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many_o infirmity_n than_o it_o be_v time_n to_o cleanse_v ourselves_o from_o all_o filthiness_n of_o flesh_n and_o spirit_n to_o enter_v at_o least_o upon_o a_o life_n of_o holiness_n to_o wash_v our_o hand_n and_o heart_n in_o innocence_n and_o so_o to_o compass_v the_o altar_n of_o god_n be_v thus_o right_o dispose_v we_o be_v then_o to_o behold_v the_o fountain_n which_o be_v open_v to_o we_o for_o sin_n and_o for_o uncleanness_n i_o mean_v the_o blood_n of_o christ_n which_o purge_v our_o conscience_n from_o all_o dead_a work_n to_o serve_v the_o live_a god_n heb._n 9_o 14._o now_o it_o be_v a_o seasonable_a time_n for_o we_o to_o call_v to_o mind_v the_o coronary_a thorn_n the_o scourge_n the_o nail_n and_o the_o spear_n which_o open_v this_o fountain_n to_o remember_v our_o bless_a lord_n agony_n in_o the_o garden_n his_o bloody_a sweat_n his_o buffet_n and_o stripe_n his_o dolour_n and_o most_o bitter_a death_n upon_o the_o cross_n to_o consider_v that_o all_o this_o be_v for_o 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