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early_a sob_n my_o cheek_n no_o tear_n my_o pensive_a breast_n no_o throb_n my_o hart_n shall_v lack_v no_o zeal_n nor_o tongue_n express_v â—le_v strive_v like_o jacob_n till_o i_o get_v my_o blessing_n say_v then_o be_v cleaâ—e_n i_o will_v never_o stop_v till_o then_o heaven_n never_o shall_v rest_v till_o heaven_n shall_v say_v amen_o the_o argument_n job_n smite_v with_o ulcer_n grovel_v lie_n plunge_v in_o a_o gulf_n of_o misery_n his_o wife_n to_o blasphemy_n do_v tempt_v he_o his_o three_o friend_n visit_v and_o lament_v he_o sect._n 5._o like_a as_o a_o truant-scholler_n who_o delay_n be_v worse_a than_o whip_v have_v leave_n to_o play_v â—â—kes_v haste_n to_o be_v enlarge_v from_o
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linen_n have_v both_o soil_n and_o brack_n the_o best_a of_o man_n have_v sin_n none_o live_v secure_a in_o nature_n nothing_o perfect_a nothing_o pure_a lord_n since_o i_o needs_o must_v sin_v yet_o grant_v that_o i_o forge_v no_o advantage_n by_o infirmity_n since_o that_o my_o vesture_n can_v want_v a_o stain_n assist_v i_o lest_o the_o tincture_n be_v in_o graine_n to_o thou_o my_o great_a redeemer_n do_v i_o fly_v it_o be_v thy_o death_n alone_o can_v change_v my_o dye_n tear_n mingle_v with_o the_o blood_n can_v scour_v so_o that_o scarlet_a sin_n shall_v turn_v as_o white_a as_o snow_n the_o argument_n rash_a eliphaz_n reprove_v and_o rate_n and_o false_o censure_v job_n relate_v his_o vision_n show_v he_o the_o event_n of_o wicked_a man_n bid_v he_o repent_v sect._n 7._o then_o eliphas_n his_o pound_a tongue_n replieve_v and_o say_v shall_v i_o contend_v thou_o will_v be_v grieve_a yet_o what_o man_n can_v refrain_v but_o he_o must_v break_v his_o angry_a silence_n have_v 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