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the_o lamentation_n we_o may_v take_v up_o that_o true_o to_o this_o very_a day_n we_o have_v not_o faith_n enough_o to_o carry_v we_o from_o one_o miracle_n to_o another_o from_o one_o deliverance_n to_o another_o from_o one_o salvation_n to_o another_o let_v one_o deliverance_n pass_v over_o our_o head_n and_o no_o soon_o one_o wave_n rise_v high_a than_o another_o but_o we_o be_v ready_a to_o cry_v out_o with_o peter_n lord_n save_o mâ—…_n i_o perish_v and_o well_o be_v it_o if_o our_o fear_n do_v issue_n into_o tear_n and_o cry_n after_o christ_n we_o rather_o be_v ready_a to_o cry_v out_o as_o those_o in_o ezek._n 37._o 11._o our_o bone_n be_v dry_v and_o our_o hope_n be_v lose_v we_o be_v cut_v
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