darkness_n where_o shall_v be_v weep_v and_o gnash_n of_o tooth_n then_o shall_v their_o conscience_n be_v move_v with_o repentance_n then_o shall_v they_o be_v ashamed_a but_o then_o all_o too_o late_o 16._o remember_v the_o glutton_n the_o rich_a glutton_n that_o in_o his_o life_n time_n have_v nothing_o but_o pleasure_n never_o feel_v adversity_n nor_o never_o be_v prick_v in_o conscience_n for_o his_o mislyve_n after_o he_o fall_v into_o hell_n fire_n be_v there_o torment_v and_o the_o worm_n of_o his_o conscience_n begin_v to_o gnaw_v he_o then_o he_o cry_v out_o unto_o abraham_n than_o he_o be_v ashamed_a but_o then_o be_v it_o too_o late_a and_o thus_o shall_v the_o wicked_a people_n do_v at_o the_o last_o day_n the_o wicked_a people_n i_o say_v that_o shall_v then_o be_v live_v and_o see_v the_o great_a terror_n of_o that_o day_n they_o shall_v say_v unto_o the_o hill_n fall_v upon_o we_o unto_o the_o mountain_n 23._o comecover_v we_o then_o shall_v their_o own_o wicked_a conscience_n accuse_v they_o then_o shall_v they_o be_v ashamed_a but_o then_o too_o late_o now_o good_a brethren_n what_o profit_n have_v all_o these_o of_o their_o own_o sinfulness_n what_o profit_n and_o commodity_n have_v they_o of_o all_o their_o wickedness_n what_o profit_n have_v adam_n by_o transgress_v the_o commandment_n of_o god_n what_o profit_n have_v cain_n for_o
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