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hell_n and_o do_v not_o this_o course_n lead_v down_o to_o the_o chamber_n of_o death_n ah_o poor_a fool_n all_o wise_a man_n that_o have_v their_o eye_n in_o their_o head_n pity_v thou_o they_o see_v whether_o thou_o be_v go_v and_o thou_o will_v see_v too_o when_o it_o be_v too_o late_o 5._o be_v not_o he_o a_o fool_n that_o can_v tell_v how_o to_o make_v a_o good_a choice_n wisdom_n you_o know_v be_v much_o see_v in_o choice_n the_o trial_n of_o a_o fool_n have_v sometime_o be_v make_v thus_o fool_n and_o idiot_n be_v not_o to_o inherit_v land_n and_o when_o they_o come_v to_o try_v they_o they_o lay_v down_o apple_n and_o gold_n and_o if_o they_o choose_v the_o apple_n before_o the_o gold_n they_o be_v conclude_v idiot_n oh_o do_v not_o god_n put_v this_o to_o trial_n sinner_n foolish_a sinner_n here_o be_v gold_n and_o apple_n lay_v before_o you_o creature-comfort_n the_o accommodation_n of_o this_o life_n what_o be_v these_o but_o so_o many_o apple_n as_o josephus_n tell_v of_o that_o grow_v about_o the_o lake_n of_o sodom_n that_o look_v brave_o to_o the_o eye_n but_o as_o soon_o as_o touch_v they_o crumble_v to_o dust_n and_o do_v not_o many_o thousand_o poor_a foolish_a sinner_n choose_v these_o before_o the_o gold_n before_o the_o gold_n try_v in_o the_o fire_n viz._n real_a grace_n such_o as_o make_v such_o a_o choice_n be_v fool_n and_o shall_v never_o inherit_v do_v not_o moses_n tell_v the_o people_n of_o israel_n he_o lay_v life_n and_o death_n before_o they_o deut._n 30.19_o and_o put_v they_o to_o their_o choice_n and_o oh_o what_o folly_n sinner_n be_v it_o to_o choose_v death_n rather_o than_o life_n oh_o this_o will_v be_v the_o sting_n of_o thy_o eternal_a misery_n that_o thou_o like_v a_o foolish_a wretch_n do_v make_v such_o a_o choice_n it_o be_v thy_o own_o choice_n thou_o be_v undo_v for_o ever_o but_o it_o be_v thy_o own_o do_v thou_o thyself_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o this_o this_o will_v justify_v god_n in_o thy_o own_o conscience_n to_o all_o eternity_n oh_o what_o cry_v out_o be_v there_o sinner_n in_o hell_n what_o a_o fool_n be_v i_o to_o make_v such_o a_o choice_n i_o may_v have_v be_v happy_a for_o ever_o as_o i_o be_o now_o miserable_a if_o i_o have_v make_v a_o wise_a choice_n 6._o be_v not_o he_o a_o fool_n that_o be_v afflict_v day_n by_o day_n and_o still_o go_v on_o and_o keep_v his_o course_n of_o sin_v still_o a_o reproof_n enter_v more_o into_o a_o wise_a man_n than_o a_o hundred_o stripe_n into_o a_o fool_n prov._n 17.10_o a_o fool_n will_v be_v a_o fool_n still_o give_v he_o one_o blow_n after_o another_o until_o you_o tell_v a_o hundred_o o_o how_o many_o blow_n have_v many_o sinner_n have_v sometime_o a_o blow_n in_o their_o estate_n another_o while_n a_o blow_n in_o their_o body_n another_o while_o a_o blow_n in_o their_o family_n sometime_o in_o their_o trade_n nay_o add_v to_o all_o these_o sometime_o in_o their_o soul_n by_o conviction_n under_o ordinance_n and_o thus_o god_n lay_v on_o time_n after_o time_n but_o what_o come_v of_o all_o these_o blow_n alas_o the_o poor_a sinner_n be_v a_o fool_n still_o he_o go_v on_o still_o bray_v a_o fool_n in_o a_o mortar_n among_o wheat_n with_o a_o pestle_n yet_o will_v not_o his_o foolishness_n depart_v from_o he_o prov._n 27.22_o these_o fool_n be_v worse_o than_o madman_n and_o bedlam_n they_o be_v often_o restore_v to_o reason_n again_o by_o correction_n and_o severity_n poor_a sinner_n have_v not_o thou_o be_v such_o a_o fool_n o_o how_o many_o blow_n have_v thou_o lay_v under_o how_o many_o rod_n have_v god_n spend_v upon_o thou_o how_o often_o have_v god_n make_v thou_o sick_a by_o smite_v thou_o and_o yet_o god_n rod_n have_v not_o whip_v out_o the_o bundle_n of_o folly_n that_o be_v wrap_v up_o in_o thy_o heart_n as_o thou_o have_v be_v so_o thou_o be_v a_o poor_a foolish_a one_o to_o this_o day_n o_o poor_a sinner_n what_o if_o upon_o thy_o incorrigibleness_n the_o lord_n shall_v say_v to_o thou_o as_o he_o do_v to_o they_o why_o shall_v you_o be_v smite_v any_o more_o you_o rebel_v more_o and_o more_o o_o how_o sad_a will_v this_o be_v sinner_n do_v you_o never_o read_v that_o word_n prov._n 19.29_o judgement_n be_v prepare_v for_o the_o scorner_n and_o stripe_n for_o the_o back_n of_o fool_n thou_o be_v both_o whilst_o thou_o make_v a_o mock_n at_o sin_n it_o be_v no_o wonder_n if_o the_o lord_n have_v rod_n for_o such_o back_n 7._o be_v not_o he_o a_o fool_n who_o have_v a_o price_n put_v into_o his_o hand_n and_o have_v no_o heart_n to_o use_v it_o wherefore_o be_v there_o a_o price_n in_o the_o hand_n of_o a_o fool_n to_o get_v wisdom_n see_v he_o have_v no_o heart_n to_o it_o prov._n 17.16_o ah_o sinner_n how_o many_o opportunity_n have_v you_o have_v in_o your_o day_n to_o get_v wisdom_n for_o your_o soul_n for_o heaven_n and_o eternity_n and_o you_o have_v let_v they_o slip_v o_o what_o grand_a folly_n be_v this_o to_o play_v the_o fool_n for_o your_o precious_a soul_n be_v 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