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remember_v i_o can_v not_o call_v to_o mind_n that_o ever_o i_o saâ—e_v god_n forsake_v the_o righteous_a man_n nor_o his_o child_n drive_v to_o beg_v their_o bread_n will_n may_v he_o have_v sometime_o a_o little_a trouble_n come_v upon_o he_o to_o prove_v his_o constancy_n and_o to_o try_v his_o strength_n but_o â—t_z pass_v and_o totter_v on_o without_o aâ—y_n fear_v of_o he_o 28_o i_o have_v see_v a_o man_n that_o have_v â—one_n nothing_o all_o day_n long_o but_o geve_v â—…d_v lend_v so_o as_o a_o man_n will_v have_v say_v â—hat_n he_o have_v take_v great_a pleasure_n in_o scatter_v abroad_o his_o good_n and_o yet_o â—e_v more_o abound_v in_o wealth_n they_o eâ—er_o he_o do_v before_o he_o resemble_v proper_o the_o pipe_n of_o a_o pump_n which_o draw_v water_n by_o cast_v of_o it_o out_o for_o the_o â—ulnesse_n thereof_o can_v not_o abide_v that_o aâ—y_a emptiness_n shall_v be_v in_o it_o and_o so_o â—he_v rightuous_a man_n geve_v and_o god_n forthwith_o fill_v he_o again_o his_o 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