to_o punish_v and_o plague_v in_o his_o own_o people_n 28.47_o people_n deut._n 28.47_o because_o thou_o do_v not_o serve_v the_o lord_n thy_o god_n with_o cheerfulness_n and_o a_o glad_a heart_n in_o the_o abundance_n of_o all_o thing_n therefore_o thou_o shall_v serve_v thy_o enemy_n in_o hunger_n and_o thirst_n and_o nakedness_n &_o want_n of_o all_o thing_n etc._n etc._n this_o duty_n be_v requisite_a &_o necessary_a in_o each_o particular_a service_n or_o worship_n which_o any_o man_n perform_v to_o god_n or_o duty_n of_o righteousness_n or_o love_n and_o charity_n either_o to_o the_o good_a or_o evil_a and_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o this_o also_o spring_v from_o and_o be_v much_o further_v by_o evangelicall_a and_o godly_a sorrow_n but_o yet_o it_o be_v not_o that_o which_o be_v my_o purpose_n to_o speak_v of_o and_o insist_v upon_o 2._o be_v a_o grace_n which_o god_n give_v to_o man_n as_o a_o testimony_n and_o symptom_n of_o his_o acceptance_n of_o our_o humiliation_n and_o 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