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job._n 19.22_o innocent_a from_o sin_n pure_a from_o misery_n yourselves_o yea_o rather_o why_o do_v you_o pursue_v i_o as_o if_o you_o be_v more_o than_o god_n either_o more_o wife_n to_o apprehend_v or_o more_o zealous_a to_o detest_v or_o more_o strong_a to_o revenge_v the_o greatness_n of_o my_o sin_n that_o whereas_o he_o after_o punishment_n have_v set_v i_o free_a you_o to_o fill_v up_o the_o suppose_a defect_n of_o his_o judgement_n will_v come_v upon_o i_o with_o a_o new_a supply_n of_o your_o stroke_n have_v pity_n have_v pity_n on_o i_o for_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n have_v strike_v i_o but_o these_o word_n will_v not_o have_v move_v merciless_a heart_n and_o so_o those_o distress_a soul_n may_v better_v as_o perchance_o they_o do_v lift_v up_o their_o eye_n unto_o god_n in_o holy_a david_n his_o complaint_n 78.27_o psa_fw-la 78.27_o quem_fw-la tu_fw-la percussisti_fw-la persecuti_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o super_fw-la dolorem_fw-la vulnerum_fw-la meorum_fw-la addiderunt_fw-la 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all_o time_n and_o in_o every_o place_n provide_v for_o death_n god_n show_v in_o his_o saint_n what_o may_v happen_v unto_o sinner_n he_o stroke_v their_o body_n with_o sudden_a and_o short_a oppression_n of_o death_n to_o strike_v into_o our_o soul_n long_o and_o perpetual_a meditation_n of_o death_n the_o chamber_n of_o impurity_n have_v no_o privilege_n against_o death_n more_o than_o the_o chapell_n of_o sanctity_n nor_o have_v riotous_a feaster_n in_o a_o tavern_n a_o sure_a warrant_n of_o life_n then_o religious_a hearer_n of_o a_o sermon_n death_n which_o come_v upon_o these_o as_o they_o be_v in_o the_o act_n of_o abhor_v may_v likewise_o set_v upon_o they_o as_o they_o be_v in_o the_o act_n of_o commit_v sin_n behold_v here_o 11.1_o heb._n 11.1_o as_o i_o may_v say_v with_o