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consider_v how_o benign_a and_o wonderful_a a_o father_n i_o have_v forsake_v i_o detest_v my_o own_o ingratitude_n when_o i_o consider_v from_o how_o happy_a a_o liberty_n of_o spirit_n into_o how_o miserable_a servitude_n i_o have_v cast_v myself_o i_o condemn_v my_o own_o madness_n and_o be_o whole_o displease_v to_o myself_o nor_o have_v any_o other_o object_n before_o my_o eye_n but_o hell_n and_o desperation_n namely_o that_o do_v terrify_v my_o conscience_n by_o god_n inevitable_a justice_n i_o be_o to_o be_v consume_v like_o rottenness_n sin_n be_v rottenness_n indeed_o for_o it_o destroy_v the_o beauty_n of_o the_o soul_n the_o sweet_a savour_n of_o a_o good_a name_n the_o worth_n of_o grace_n the_o relish_n of_o glory_n it_o be_v true_o dirt_n be_v wallow_v therein_o we_o become_v abominable_a to_o honest_a man_n the_o good_a angel_n and_o the_o just_a god_n it_o be_v true_o smoke_n that_o foretell_v we_o that_o hellfire_n be_v not_o far_o from_o it_o and_o do_v drive_v 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so_o have_v the_o lord_n take_v pity_n upon_o i_o he_o have_v wash_v i_o from_o my_o iniquity_n he_o have_v cleanse_v i_o from_o my_o sin_n he_o know_v whereof_o we_o be_v make_v he_o remember_v we_o be_v but_o dust_n why_o be_v thou_o sad_a o_o my_o soul_n and_o why_o be_v thou_o trouble_v return_v o_o my_o soul_n into_o thy_o rest_n for_o the_o lord_n have_v do_v thou_o good_a he_o have_v deliver_v my_o soul_n from_o death_n my_o eye_n from_o tear_n and_o my_o foot_n from_o fall_v bless_a be_v they_o who_o sin_n be_v forgive_v and_o who_o offence_n be_v cover_v blessed_n be_v the_o man_n unto_o who_o the_o
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