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this_o world_n p._n 370._o chap._n vi_o show_v whence_o it_o be_v that_o melancholy_a people_n love_n solitariness_n and_o whence_o it_o be_v that_o serious_a person_n be_v not_o so_o light_a in_o their_o conversation_n as_o other_o be_v with_o some_o inference_n deducible_a from_o the_o forego_n doctrine_n as_o also_o some_o advice_n to_o those_o who_o have_v never_o be_v desert_v and_o to_o such_o who_o be_v complain_v that_o they_o be_v so_o p._n 381._o chap._n vii_o of_o the_o great_a joy_n that_o fill_v a_o soul_n when_o the_o sense_n of_o god_n favour_n return_v to_o it_o after_o have_v be_v long_o in_o darkness_n and_o that_o this_o be_v great_a in_o several_a respect_n as_o it_o be_v unexpected_a as_o it_o discover_v god_n to_o be_v reconcile_v and_o give_v the_o mourner_n a_o interest_n in_o christ_n by_o faith_n through_o the_o influence_n of_o the_o holy_a spirit_n it_o revive_v his_o grace_n deliver_v he_o from_o the_o insult_a of_o the_o devil_n and_o show_v the_o soul_n 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