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power_n raise_v thou_o up_o to_o praise_n and_o admire_v the_o exceed_a riches_n of_o his_o grace_n in_o choose_v thou_o to_o be_v partaker_n of_o so_o great_a a_o blessing_n how_o be_v he_o please_v to_o fill_v thou_o with_o spiritual_a joy_n at_o thy_o return_a home_n and_o give_v thou_o leave_v to_o come_v into_o his_o presence_n to_o return_v he_o thanks_o with_o joy_n that_o he_o be_v please_v so_o gracious_o to_o manifest_v himself_o unto_o thou_o poor_a unworthy_a soul_n as_o a_o god_n hear_v prayer_n and_o answer_v thy_o poor_a request_n with_o so_o much_o mercy_n which_o the_o lord_n enable_v thou_o for_o ever_o to_o remember_v to_o his_o glory_n thou_o know_v i_o desire_v to_o do_v so_o
that_o she_o fall_v asleep_a in_o jesus_n even_o before_o we_o be_v aware_a of_o it_o and_o indeed_o she_o can_v hardly_o bear_v the_o absence_n from_o her_o dear_a lord_n any_o long_o as_o in_o her_o last_o poem_n you_o will_v perceive_v sure_o by_o such_o a_o despise_a testimony_n the_o sleepy_a world_n be_v condemn_v and_o every_o soul_n tâ—at_o peruse_v it_o shall_v be_v provoke_v to_o take_v the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n by_o the_o same_o violence_n and_o professor_n of_o godliness_n may_v hereby_o be_v convince_v of_o slightness_n of_o spirit_n sinful_a neglect_n formality_n in_o duty_n and_o ordinance_n love_v of_o the_o world_n decay_v in_o grace_n take_v up_o with_o privilege_n of_o saint_n when_o intimate_a communion_n with_o the_o lord_n and_o growth_n of_o grace_n be_v not_o so_o serious_o attend_v to_o by_o they_o against_o which_o this_o treatise_n be_v also_o a_o live_a testimony_n and_o may_v be_v bless_v of_o god_n to_o the_o quicken_a of_o they_o let_v all_o such_o 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and_o my_o mother_n be_v very_o tender_a of_o her_o child_n one_o lord_n day_n will_v not_o go_v to_o church_n which_o cause_v i_o also_o to_o stay_v at_o home_n but_o want_v employment_n out_o of_o my_o mother_n sight_n go_v to_o work_v about_o my_o baby_n at_o night_n the_o lord_n be_v please_v to_o take_v a_o way_n the_o child_n i_o stand_v by_o the_o cradle_n which_o bring_v a_o fear_n upon_o i_o present_o that_o i_o have_v be_v the_o cause_n by_o my_o work_v that_o day_n of_o the_o lord_n anger_n in_o take_v away_o my_o brother_n i_o also_o remember_v that_o i_o go_v out_o and_o weep_v bitter_o in_o the_o consideration_n of_o my_o day_n work_v but_o never_o let_v my_o friend_n know_v it_o i_o be_v much_o trouble_v at_o it_o but_o hope_v such_o be_v the_o ignorance_n of_o my_o heart_n that_o all_o will_v be_v well_o again_o by_o my_o pray_n and_o go_v to_o church_n which_o i_o be_v careful_a to_o do_v and_o fearful_a to_o omâ—â—_n one_o duty_n which_o may_v hinder_v the_o mean_n 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