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â—ee_z sin_n you_o and_o your_o king_n shall_v perish_v a_o watch_z word_n concern_v the_o forty_o and_o one_o king_n that_o do_v reign_v over_o god_n people_n â—et_a prince_n learn_v by_o these_o one_o and_o forty_o how_o rare_a it_o be_v both_o good_a and_o prince_n to_o be_v â—s_n most_o clear_a that_o it_o be_v a_o hear_v thing_n 〈◊〉_d be_v both_o good_a and_o honou'rd_v as_o a_o king_n â—eed_o lust_n and_o pride_n do_v cog_v most_o easy_o â—emselves_n in_o heart_n poison_v with_o flattery_n the_o garden_n of_o zion_n the_o book_n of_o ezra_n a_o prayer_n when_o night_n on_o man_n dumb_a silence_n shaâ—_n distil_v when_o weary_a bone_n themselves_o witâ—_n sleep_n do_v fill_v when_o gloomy_a darkness_n hush_v every_o thing_n then_o let_v thy_o spirit_n verse_n of_o virtue_n bring_v into_o my_o mind_n well_o store_v with_o thy_o gra_fw-mi e_fw-la which_o may_v the_o heart_n of_o worthy_a man_n solace_v while_o night_n black_a mantle_n cour_v a_o greâ—_n part_n â—t_z thy_o aurora_n 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the_o cope_n oedain_v the_o house_n to_o bring_v ezra_n a_o helper_n chap._n 1._o after_o that_o salems_n temple_n have_v liâ—_n long_o burn_v in_o ash_n and_o the_o jew_n hâ—_n among_o their_o foe_n be_v captive_n goâ—_n make_v cyrus_n king_n of_o persia_n to_o care_n for_o rebuilding_n of_o god_n fair_a house_n for_o this_o occasion_n he_o cause_v publish_v a_o proclamation_n when_o this_o be_v hear_v these_o who_o before_o diâ—_n mourn_v with_o joy_n in_o haste_n provide_v to_o return_v then_o to_o sheshbazzar_n in_o a_o plenteous_a store_n the_o temple_n vessel_n cyrus_n do_v restore_v chap._n 2._o of_o the_o people_n return_v three_o thousand_o six_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o with_o ready_a hand_n to_o build_v the_o house_n which_o burn_v before_o have_v be_v of_o priest_n
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