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occasion_n or_o some_o cross_a accident_n which_o come_v over_o he_o which_o do_v but_o cloud_n and_o eclipse_v his_o mercy_n as_o the_o interposition_n of_o a_o gross_a body_n do_v the_o sun_n but_o not_o put_v out_o its_o light_n at_o the_o very_a sight_n of_o misery_n mercy_n be_v awake_a up_o and_o either_o do_v of_o suffering_n who_o be_v weak_a 11.29_o 2_o cor._n 11.29_o and_o i_o be_o not_o weak_a say_v saint_n paul_n who_o be_v offend_v and_o i_o burn_v not_o if_o i_o but_o see_v he_o weak_a i_o faint_v and_o if_o i_o see_v he_o vex_v i_o be_o on_o fire_n nature_n be_v active_a and_o will_v work_v to_o its_o end_n heavy_a body_n will_v descend_v and_o light_a body_n will_v mount_v upward_o and_o mercy_n will_v give_v and_o lend_v and_o forgive_v it_o can_v be_v idle_a inquies_fw-la opere_fw-la svo_fw-la pascitur_fw-la pres_fw-fr livi._n pres_fw-fr it_o be_v restless_a and_o be_v make_v more_o restless_a by_o its_o work_n which_o be_v indeed_o its_o pleasure_n it_o be_v then_o most_o true_o mercy_n when_o it_o show_v itself_o if_o occasion_n present_v itself_o it_o soon_o lay_v hold_v of_o it_o if_o the_o object_n appear_v it_o be_v carry_v to_o it_o with_o the_o speed_n of_o a_o thought_n and_o reach_v it_o as_o soon_o if_o there_o be_v no_o object_n it_o create_v one_o if_o there_o be_v no_o occasion_n it_o study_n one_o be_v there_o yet_o any_o left_a of_o the_o house_n of_o saul_n that_o i_o may_v show_v kindness_n to_o for_o jonathans_n sake_n and_o be_v there_o no_o lazar_n to_o feed_v no_o widow_n to_o visit_v no_o wound_n to_o bind_v up_o no_o weak_a brother_n to_o be_v restore_v none_o that_o be_v in_o darkness_n and_o error_n to_o be_v bring_v into_o the_o light_n these_o be_v the_o quaeres_fw-la the_o true_a dialect_n this_o be_v the_o ambition_n of_o mercy_n it_o belong_v more_o for_o a_o occasion_n to_o vent_v itself_o than_o the_o adulterer_n do_v for_o the_o twilight_n lay_n hold_v of_o the_o least_o as_o of_o a_o great_a one_o think_v 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