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ready_a to_o receive_v thy_o soul_n and_o carry_v it_o to_o that_o dungeon_n of_o darkness_n if_o upward_o what_o can_v thou_o behold_v but_o a_o provoke_v enrage_a god_n who_o because_o thou_o refuse_v to_o hear_v in_o the_o day_n of_o his_o merciful_a visitation_n he_o will_v now_o laugh_v at_o thy_o calamity_n and_o mock_v when_o thy_o fear_n come_v upon_o thou_o as_o himself_o threaten_v prov._n 1.24_o 26._o and_o in_o verse_n 28._o say_v the_o lord_n then_o shall_v thou_o call_v upon_o i_o but_o i_o will_v not_o answer_v thou_o shall_v seek_v i_o but_o thou_o shall_v not_o find_v i_o for_o that_o thou_o hate_v knowledge_n and_o do_v not_o choose_v the_o fear_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o verse_n 30._o thou_o will_v none_o of_o my_o counsel_n but_o despise_v all_o my_o reproof_n therefore_o shall_v thou_o eat_v the_o fruit_n of_o thy_o own_o way_n and_o be_v fill_v with_o thy_o own_o desire_n that_o be_v the_o wickedness_n which_o thou_o have_v sow_v shall_v thou_o reap_v with_o all_o 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