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5._o 8._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o man_n a_o sinner_n a_o very_a mixture_n &_o compound_n of_o dirt_n and_o sin_n for_o the_o first_o that_o this_o be_v so_o i_o shall_v give_v you_o most_o clear_a proof_n and_o open_v they_o to_o you_o see_v it_o in_o job_n no_o man_n ever_o receive_v a_o fair_a or_o a_o more_o valuable_a certificate_n under_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n or_o the_o broad_a seal_n of_o heaven_n for_o his_o be_v a_o soul_n famous_a in_o grace_n and_o holiness_n than_o job_n as_o you_o may_v see_v job_n 1._o 8._o and_o the_o lord_n say_v unto_o satan_n have_v thou_o consider_v my_o servant_n job_n that_o there_o be_v none_o like_o he_o in_o the_o earth_n a_o perfect_a and_o a_o upright_a man_n one_o that_o fear_v god_n and_o eschew_v evil_a and_o yet_o no_o man_n can_v speak_v more_o undervalue_o of_o himself_o than_o job_n do_v job_n 42._o 5_o 6._o i_o have_v hear_v of_o thou_o by_o the_o hear_n of_o the_o ear_n but_o now_o my_o eye_n see_v thou_o i_o abhor_v 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honour_n and_o the_o happiness_n to_o overcome_v the_o god_n of_o mercy_n yet_o judge_n himself_o unworthy_a of_o the_o least_o mercy_n ah_o how_o low_o be_v that_o soul_n in_o his_o own_o eye_n that_o be_v most_o honourable_a in_o god_n eye_n david_n you_o know_v be_v a_o man_n after_o god_n own_o heart_n a_o man_n high_o honour_v much_o belove_v and_o dear_o prize_v by_o the_o 5._o 1_o king_n 15._o 5._o lord_n yet_o 1_o sam._n 26._o 20._o he_o count_v himself_o a_o flea_n and_o what_o eye_n 1_o sam._n 26._o 20._o psal_n 22._o 6._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tolagnath_n a_o humble_a soul_n be_v a_o little_a little_a nothing_o in_o his_o own_o eye_n be_v more_o contemptible_a than_o a_o flea_n in_o psal_n 22._o 6._o i_o be_o a_o worm_n say_v he_o and_z no_o man_n the_o word_n that_o be_v there_o render_v worm_n be_v a_o word_n that_o signify_v a_o very_a little_a worm_n which_o breed_v in_o scarlet_a a_o worm_n that_o be_v so_o little_a that_o a_o man_n can_v hardly_o see_v or_o 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paâ—cere_fw-la subjectis_fw-la &_o debellare_fw-la superbos_fw-la to_o spare_v the_o lowly_a and_o strike_v down_o the_o proud_a isa_n 23._o 9_o i_o think_v it_o be_v far_o great_a than_o have_v be_v know_v in_o the_o generation_n before_o we_o ah_o england_n england_n what_o folly_n what_o damnable_a wickedness_n be_v this_o that_o thou_o shall_v be_v a_o lift_v thyself_o up_o in_o pride_n when_o god_n be_v a_o stain_v the_o pride_n of_o all_o glory_n and_o bring_v into_o contempt_n the_o honourable_a of_o the_o earth_n and_o a_o
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