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salvation_n restore_v unto_o i_o the_o joy_n of_o thy_o salvation_n david_n as_o the_o title_n show_v we_o be_v awaken_v by_o nathan_n out_o of_o the_o slumber_n wherein_o he_o have_v long_o lie_v after_o his_o foul_a fact_n with_o bathsheba_n pen_v this_o psalm_n and_o publish_v it_o a_o true_o penitential_a psalm_n full_a of_o humble_a and_o hearty_a acknowledgement_n of_o sin_n and_o of_o earnest_a petition_n for_o mercy_n and_o for_o assurance_n of_o god_n favour_n his_o great_a fall_n have_v so_o bruise_v he_o that_o he_o feel_v no_o ease_n or_o comfort_n all_o be_v discompose_v and_o out_o of_o tune_n his_o soul_n cast_v down_o and_o disquiet_v within_o he_o his_o heart_n break_v his_o spirit_n wound_v and_o a_o wound_a spirit_n who_o can_v bear_v hence_o it_o be_v that_o he_o pray_v with_o such_o vehemence_n 14._o prov._n 18._o 14._o and_o fervency_n that_o god_n will_v be_v please_v in_o great_a mercy_fw-mi to_o blot_v out_o all_o his_o transgression_n and_o to_o wash_v and_o 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one_o quare_fw-la resolve_v with_o so_o many_o answer_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v basil_n this_o be_v not_o a_o matter_n of_o jest_n but_o earnest_n for_o will_v you_o have_v divers_a family_n draw_v into_o one_o body_n politic_a this_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o very_a bond_n and_o tie_n of_o society_n will_v have_v the_o law_n keep_v this_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o watch_n a_o guard_n set_v upon_o the_o law_n nay_o will_v you_o have_v any_o law_n at_o all_o this_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o lawgiver_n for_o as_o julian_n call_v the_o law_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o child_n of_o justice_n so_o may_v we_o call_v it_o the_o child_n of_o authority_n for_o as_o authority_n nurse_v and_o defend_v and_o strengthen_v it_o so_o it_o be_v the_o midwife_n which_o bring_v it_o forth_o and_o the_o mother_n too_o which_o conceive_v it_o when_o it_o be_v in_o semine_fw-la in_fw-la principiis_fw-la when_o it_o lay_v hide_v in_o the_o 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