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deep,<00:12:46.509><c> sensual</c><00:12:46.970><c> things</c><00:12:47.289><c> of</c><00:12:47.470><c> which</c><00:12:47.669><c> we</c><00:12:47.830><c> need</c><00:12:48.110><c> to</c><00:12:48.269><c> fear.</c><00:12:48.970><c> I</c><00:12:49.190><c> shouldn't</c><00:12:49.549><c> think</c><00:12:49.970><c> so.</c>

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things.<00:12:55.649><c> There</c><00:12:55.929><c> are</c><00:12:56.049><c> men</c><00:12:56.250><c> living</c><00:12:56.570><c> out</c><00:12:56.889><c> there</c><00:12:57.149><c> whose</c><00:12:57.389><c> lives</c>

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are<00:13:03.490><c> of</c><00:13:03.690><c> the</c><00:13:03.850><c> noblest.</c><00:13:05.649><c> You</c><00:13:05.710><c> would,</c><00:13:05.990><c> if</c><00:13:06.250><c> you</c><00:13:06.610><c> examined</c><00:13:07.029><c> it,</c>

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you<00:13:07.350><c> would</c><00:13:07.629><c> find</c><00:13:07.830><c> that</c><00:13:08.190><c> so.</c>

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be<00:13:21.830><c> bound.</c><00:13:23.909><c> The</c><00:13:24.070><c> best</c><00:13:24.350><c> music.</c>

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And<00:13:27.549><c> every</c><00:13:28.509><c> refinement</c><00:13:29.129><c> is</c><00:13:30.210><c> of</c><00:13:30.570><c> the</c><00:13:30.710><c> noblest.</c><00:13:33.950><c> And</c><00:13:34.730><c> yet</c><00:13:34.889><c> they</c>

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live<00:13:35.289><c> their</c><00:13:35.509><c> lives</c><00:13:35.950><c> without</c><00:13:36.309><c> God.</c>

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There<00:13:39.570><c> is</c><00:13:39.830><c> a</c><00:13:39.990><c> sense,</c><00:13:40.549><c> therefore,</c><00:13:40.710><c> in</c><00:13:40.929><c> which</c><00:13:41.149><c> they</c><00:13:41.389><c> are</c><00:13:41.730><c> vulgar</c><00:13:42.149><c> men.</c>

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are<00:13:51.090><c> vulgar</c><00:13:51.509><c> men.</c><00:13:52.769><c> Because,</c><00:13:53.389><c> you</c><00:13:53.549><c> see,</c>

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and<00:13:57.990><c> vulgarity</c><00:13:58.629><c> is</c><00:13:58.850><c> not</c><00:13:59.090><c> valid.</c>

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nor<00:14:11.590><c> vulgar.</c><00:14:12.429><c> He</c><00:14:12.429><c> is</c><00:14:13.649><c> without</c><00:14:14.029><c> God.</c>

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So<00:14:17.370><c> I</c><00:14:17.610><c> am</c><00:14:17.750><c> saying,</c><00:14:18.149><c> I</c><00:14:18.269><c> only</c><00:14:18.570><c> mention</c><00:14:18.909><c> that</c><00:14:19.169><c> to</c><00:14:19.389><c> enforce</c><00:14:19.850><c> the</c>

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whatever<00:14:29.090><c> they</c><00:14:29.269><c> are,</c><00:14:29.509><c> they</c><00:14:29.710><c> become</c><00:14:29.950><c> a</c><00:14:30.190><c> curse.</c><00:14:31.269><c> A</c><00:14:31.309><c> man</c><00:14:31.529><c> of</c><00:14:31.649><c> God</c>

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That<00:14:35.769><c> was</c><00:14:36.029><c> the</c><00:14:36.230><c> great</c><00:14:37.049><c> argument</c><00:14:37.730><c> of</c><00:14:37.929><c> the</c><00:14:38.129><c> Apostle</c><00:14:38.649><c> Paul</c><00:14:39.190><c> in</c><00:14:39.669><c> the</c><00:14:40.509><c> letter</c><00:14:40.929><c> to</c>

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I<00:14:43.629><c> can</c><00:14:43.809><c> do</c><00:14:43.990><c> all</c><00:14:44.190><c> things</c><00:14:44.409><c> through</c><00:14:44.610><c> Christ</c><00:14:44.970><c> which</c><00:14:45.250><c> strengthens</c>

