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no_o marvel_v if_o the_o faithful_a do_v with_o this_o key_n open_a to_o themselves_o the_o door_n to_o pray_v which_o we_o learn_v out_o of_o many_o place_n of_o the_o psalm_n for_o david_n when_o he_o ask_v a_o other_o thing_n xviii_o say_v remember_v not_o the_o sin_n of_o my_o youth_n remember_v i_o according_a to_o thy_o mercy_n for_o thy_o goodness_n sake_n o_o lord_n again_o look_v upon_o my_o affliction_n &_o my_o labour_v &_o forgeve_v all_o my_o sin_n where_o we_o also_o see_v that_o it_o be_v not_o enough_o if_o we_o every_o several_a day_n do_v call_v ourselves_o account_n for_o our_o new_a sin_n if_o we_o do_v not_o also_o remember_v those_o sin_n which_o may_v seem_v to_o have_v be_v long_o ago_o forget_v li.vii._n for_o the_o same_o prophet_n in_o a_o other_o place_n have_v confess_v one_o heinous_a offence_n by_o this_o occasion_n return_v even_o to_o his_o mother_n womb_n wherein_o he_o have_v gather_v the_o infection_n not_o to_o make_v the_o fault_n seem_v less_o 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