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fear_n and_o shall_v repent_v and_o groan_v for_o anguish_n of_o spirit_n etc._n wisd_v 5.1_o etc._n etc._n and_o shall_v say_v we_o fool_v count_v his_o life_n madness_n we_o have_v err_v from_o the_o way_n of_o god_n and_o weary_v ourselves_o in_o very_a vanity_n this_o be_v our_o rejoice_v even_o the_o testimony_n of_o our_o conscience_n their_o worm_n die_v not_o 15.15_o 2_o cor._n 7.12_o mar._n 9_o 44._o prov._n 15.15_o and_o their_o fire_n be_v not_o quench_v a_o merry_a heart_n be_v a_o continual_a feast_n whether_o a_o man_n be_v rich_a or_o poor_a if_o he_o have_v a_o good_a heart_n towards_o the_o lord_n he_o shall_v rejoice_v at_o all_o time_n with_o a_o cheerful_a countenance_n pii_fw-la sunt_fw-la silij_fw-la consolationis_fw-la the_o godly_a be_v son_n of_o consolation_n they_o shall_v lift_v up_o their_o head_n with_o joy_n and_o rejoice_v when_o their_o redemption_n draw_v nigh_o the_o wicked_a shall_v hang_v their_o head_n and_o their_o countenance_n shall_v fall_v 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