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THE
LOST AND UNDONE
Son of Perdition.
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It is to be observed, that the Scripture makes mention of three Judases; the first in Judas Maccabeus, the second Judas the son of Joseph, the reputed father of our Lord; and third, Judas Iscariot, the son of a tanner, living in repute at Joppa, a sea-port town near Jerusalem. This Judas who betrayed our Lord, was his mother's first child, who dreamed that the child in her womb would prove both a thief and a murderer, and bring her and her generation to shame & disgrace: which so terrified her, that she was like to go distracted; but her husband strove to pacify her, bidding her leave it to God the wise disposer of all things who may take it away in its