against_o you_o for_o wrath_n and_o vengeance_n than_o ever_o abel_n blood_n do_v against_o his_o brother_n cain_n gen._n 4.10_o now_o therefore_o at_o the_o last_o repent_v you_o of_o it_o purge_v your_o hand_n of_o it_o and_o at_o the_o least_o vouchsafe_v so_o much_o upon_o every_o church_n as_o may_v sustain_v a_o pastor_n to_o break_v the_o bread_n of_o life_n unto_o they_o and_o think_v the_o damnation_n of_o so_o many_o million_o of_o soul_n of_o your_o poor_a brethren_n who_o may_v have_v be_v save_v for_o aught_o that_o you_o know_v if_o they_o have_v have_v the_o gospel_n of_o salvation_n preach_v unto_o they_o too_o great_a guiltiness_n suppose_v you_o have_v not_o blood_n upon_o blood_n otherwise_o if_o you_o will_v not_o i_o call_v heaven_n and_o earth_n to_o witness_v against_o you_o deut._n 30.19_o that_o the_o indignation_n of_o the_o lord_n shall_v root_v you_o and_o your_o posterity_n out_o of_o the_o land_n of_o the_o live_n and_o their_o blood_n that_o perish_v 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