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de_fw-fr prov._n 4._o p._n 100_o subjungit_fw-la ad_fw-la pudorem_fw-la etc._n etc._n sal._n ibid._n but_o if_o i_o do_v not_o fear_v before_o this_o power_n and_o tremble_v too_o i_o be_o short_a of_o the_o devil_n for_o he_o do_v both_o we_o may_v think_v hereon_o when_o we_o behold_v the_o firmament_n of_o his_o power_n and_o the_o glory_n thereof_o which_o be_v as_o we_o have_v hear_v though_o we_o have_v not_o hear_v the_o half_a thereof_o and_o yet_o though_o thus_o outward_o glorious_a this_o out-court_n be_v it_o must_v be_v dissolve_v and_o by_o fire_n what_o confidence_n can_v we_o then_o put_v in_o any_o thing_n we_o call_v flesh_n or_o in_o these_o vile_a body_n of_o we_o if_o the_o firmament_n that_o firm_a and_o fast_o thing_n shall_v not_o still_o continue_v of_o how_o small_a continuance_n be_v man_n and_o the_o thing_n of_o this_o earth_n which_o we_o dote_v upon_o but_o to_o leave_v that_o and_o to_o raise_v our_o thought_n high_a where_o they_o shall_v fix_v we_o 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