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and_o he_o weep_v plentiful_o much_o eye-water_n do_v not_o cleanse_v but_o foul_a the_o face_n my_o face_n be_v foul_a with_o weep_v vulg._n fancy_n mea_fw-la inturnuit_fw-la a_o fletu_fw-la vulg._n or_o my_o face_n be_v swell_v and_o my_o cheek_n blubber_v with_o weep_v say_v the_o latin_a translator_n note_v here_o three_o sort_n of_o tear_n speak_v of_o in_o scripture_n first_o there_o be_v tear_n of_o worldly_a sorrow_n second_o tear_n of_o godly_a sorrow_n three_o tear_n of_o hypocrisy_n the_o last_o sort_n be_v applyable_a to_o both_o the_o former_a it_o respect_v sometime_o worldly_a sorrow_n and_o sometime_o godly_a sorrow_n for_o both_o may_v be_v feign_a such_o be_v those_o tear_n jer._n 41._o when_o ishmael_n have_v kill_v gedaliah_n the_o text_n say_v ishmael_n go_v to_o mizpeh_n and_o meet_v the_o man_n weep_v all_o along_o as_o he_o go_v as_o if_o he_o have_v be_v great_o trouble_v for_o the_o affliction_n of_o the_o land_n but_o they_o be_v crokadile_n tear_n ishmael_n 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