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after_o this_o life_n but_o only_o desire_v to_o be_v rid_v of_o his_o present_a misery_n and_o therefore_o through_o humane_a infirmity_n and_o impatiency_n do_v compare_v the_o sense_n and_o feel_n of_o his_o present_a misery_n with_o the_o death_n and_o state_n of_o the_o dead_a whatsoever_o it_o be_v as_o they_o who_o be_v grievous_o torment_v with_o present_a distress_n and_o calamity_n prefer_v any_o thing_n whatsoever_o before_o that_o which_o they_o suffer_v so_o also_o chap._n 7._o he_o speak_v as_o one_o despair_v of_o delivery_n in_o this_o life_n 7.10_o chap._n 7_o 7.10_o remember_v that_o my_o life_n be_v but_o a_o wind_n and_o that_o my_o eye_n shall_v not_o return_v to_o see_v pleasure_n for_o so_o he_o expound_v himself_o when_o he_o add_v he_o shall_v return_v no_o more_o to_o his_o house_n neither_o shall_v his_o place_n know_v he_o any_o more_o so_o likewise_o chap._n 17._o my_o breath_n be_v corrupt_a 1._o verse_n 1._o and_o the_o grave_n be_v ready_a for_o i_o 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the_o devil_n 14._o leviâ—_n 20.6_o deut._n â—1_n 10_o 11_o 12_o â—3_n 14._o and_o worship_v he_o in_o place_n of_o god_n now_o as_o the_o magician_n so_o they_o also_o be_v condemn_v by_o this_o commandment_n whosoever_o use_v the_o help_n of_o magician_n superstition_n superstition_n superstition_n which_o be_v to_o attribute_v such_o effect_n to_o certain_a thing_n or_o observation_n of_o gesture_n or_o word_n as_o depend_v not_o either_o on_o natural_a or_o moral_a reason_n or_o on_o the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o either_o do_v not_o at_o all_o follow_v and_o fall_v out_o or_o be_v wrought_v by_o the_o devil_n and_o other_o cause_n then_o those_o whereby_o they_o be_v think_v to_o have_v be_v do_v for_o though_o it_o be_v no_o covenant_n with_o the_o devil_n yet_o it_o be_v idolatry_n under_o this_o vice_n of_o superstition_n be_v comprehend_v south_n say_v 13_o levit._fw-la 19.26_o esay_n 14_o 25._o &_o â—7_n 13_o observation_n of_o dream_n divination_n sign_n and_o prediction_n 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