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wife_n and_o child_n and_o flesh_n and_o heart_n fail_v thou_o and_o forsake_v thou_o godliness_n will_v say_v to_o thou_o and_o stand_v to_o it_o also_o as_o peterâ—o_o â—o_z christ_n though_o all_o forsake_v thou_o yet_o will_v not_o i._o wâ—en_v the_o world_n trinity_n credit_n profit_n and_o pleasure_n serve_v their_o lover_n and_o worshipper_n as_o rat_n and_o mouse_n do_v a_o house_n leave_v it_o when_o it_o be_v on_o fire_n fly_v from_o they_o in_o their_o need_n and_o extremity_n godliness_n will_v stick_v to_o thou_o as_o close_v as_o fast_o as_o ruth_n to_o naomi_n where_o thou_o go_v it_o will_v go_v where_o thou_o lodge_v it_o will_v lodge_v nay_o it_o will_v follow_v thou_o into_o the_o other_o world_n and_o abide_v with_o thou_o a_o cordial_a a_o comfort_n for_o ever_o it_o will_v give_v thou_o cause_n to_o say_v to_o it_o as_o she_o to_o her_o daughter_n in_o law_n thou_o have_v show_v more_o kindness_n to_o i_o at_o the_o latter_a end_n then_o at_o the_o beginning_n 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