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overexalted<00:14:56.990><c> when</c><00:14:57.210><c> he</c><00:14:57.429><c> abounded</c><00:14:58.289><c> because</c><00:14:59.009><c> he</c><00:14:59.129><c> was</c><00:14:59.350><c> able</c><00:14:59.610><c> to</c>

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detach<00:15:00.169><c> himself</c><00:15:00.970><c> by</c><00:15:01.950><c> mastery</c><00:15:02.590><c> from</c><00:15:02.850><c> each</c><00:15:03.110><c> circumstance.</c>

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enjoyed<00:15:18.929><c> what</c><00:15:19.450><c> was</c><00:15:19.730><c> good</c><00:15:20.289><c> and</c><00:15:21.049><c> he</c><00:15:21.169><c> wasn't</c><00:15:22.909><c> utterly</c><00:15:23.309><c> depressed</c>

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captivity.<00:15:57.370><c> If</c><00:15:57.509><c> somebody</c><00:15:57.909><c> says,</c><00:15:58.370><c> well</c><00:15:58.370><c> what</c><00:15:58.649><c> things</c><00:15:59.070><c> do</c><00:15:59.330><c> you</c>

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specific.<00:16:04.110><c> Well</c><00:16:04.470><c> it</c><00:16:04.610><c> won't</c><00:16:04.870><c> be</c><00:16:05.049><c> any</c><00:16:05.289><c> good</c><00:16:05.730><c> really</c><00:16:06.789><c> about</c><00:16:07.210><c> me</c><00:16:07.490><c> being</c><00:16:07.730><c> specific</c><00:16:08.210><c> because</c><00:16:08.549><c> I</c>

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fasting.<00:16:49.450><c> That</c><00:16:49.710><c> is</c><00:16:49.929><c> the</c><00:16:50.049><c> one</c><00:16:50.269><c> thing</c><00:16:50.490><c> against</c><00:16:50.730><c> which</c><00:16:51.049><c> you</c><00:16:51.190><c> ought</c><00:16:51.409><c> to</c>

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resolve.<00:16:53.750><c> Now</c><00:16:53.850><c> I</c><00:16:54.049><c> don't</c><00:16:54.309><c> know</c><00:16:54.509><c> what</c><00:16:54.769><c> the</c><00:16:54.950><c> one</c><00:16:55.250><c> thing</c><00:16:55.470><c> is,</c><00:16:55.730><c> but</c>

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straight.<00:17:26.130><c> It</c><00:17:26.349><c> may</c><00:17:26.549><c> mean</c><00:17:27.369><c> going</c><00:17:29.170><c> around</c><00:17:30.690><c> in</c><00:17:30.970><c> a</c><00:17:31.089><c> certain</c><00:17:31.309><c> direction</c><00:17:31.849><c> in</c><00:17:32.089><c> order</c><00:17:32.390><c> to</c>

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good.<00:18:10.670><c> That's</c><00:18:10.789><c> what</c><00:18:10.970><c> I</c><00:18:11.210><c> know.</c>

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it<00:18:55.210><c> leaves</c><00:18:55.390><c> the</c><00:18:55.589><c> body</c><00:18:55.849><c> emaciated.</c>

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I<00:19:06.809><c> mean</c><00:19:06.930><c> putting</c><00:19:07.150><c> it</c><00:19:07.430><c> to</c><00:19:07.450><c> you</c><00:19:07.670><c> frankly.</c><00:19:09.130><c> Supposing</c><00:19:09.450><c> you</c><00:19:09.630><c> are</c><00:19:09.849><c> hungry</c><00:19:10.529><c> and</c><00:19:11.609><c> somebody</c><00:19:11.950><c> talks</c><00:19:12.430><c> to</c><00:19:12.650><c> you</c><00:19:12.789><c> about</c><00:19:13.009><c> a</c>

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children.<00:20:23.670><c> So</c><00:20:24.369><c> that's</c><00:20:25.789><c> what</c><00:20:26.170><c> I</c><00:20:26.430><c> think</c><00:20:26.750><c> we</c><00:20:26.990><c> ought</c><00:20:27.190><c> to</c><00:20:27.390><c> understand</c><00:20:27.910><c> by</c><00:20:28.210><c> fasting</c><00:20:28.750><c> and</c><00:20:29.349><c> I</c>

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