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dan_fw-mi chap._n 9_o roman_n chap_n 8._o the_o 7._o chap._n of_o the_o apocalypse_n 1_o cor._n 15._o chap._n these_o will_v give_v thou_o some_o holy_a heat_n thus_o thou_o have_v the_o true_a preparative_n in_o thy_o sickness_n in_o respect_n of_o god_n they_o be_v the_o more_o worthy_a remembrance_n because_o so_o few_o follow_v they_o for_o alas_o how_o many_o that_o have_v live_v long_o in_o the_o bosom_n of_o the_o church_n be_v so_o far_o from_o renew_v theirâ—_n faith_n and_o repentance_n that_o when_o they_o lie_v sick_a and_o be_v draw_v to_o their_o death_n they_o must_v be_v catechize_v as_o christ_n do_v nicodemus_n and_o philip_n the_o eunuch_n even_o in_o the_o main_a doctrine_n of_o faith_n and_o repentance_n like_v as_o some_o new_a convert_a pagan_n be_v in_o the_o primitive_a church_n there_o be_v few_o minister_n acquaint_v with_o visit_v the_o sick_a but_o they_o shall_v find_v that_o man_n that_o have_v be_v under_o the_o mean_n twenty_o thirty_o or_o forty_o 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will_v have_v my_o whole_a love_n thyself_o lord_n take_v it_o all_o thou_o shall_v have_v it_o thou_o be_v worthy_a of_o it_o it_o be_v too_o little_a for_o thou_o 20_o last_o think_v with_o thyself_o that_o if_o those_o who_o thou_o prevail_v be_v sensible_a and_o capable_a of_o thy_o immoderatenes_n in_o this_o kind_n as_o they_o be_v not_o they_o will_v say_v unto_o thou_o as_o god_n say_v to_o 31.16_o to_o jer._n 31.16_o rachel_n and_o christ_n to_o 8.59_o to_o luke_n 8.59_o jairus_n and_o to_o the_o 7.13_o the_o luke_n 7.13_o widow_n of_o nain_n lament_v their_o child_n weep_v not_o nay_o as_o he_o say_v to_o the_o bewailer_n of_o his_o passion_n 23.28_o passion_n luke_n 23.28_o weep_v not_o for_o i_o but_o weep_v for_o yourselves_o i_o be_o well_o your_o case_n be_v worse_o i_o have_v conquer_v you_o be_v still_o fight_v i_o be_o in_o the_o haven_n you_o be_v fluctuate_v on_o the_o sea_n and_o therefore_o as_o it_o will_v be_v a_o mean_n to_o restrain_v the_o papist_n idolatry_n 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