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the_o heart_n prepare_v in_o thing_n that_o be_v good_a vers_fw-la 13._o if_o thou_o prepare_v thy_o heart_n etc._n etc._n and_o then_o vers_n 15._o then_o shall_v thou_o lift_v up_o thy_o face_n without_o spot_n yea_o thou_o shall_v be_v steadfast_a and_o shall_v not_o fear_v when_o the_o heart_n be_v prepare_v for_o that_o that_o be_v good_a when_o it_o come_v into_o the_o presence_n of_o god_n it_o be_v able_a to_o lift_v up_o itself_o without_o fear_n in_o a_o steadfast_a comfortable_a way_n and_o this_o will_v quit_v the_o cost_n of_o any_o labour_n second_o if_o the_o heart_n be_v prepare_v it_o will_v do_v a_o great_a deal_n in_o a_o little_a time_n in_o a_o chron._n 29._o 36._o it_o be_v say_v that_o hezekiah_n rejoice_v and_o all_o the_o poeple_n that_o god_n have_v prepare_v the_o people_n for_o the_o thing_n be_v do_v sudden_o the_o thing_n come_v off_o free_o and_o sudden_o when_o as_o that_o they_o be_v prepare_v hezekiah_n rejoice_v and_o bless_a god_n for_o such_o a_o 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