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it_o may_v be_v a_o good_a instruction_n for_o we_o to_o be_v grieve_v and_o groan_v for_o our_o sin_n &_o not_o doubt_v since_o that_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n have_v discharge_v we_o of_o that_o whereof_o we_o be_v guilty_a but_o that_o we_o may_v now_o come_v before_o the_o majesty_n of_o god_n his_o father_n and_o be_v receive_v as_o his_o child_n although_o in_o deed_n we_o be_v unworthy_a to_o be_v reckon_v among_o the_o number_n of_o his_o creature_n and_o that_o we_o may_v in_o this_o strength_n fight_v against_o all_o our_o vice_n and_o wicked_a lust_n and_o so_o be_v make_v partaker_n of_o the_o forgiveness_n of_o our_o sin_n as_o also_o we_o may_v be_v strengthen_v to_o