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god_n what_o miserable_a uncertainty_n there_o be_v in_o these_o worldly_a hope_n but_o yesterday_o i_o make_v account_n of_o a_o eminent_a advantage_n of_o my_o estate_n which_o now_o end_v in_o a_o deep_a loss_n how_o do_v we_o late_o feed_v ourselves_o with_o the_o hope_n of_o a_o firm_a and_o during_o peace_n which_o now_o shut_v up_o in_o too_o much_o blood_n how_o confident_o do_v i_o rely_v upon_o the_o promise_a favour_n of_o some_o great_a friend_n which_o now_o leave_v i_o in_o the_o sud_n as_o the_o scorn_n of_o a_o miscalled_n fortune_n in_o how_o slippery_a place_n o_o lord_n do_v our_o foot_n stand_v if_o that_o may_v be_v say_v to_o stand_v which_o be_v ever_o slide_v never_o fix_v and_o not_o more_o slippery_a then_o brittle_a so_o as_o there_o be_v not_o more_o danger_n of_o fall_v then_o of_o sink_v with_o thou_o o_o god_n with_o thou_o only_o be_v a_o constant_a immutability_n of_o happiness_n there_o let_v i_o seek_v it_o there_o let_v i_o find_v it_o and_o 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