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52._o they_o that_o will_v take_v part_n and_o have_v their_o hand_n in_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o wicked_a must_v be_v content_a to_o have_v a_o part_n in_o their_o plague_n &_o punishment_n and_o here_o we_o see_v the_o truth_n of_o that_o which_o solomon_n have_v in_o the_o proverb_n let_v hand_n join_v in_o hand_n the_o wicked_a shall_v not_o be_v unpunished_a prou._n 11._o 21._o in_o this_o very_a land_n 53_o god_n to_o abate_v the_o pride_n of_o the_o wicked_a and_o that_o man_n may_v be_v warn_v from_o walk_v in_o their_o step_n when_o they_o see_v how_o much_o god_n detest_v the_o loftiness_n of_o the_o haughty_a punish_v they_o by_o such_o base_a mean_n as_o they_o most_o of_o all_o do_v scorn_n what_o a_o thing_n be_v it_o the_o turk_n &_o his_o gallant_a prince_n he_o beg_v &_o pasha_n to_o fall_v in_o the_o land_n of_o judaea_n a_o land_n so_o base_a and_o contemptible_a in_o their_o eye_n 22._o they_o shall_v be_v gather_v as_o a_o prisoner_n into_o a_o pit_n etc._n etc._n 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