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god_n not_o only_a all-seeing_a 13â—_n psal_n 13â—_n but_o also_o foreseeing_a eye_n god_n himself_o answer_v the_o question_n in_o jeremie_n concern_v man_n heart_n who_o can_v search_v that_o intricate_a and_o wicked_a labyrinth_n i_o the_o lord_n the_o lord_n only_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o searcher_n of_o the_o heart_n and_o we_o be_v much_o better_o know_v to_o he_o than_o we_o be_v to_o ourselves_o this_o inequality_n be_v observe_v mark_v now_o the_o apostle_n inference_n be_v our_o heart_n condemn_v we_o god_n be_v great_a than_o our_o heart_n and_o know_v all_o thing_n if_o we_o regard_v the_o judge_n in_o our_o bosom_n how_o much_o more_o must_v we_o regard_v the_o judge_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n if_o we_o stand_v in_o awe_n of_o the_o knowledge_n which_o we_o have_v of_o ourselves_o how_o much_o more_o must_v we_o reverence_v the_o pierce_a eye_n of_o god_n nay_o if_o cain_n and_o judas_n and_o such_o other_o wretch_n be_v so_o distress_v and_o perplex_v 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lord_n that_o be_v please_v i_o shall_v live_v i_o bless_v thou_o for_o that_o my_o time_n have_v not_o be_v night_n but_o day_n even_o summer_n day_n long_o and_o warm_a cheerful_a and_o fruitful_a but_o the_o day_n of_o my_o soul_n have_v be_v much_o better_a than_o the_o day_n of_o my_o body_n see_v the_o sun_n of_o righteousness_n have_v also_o rise_v unto_o i_o who_o have_v so_o illighn_v i_o that_o he_o have_v discover_v thy_o salvation_n to_o i_o that_o salvation_n which_o free_v i_o from_o all_o i_o fear_v and_o supply_v unto_o i_o all_o that_o i_o want_v my_o eye_n be_v upon_o both_o yea_o myself_o be_v possess_v of_o both_o and_o what_o can_v thou_o have_v do_v for_o i_o lord_n which_o thou_o have_v not_o do_v that_o have_v blessed_v i_o so_o corporal_o that_o have_v blessed_v i_o so_o spiritual_o i_o have_v no_o more_o to_o expect_v in_o this_o life_n and_o therefore_o i_o willing_o surrender_v it_o to_o thou_o this_o long-lived_n body_n this_o spirituall-lived_n soul_n 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