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sin_n and_o have_v determine_v of_o the_o punishment_n which_o i_o shall_v suffer_v it_o be_v over_o long_o ago_o since_o thou_o do_v couple_v my_o sin_n together_o and_o hold_v they_o fast_o link_v within_o the_o hand_n of_o thy_o justice_n in_o the_o end_n i_o find_v myself_o all_o at_o once_o oppress_v and_o feel_v my_o sin_n as_o a_o hard_a and_o insupportable_a yoke_n tie_v i_o fast_o to_o be_v torment_v i_o yield_v my_o neck_n unto_o the_o punishment_n as_o a_o ox_n unto_o the_o yoke_n under_o the_o hand_n of_o a_o unmerciful_a master_n my_o misery_n give_v i_o no_o rest_n nor_o intermission_n so_o long_o
stream_n of_o blood_n and_o thou_o have_v see_v they_o lie_v on_o their_o back_n with_o their_o eye_n up_o unto_o heaven_n beseech_v thy_o aid_n and_o thou_o o_o lord_n have_v notwithstanding_o all_o this_o turn_v away_o thy_o eye_n from_o they_o and_o as_o if_o thou_o have_v be_v a_o god_n not_o to_o be_v entreat_v have_v without_o either_o pity_n or_o mercy_n run_v through_o they_o all_o with_o the_o sword_n of_o thy_o fury_n tau_n thou_o have_v invite_v all_o my_o neighbour_n nation_n round_o about_o i_o to_o come_v to_o my_o discomfiture_n as_o it_o be_v unto_o a_o marriage_n and_o to_o take_v part_n of_o my_o spoil_n thou_o have_v bring_v they_o in_o such_o great_a multitude_n to_o take_v possession_n of_o i_o a_o to_o compass_v i_o as_o that_o i_o can_v not_o devise_v which_o way_n to_o escape_v they_o thou_o thyself_o have_v sound_v to_o the_o assault_n &_o animate_v they_o to_o my_o destruction_n and_o stop_v up_o the_o passage_n for_o fear_v that_o any_o of_o we_o shall_v be_v 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