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be_v with_o thou_o so_o the_o saint_n may_v say_v and_o do_v say_v why_o lord_n will_v thou_o save_v i_o i_o be_o the_o least_o and_o poor_a of_o all_o other_o if_o we_o consider_v the_o reason_n why_o the_o lord_n do_v this_o 3_o and_o that_o be_v because_o of_o nothing_o but_o the_o will_n of_o god_n his_o good_a pleasure_n matth._n 11._o 25._o for_o why_o shall_v their_o vessel_n be_v fill_v they_o receive_v and_o not_o other_o only_a the_o will_n of_o god_n i_o know_v not_o you_o etc._n etc._n of_o which_o hereafter_o if_o we_o consider_v the_o intolerable_a torment_n of_o those_o who_o go_v far_o 4
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