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thou_o unto_o i_o and_o have_v mercy_n upon_o i_o for_o i_o be_o desolate_a and_o afflict_a the_o trouble_n of_o my_o heart_n be_v enlarge_v iii_o how_o short_a we_o be_v of_o what_o the_o lord_n require_v of_o us._n behold_v say_v the_o psalmist_n 51.5.6.7_o psalmist_n psal_n 51.5.6.7_o i_o be_v shape_v in_o iniquity_n and_o in_o sin_n do_v my_o mother_n conceive_v i_o behold_v thou_o desire_v truth_n in_o the_o inward_a part_n ii_o of_o god_n goodness_n consider_v as_o i._o bestow_v on_o we_o ii_o or_o promise_v to_o us._n and_o both_o in_o i._o spiritual_a thing_n as_o in_o that_o thanksgiving_n of_o our_o saviour_n 10.21_o saviour_n luk._n 10.21_o i_o thank_v thou_o o_o father_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n that_o thou_o have_v hide_v these_o thing_n from_o the_o wise_a and_o prudent_a and_o have_v reveal_v they_o unto_o babe_n even_o so_o father_n for_o so_o it_o seem_v good_a in_o thy_o sight_n 2._o or_o in_o temporal_a thing_n as_o jacob_n 32.10_o jacob_n gen._n 32.10_o i_o be_o 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