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any_o encouragement_n here_o for_o the_o wicked_a to_o delay_v their_o conversion_n or_o to_o put_v it_o off_o till_o the_o hour_n of_o death_n in_o hope_n of_o a_o good_a peccavi_fw-la i_o see_v none_o for_o they_o be_v all_o most_o press_a motive_n to_o force_v they_o rather_o out_o of_o their_o iniquity_n into_o a_o virtuous_a and_o godly_a life_n to_o be_v the_o better_o convince_v of_o this_o undeniable_a truth_n thou_o must_v know_v that_o life_n be_v a_o time_n and_o season_n of_o sow_v and_o plant_v the_o seed_n of_o virtue_n and_o the_o bitter_a root_n of_o mortification_n and_o penance_n and_o that_o death_n be_v harvest_n time_n to_o reap_v the_o main_a profit_n of_o that_o happy_a seed_n and_o the_o wonderful_a sweetness_n of_o those_o bitter_a root_n it_o be_v therefore_o my_o prophet_n speak_v of_o the_o manifold_a tribulation_n and_o anguish_n of_o the_o just_a 25.34_o euntes_fw-la ibant_fw-la &_o flebant_fw-la mittentes_fw-la semina_fw-la sva_fw-la venientes_fw-la 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