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21_o 22._o ver_fw-la he_o describe_v it_o yet_o say_v he_o for_o 23._o if_o there_o be_v a_o messenger_n to_o show_v a_o man_n his_o uprightness_n that_o be_v that_o righteousness_n that_o be_v lay_v up_o for_o man_n in_o the_o lord_n jesus_n then_o god_n be_v gracious_a to_o he_o and_o say_v deliver_v he_o and_o he_o rest_v thereupon_o his_o flesh_n return_v to_o he_o again_o it_o be_v a_o mean_n to_o stay_v he_o and_o restore_v he_o i_o mention_v these_o place_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n rather_o than_o of_o the_o new_a out_o of_o which_o you_o see_v god_n name_n and_o his_o son_n name_n be_v al-sufficient_a to_o uphold_v and_o support_v a_o soul_n so_o the_o penman_n of_o that_o psalm_n whether_o david_n or_o whoever_o psal_n 130._o when_o he_o be_v in_o his_o depth_n as_o ver_fw-la 1_o 2._o plunge_v over_o head_n and_o ear_n in_o sorrow_n and_o discomfiture_n what_o have_v his_o faith_n recourse_n unto_o 〈◊〉_d 4._o to_o god_n name_n to_o nothing_o that_o be_v in_o himself_o 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