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thy_o own_o conscience_n follow_v thou_o whithersoever_o thou_o go_v for_o sin_n while_o it_o be_v commit_v please_v be_v commit_v it_o torment_v for_o the_o worm_n thereof_o never_o die_v and_o in_o this_o life_n the_o torment_n thereof_o be_v but_o a_o entrance_n to_o that_o which_o be_v to_o come_v 49.20_o ps_n 49.20_o o_o man_n when_o thou_o be_v in_o honour_n thou_o understoode_v not_o but_o be_v compare_v to_o the_o beast_n that_o perish_v and_o be_v make_v like_o unto_o they_o thou_o that_o through_o the_o merit_n of_o christ_n jesus_n be_v make_v worthy_a of_o heaven_n and_o all_o
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fall_v but_o thou_o may_v rise_v again_o thou_o have_v offend_v god_n but_o by_o repentance_n thou_o may_v please_v he_o again_o he_o give_v thou_o commandment_n that_o thou_o shall_v not_o sin_v and_o yet_o he_o have_v give_v to_o thou_o sin_v the_o remedy_n of_o repentance_n that_o thou_o may_v not_o despair_v for_o how_o much_o soever_o thou_o sin_v god_n will_v pardon_v if_o thou_o do_v repent_v chap._n ii_o that_o there_o be_v no_o sin_n so_o great_a but_o by_o true_a repentance_n it_o may_v be_v pardon_v but_o perhaps_o thou_o will_v say_v i_o have_v offend_v god_n more_o than_o any_o man_n and_o my_o sin_n be_v more_o in_o number_n than_o the_o sand_n of_o the_o sea_n many_o of_o my_o sin_n be_v of_o that_o nature_n of_o which_o s._n matthew_n speak_v in_o his_o twelve_o chapter_n if_o any_o man_n sin_n against_o the_o holy_a ghost_n he_o shall_v not_o be_v forgive_v neither_o in_o this_o world_n nor_o in_o the_o world_n to_o come_v my_o iniquity_n be_v great_a than_o that_o 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lest_o thou_o lose_v thy_o temporal_a riches_n and_o find_v the_o eternal_a damnation_n of_o thy_o own_o soul_n without_o the_o great_a mercy_n of_o god_n thou_o can_v not_o attain_v to_o the_o joy_n of_o heaven_n except_o thou_o make_v restitution_n of_o the_o uttermost_a farthing_n the_o way_n to_o come_v unto_o thy_o own_o be_v to_o restore_v that_o which_o be_v another_o man_n chap._n ii_o that_o man_n must_v not_o fear_v his_o confusion_n with_o man_n that_o will_v find_v grace_n and_o favour_n with_o god_n but_o perhaps_o thou_o will_v say_v if_o i_o shall_v make_v restitution_n for_o all_o the_o wrong_n i_o have_v do_v i_o shall_v wrong_v myself_o and_o whereas_o i_o be_o rich_a become_v poor_a and_o unable_a to_o maintame_v my_o charge_n and_o that_o pomp_n and_o credit_n i_o live_v in_o and_o
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