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fire_n &_o brimston_n 15_o upon_o the_o wicked_a say_v david_n shall_v the_o lord_n rain_n snar_n wyld_n fire_n brimstone_n with_o terrible_a storm_n &_o tempeste_n shall_v they_o have_v to_o reward_v for_o their_o etarnall_a punishment_n herein_o be_v to_o be_v mark_v &_o consider_v both_o the_o intolerable_a grevousnesse_n of_o the_o pain_n &_o also_o the_o everlasting_a continuance_n of_o they_o 16_o in_o the_o same_o place_n of_o intolerable_a torment_n be_v the_o beastly_a generation_n of_o antechrist_n &_o all_o their_o schoolmaster_n of_o hypocrite_n doctrine_n or_o eternallye_o of_o god_n be_v they_o thereunto_o appoint_v as_o the_o ungodly_a commonalty_n with_o their_o capitaine_fw-fr and_o as_o the_o body_n and_o member_n with_o their_o wicked_a head_n for_o all_o ready_a be_v it_o do_v by_o his_o word_n but_o than_o shall_v it_o follow_v in_o effect_n whereas_o they_o shall_v be_v as_o the_o lord_n have_v appoint_v most_o sharp_o afflict_a with_o unspeakable_a torment_n 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any_o more_o 22_o in_o she_o moreover_o shall_v be_v no_o more_o death_n for_o it_o shall_v be_v destroy_v for_o ever_o no_o more_o shall_v man_n conscience_n despair_v here_o but_o have_v joy_n in_o the_o holy_a ghost_n no_o more_o shall_v they_o die_v through_o sin_n but_o live_v unto_o god_n by_o faith_n and_o there_o shall_v no_o more_o the_o rose_n colour_a whore_n be_v drunken_a in_o the_o blood_n of_o martyr_n her_o tyrant_n shall_v be_v close_v up_o in_o the_o stink_a lake_n of_o fire_n from_o the_o slaughter_n of_o they_o they_o than_o become_v immortal_a and_o impossible_a moreover_o than_o this_o he_o that_o beléeve_v in_o christ_n shall_v never_o die_v nor_o yet_o come_v into_o judgement_n but_o pass_v clean_o from_o death_n unto_o life_n 23_o neither_o shall_v there_o be_v any_o sorrow_n nor_o cry_v any_o more_o for_o all_o manner_n of_o displeasure_n of_o the_o body_n as_o povertye_n sickness_n loss_n emnytie_n vexation_n and_o ill_a report_n be_v here_o patient_o bear_v 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