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say_v i_o have_v call_v and_o you_o have_v refuse_v i_o have_v stretch_v out_o my_o hand_n and_o you_o have_v not_o regard_v he_o shall_v say_v likewise_o i_o will_v laugh_v when_o your_o destruction_n come_v as_o a_o whirlwind_n v._o 27._o they_o therefore_o shall_v be_v destroy_v and_o perish_v who_o by_o christ_n death_n and_o merit_n have_v many_o grace_n help_n and_o calling_n give_v they_o note_v that_o in_o christ_n the_o will_n with_o which_o he_o call_v they_o be_v a_o serious_a will_n of_o which_o 1._o tim._n 2.4_o he_o will_v all_o man_n to_o be_v save_v and_o to_o come_v to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o truth_n see_v in_o the_o former_a point_n the_o many_o evident_a text_n cite_v to_o this_o effect_n hence_o it_o be_v say_v rom._n 2.4_o he_o show_v the_o riches_n of_o his_o goodness_n to_o those_o who_o despise_v it_o treasure_v up_o wrath_n to_o themselves_o who_o be_v those_o but_o the_o reprobate_n again_o 2._o pet._n 3.9_o will_v that_o none_o shall_v perish_v and_o rom._n 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