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    "text": "Hear what the Lord, the great Amen,",
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   {
    "text": "The true and faithful Witness, says;",
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    "text": "He form’d the vast creation’s plan,",
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    "text": "To some he speaks as once of old,",
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    "text": "“I know thee, thy profession’s vain;",
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    "text": "Since thou art neither hot nor cold.,",
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    "text": "I’ll spit thee from me with disdain.",
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    "text": "“Thou boasted, ‘I am wise and rich,",
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    "text": "And dost not know thou art a wretch,",
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    "text": "“Yet while I thus rebuke I love,",
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    "text": "My message is in mercy sent;",
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    "text": "That thou may’st my compassion prove,",
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    "text": "I can forgive if thou repent.",
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    "text": "“Wouldst thou be truly rich and wise!",
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    "text": "Come, buy my gold in fire well tried,",
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    "text": "My ointment to anoint thine eyes,",
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    "text": "My robe thy nakedness to hide.",
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    "text": "“See, at thy door I stand and knock!",
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    "text": "Poor sinner, shall I wait in vain?",
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    "text": "Quickly thy stubborn heart unlock,",
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    "text": "That I may enter with my train.",
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    "text": "“Thou canst not entertain a king,",
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    "text": "But I my own provisions bring,",
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    "text": "To make thy soul a heavenly feast.”",
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