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thorough_o thou_o must_v to_o find_v out_o what_o evil_a deprive_v thou_o of_o so_o great_a a_o good_a and_o in_o serious_a soul_n search_v god_n will_v speak_v to_o thy_o conscience_n and_o conscience_n will_v speak_v plain_o to_o thou_o and_o tell_v thou_o wherein_o thou_o do_v give_v distaste_n to_o thy_o comforter_n and_o what_o be_v the_o cause_n he_o forsake_v thy_o soul_n and_o when_o thou_o have_v find_v out_o that_o evil_a which_o conscience_n tell_v thou_o deprive_v thou_o of_o so_o great_a a_o good_a thou_o must_v fall_v very_o foul_a with_o it_o how_o sweet_a soever_o it_o have_v be_v unto_o thou_o thy_o great_a work_n must_v be_v to_o bring_v thy_o heart_n to_o a_o holy_a revenge_n upon_o this_o sin_n to_o abhor_v it_o and_o thyself_o because_o of_o it_o and_o to_o become_v very_o vile_a as_o job_n say_v and_o very_o low_a in_o thy_o own_o eye_n bring_v thy_o heart_n to_o admire_v the_o infinite_a patience_n and_o mercy_n of_o god_n that_o thing_n be_v no_o worse_o with_o thy_o soul_n that_o god_n have_v not_o cut_v thou_o off_o in_o the_o act_n of_o that_o sin_n for_o which_o he_o desert_v thou_o that_o he_o have_v leave_v any_o place_n for_o repentance_n and_o give_v the_o least_o desire_n to_o set_v about_o this_o work_n and_o when_o thou_o be_v come_v thus_o far_o possible_o the_o light_n of_o god_n countenance_n may_v begin_v now_o and_o then_o to_o glance_v into_o thy_o soul_n as_o at_o some_o little_a cranny_n or_o at_o least_o some_o more_o than_o ordinary_a lightsomness_n may_v appear_v in_o thy_o dark_a dull_a soul_n as_o there_o do_v in_o the_o dark_a morning_n some_o space_n of_o time_n before_o the_o sun_n appear_v that_o have_v leave_v this_o horizon_n now_o this_o beam_n of_o light_n or_o this_o little_a lightsomenesse_n of_o soul_n thou_o must_v much_o admire_v and_o acknowledge_v a_o unfathomed_a depth_n of_o love_n in_o it_o that_o god_n shall_v so_o much_o as_o once_o stoop_v to_o cast_v a_o eye_n after_o thou_o more_o to_o give_v 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brotherly_a love_n come_v near_o to_o i_o i_o pray_v you_o i_o be_o joseph_n your_o brother_n etc._n etc._n 45.4_o gen._n 45.4_o thus_o christ_n our_o elder_a brother_n deal_v with_o we_o who_o do_v unkind_o &_o unbrother_o use_v he_o he_o will_v handle_v we_o very_o rough_o and_o put_v we_o in_o fear_n of_o the_o loss_n of_o our_o best_a life_n he_o will_v make_v our_o conscience_n speak_v bitter_a thing_n against_o we_o and_o let_v loose_v the_o devil_n to_o tell_v we_o that_o we_o be_v spy_n hypocrite_n and_o false_a friend_n to_o christ_n in_o this_o distract_a affright_a perplex_a state_n he_o may_v hold_v we_o many_o day_n many_o week_n many_o month_n but_o he_o can_v hold_v in_o his_o brotherly_a love_n always_o if_o we_o patient_o bear_v his_o frown_n and_o kind_o entreat_v he_o and_o bring_v benjamin_n to_o he_o his_o own_o blood_n and_o merit_n this_o will_v make_v his_o bowel_n work_v and_o make_v he_o unmask_v himself_o and_o say_v come_v near_o to_o i_o o_o mourn_a soul_n 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