we_o soon_o forget_v thy_o work_n and_o wait_v not_o for_o thy_o counsel_n ver._n 21._o we_o forget_v god_n our_o saviour_n which_o have_v do_v so_o great_a thing_n for_o we_o 22._o wondrous_a thing_n in_o the_o land_n of_o our_o habitation_n and_o fearful_a thing_n upon_o the_o great_a sea_n psal_n 78.32_o for_o all_o this_o we_o sin_v still_o and_o believe_v not_o for_o his_o wondrous_a work_n ver._n 41._o we_o turn_v back_o and_o tempt_v god_n and_o limit_v the_o holy_a one_o of_o israel_n we_o turn_v back_o and_o deal_v unfaithful_o we_o turn_v aside_o like_o a_o deceitful_a bow_n psal_n 78.5_o etc._n etc._n thou_o establish_v thy_o testimony_n in_o our_o jacob_n and_o appoint_v thy_o gospel_n in_o our_o israel_n which_o thou_o command_v our_o father_n that_o they_o shall_v make_v they_o know_v to_o we_o their_o child_n that_o the_o generation_n to_o come_v may_v know_v they_o even_o the_o child_n that_o shall_v be_v bear_v who_o shall_v arise_v and_o declare_v they_o to_o their_o 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god_n we_o confess_v there_o be_v nothing_o in_o we_o that_o can_v challenge_v thy_o favour_n or_o bespeak_v any_o relief_n from_o thou_o if_o it_o be_v thy_o pleasure_n to_o destroy_v we_o to_o consume_v we_o with_o all_o thy_o plague_n and_o damn_v we_o all_o even_o our_o whole_a nation_n to_o the_o bottomless_a pit_n of_o hell_n we_o have_v nothing_o to_o reply_v or_o object_n against_o thou_o it_o be_v no_o more_o than_o our_o iniquity_n call_v for_o but_o we_o beseech_v thou_o o_o lord_n to_o be_v gracious_a unto_o we_o all_o that_o we_o can_v do_v be_v to_o beg_v it_o at_o thy_o hand_n to_o beseech_v thy_o pardon_n to_o implore_v thy_o compassion_n to_o plead_v unto_o
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so_o the_o law_n of_o itself_o heal_v none_o but_o make_v way_n only_o and_o propare_v for_o the_o gospel_n which_o apply_v the_o save_a plaster_n thereunto_o the_o law_n be_v our_o schoolmaster_n and_o whip_v we_o unto_o christ_n by_o give_v we_o a_o sense_n of_o our_o sin_n and_o of_o the_o terror_n of_o hell_n and_o the_o curse_n that_o be_v due_a unto_o they_o and_o then_o christ_n heal_v we_o with_o the_o comfort_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o both_o these_o work_n must_v be_v do_v in_o we_o if_o we_o mean_v to_o obtain_v our_o spiritual_a health_n otherwise_o for_o want_v of_o the_o work_n of_o the_o law_n upon_o we_o we_o may_v perish_v through_o security_n and_o never_o know_v what_o disease_n we_o die_v of_o or_o else_o for_o want_v of_o the_o comfort_n of_o the_o gospel_n we_o may_v perish_v through_o despair_n it_o may_v be_v some_o question_n which_o of_o these_o two_o be_v most_o pernicious_a but_o they_o be_v both_o deadly_a and_o if_o the_o question_n be_v which_o be_v 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