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vow_n that_o he_o vow_v unto_o god_n be_v this_o if_o god_n will_v be_v with_o i_o and_o will_v keep_v i_o in_o this_o journey_n that_o i_o go_v and_o will_v give_v i_o bread_n to_o eat_v and_o clothes_n to_o put_v on_o then_o shall_v the_o lord_n be_v my_o god_n and_o i_o shall_v never_o forget_v this_o his_o kindness_n towards_o i_o more_o love_n a_o man_n will_v have_v think_v he_o may_v have_v show_v towards_o god_n if_o he_o have_v promise_v to_o serve_v though_o he_o have_v give_v he_o neither_o bread_n to_o eat_v nor_o clothes_n to_o put_v on_o but_o saint_n chrysostome_n say_v that_o he_o see_v in_o this_o vision_n of_o he_o the_o prosperity_n that_o god_n be_v willing_a to_o throw_v upon_o he_o do_v acknowledge_v the_o thankful_a remembrance_n of_o this_o his_o promise_a &_o hope_v for_o happiness_n for_o prosperity_n be_v evermore_o the_o comparison_n of_o oblivion_n saint_n bernard_n expound_v that_o place_n of_o david_n man_n be_v in_o honour_n 49._o have_v no_o 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that_o foul_a mouth_n of_o thou_o or_o that_o thou_o will_v but_o consider_v who_o thou_o blaspheme_v etc._n etc._n lord_n thou_o have_v not_o wherewith_o to_o draw_v and_o the_o well_o be_v deep_a there_o be_v not_o any_o history_n that_o can_v more_o endear_v the_o great_a reckon_n that_o god_n make_v of_o a_o soul_n than_o to_o see_v how_o our_o saviour_n christ_n do_v here_o suffer_v and_o endure_v the_o ignorances_n of_o this_o vile_a foolish_a woman_n do_v but_o weigh_v &_o consider_v the_o majesty_n which_o god_n do_v enjoy_v in_o heaven_n not_o as_o he_o be_v in_o himself_o for_o man_n imagination_n be_v but_o a_o thimble-ful_a in_o comparison_n of_o the_o incomprehensiblenesse_n thereof_o but_o as_o the_o scripture_n paint_v he_o forth_o unto_o us._n daniel_n reckon_v up_o his_o page_n by_o thousand_o his_o servant_n by_o hundred_o of_o thousand_o the_o heaven_n of_o heaven_n say_v solomon_n be_v straight_o and_o narrow_a palace_n for_o his_o dwell_n excelsior_n coelo_fw-la 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