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world_n we_o be_v loath_a to_o walk_v thy_o path_n yet_o proud_o do_v we_o brag_v and_o talk_v of_o come_v to_o thou_o but_o we_o be_v loath_a to_o climb_v that_o ladder_n that_o will_v mount_v we_o to_o see_v he_o that_o sit_v upon_o the_o throne_n o_o how_o weak_a and_o lame_a be_v our_o devotion_n it_o be_v our_o great_a shame_n to_o see_v how_o nimble_o we_o do_v thus_o pursue_v the_o perish_a delight_n within_o our_o view_n but_o make_v so_o little_a progress_n in_o that_o race_n that_o thou_o have_v set_v all_o way_n before_o our_o face_n oh_o quicken_v and_o make_v we_o earnest_a with_o holy_a love_n to_o invocate_v our_o christ_n that_o sit_v above_o to_o give_v we_o of_o thy_o spirit_n that_o we_o may_v move_v with_o holy_a zeal_n to_o the_o altar_n of_o thy_o love_n where_o the_o bless_a angel_n do_v ever_o attend_v as_o minister_a spirit_n that_o ascend_v and_o descend_v proverb_n 18.14_o but_o a_o wound_a spirit_n who_o can_v bear_v hark_v o_o my_o soul_n consider_v this_o 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