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prevail_v upon_o we_o to_o reform_v we_o will_v not_o mercy_n cease_v plead_v for_o we_o will_v it_o not_o say_v as_o christ_n john_n 17.9_o i_o pray_v not_o for_o they_o i_o will_v put_v in_o no_o more_o entreaty_n for_o their_o salvation_n justice_n take_v they_o destroy_v they_o ruin_v they_o i_o have_v nothing_o to_o plead_v for_o they_o how_o often_o do_v mercy_n plead_v as_o the_o merciful_a vine-dresser_n do_v for_o the_o cumber-ground_n figtree_n luke_n 13.7_o 8._o lord_n let_v it_o alone_o this_o year_n also_o let_v not_o thy_o wrath_n yet_o break_v out_o let_v not_o thy_o fury_n ruin_v they_o but_o spare_v they_o this_o time_n try_v what_o they_o will_v do_v with_o one_o deliverance_n more_o but_o when_o nothing_o be_v successful_a mercy_n give_v over_o and_o what_o but_o intolerable_a vengeance_n will_v then_o lie_v upon_o we_o but_o who_o can_v speak_v the_o dread_n of_o destruction_n that_o unmixed_a anger_n involve_v a_o people_n in_o how_o dreadful_a will_v it_o be_v 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doom_n of_o those_o zech._n 7.13_o because_o when_o i_o call_v you_o will_v not_o hearken_v therefore_o also_o when_o you_o cry_v unto_o i_o i_o will_v not_o hear_v how_o just_a a_o retaliation_n be_v this_o from_o god_n although_o a_o most_o dreadful_a affliction_n not_o to_o have_v the_o merciful_a ear_n of_o god_n in_o affliction_n be_v the_o worst_a of_o affliction_n it_o be_v dismal_a now_o to_o find_v our_o heart_n so_o strange_o shut_v up_o as_o not_o be_v able_a to_o pour_v out_o prayer_n but_o how_o miserable_a then_o shall_v we_o be_v if_o when_o involve_v in_o sink_a trouble_n god_n shall_v shut_v out_o our_o prayer_n &_o not_o be_v prevail_v with_o by_o they_o oh_o ruine_v state_n when_o we_o in_o distress_n shall_v be_v cry_v save_o lord_n or_o we_o perish_v and_o then_o receive_v no_o other_o return_n but_o perish_v you_o may_v and_o perish_v you_o shall_v for_o all_o the_o help_v you_o shall_v have_v from_o i_o these_o sin_n so_o much_o overcome_v his_o mercy_n that_o 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