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o_o daughter_n and_o consider_v incline_v thy_o ear_n forget_v also_o thy_o own_o people_n and_o thy_o father_n house_n this_o apostrophe_n or_o turn_v speech_n to_o the_o party_n absent_a be_v diligent_o to_o be_v mark_v wherein_o the_o holy_a ghost_n speak_v of_o the_o church_n which_o be_v to_o be_v gather_v from_o among_o the_o jew_n because_o it_o instruct_v the_o reader_n of_o the_o great_a matter_n namely_o of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o messiah_n of_o faith_n of_o the_o abrogation_n of_o the_o levitical_a ceremony_n and_o extinction_n of_o moses_n law_n for_o inasmuch_o as_o to_o hear_v and_o to_o teach_v be_v two_o correlative_n it_o follow_v that_o the_o messiah_n shall_v not_o be_v a_o king_n like_a unto_o alexander_n who_o by_o art_n of_o war_n and_o corporal_a kingdom_n strength_n keep_v his_o subject_n in_o their_o duty_n but_o one_o which_o shall_v govern_v his_o church_n with_o his_o word_n and_o shall_v incline_v or_o frame_v their_o mind_n unto_o most_o willing_a 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trust_n be_v in_o thou_o o_o lord_n he_o recite_v in_o conclusion_n of_o this_o psalm_n a_o curse_n the_o wicked_a which_o be_v a_o prophecy_n of_o the_o holyghost_n touch_v the_o tragical_a destruction_n of_o false_a brethren_n which_o be_v not_o curable_a of_o their_o sore_n for_o in_o as_o much_o as_o god_n be_v a_o lover_n of_o truth_n and_o righteousness_n without_o all_o doubt_n he_o shall_v and_o will_v destroy_v the_o craftes-maister_n of_o lying_n and_o murder_n and_o i_o will_v not_o be_v here_o any_o long_a tedious_a but_o i_o beseech_v god_n that_o he_o will_v heal_v our_o wound_n and_o turn_v the_o heart_n of_o such_o as_o be_v teacher_n in_o the_o church_n unto_o a_o godly_a and_o wholesome_a agreement_n in_o doctrine_n and_o conversation_n psal._n lvi_o miserere_fw-la mei_fw-la deus_fw-la to_o he_o that_o excel_v a_o psalm_n of_o
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world_n and_o not_o unlike_a to_o the_o halcyan_a bird_n bird_n build_v in_o the_o sea_n rock_n we_o must_v crave_v that_o god_n will_v mitigate_v these_o calamity_n in_o the_o whole_a body_n and_o all_o the_o member_n thereof_o and_o now_o and_o then_o grant_v we_o after_o tear_n gladness_n also_o let_v we_o be_v thankful_a unto_o god_n for_o the_o mitigation_n of_o those_o calamity_n and_o for_o his_o wonderful_a defence_n of_o the_o church_n against_o the_o rage_n of_o the_o world_n and_o of_o the_o devil_n psal_n lv_o i._n and_o exposition_n thereof_o verse_n 1_o be_v merciful_a unto_o i_o o_o god_n for_o man_n go_v about_o to_o devour_v i_o he_o be_v daily_o fight_v and_o trouble_v i_o verse_n 2_o my_o enemy_n be_v daily_o in_o hand_n to_o swallow_v i_o up_o for_o they_o be_v many_o that_o fight_n against_o i_o o_o thou_o most_o high_a the_o cruelty_n of_o hatred_n wherewith_o the_o enemy_n of_o the_o godly_a one_o do_v burn_v be_v in_o most_o sorrowful_a word_n describe_v of_o saint_n paul_n 1_o corint_fw-la 4._o 9_o the_o godly_a one_o be_v make_v a_o gaze_a stock_n unto_o the_o world_n also_o ibid._n 13._o the_o filth_n of_o the_o world_n the_o ofscowring_a of_o all_o thing_n for_o excrementum_fw-la signify_v a_o odious_a thing_n filthy_o defile_v accurse_a worthy_a of_o destruction_n for_o which_o god_n punish_v whole_a nation_n except_o it_o be_v utter_o take_v away_o and_o as_o excrementum_fw-la be_v a_o filthy_a thing_n upon_o earth_n so_o reiectamentum_fw-la signify_v a_o man_n who_o with_o his_o contagion_n hurt_v his_o companion_n of_o the_o same_o journey_n by_o sea_n and_o who_o it_o be_v needful_a that_o we_o cast_v into_o the_o sea_n lest_o all_o that_o be_v in_o the_o ship_n and_o the_o ship_n itself_o be_v overwhelm_v with_o the_o rage_a flood_n now_o think_v what_o a_o heavy_a and_o sorrowful_a thing_n it_o be_v to_o be_v judge_v a_o plague_n and_o destruction_n of_o mankind_n and_o to_o be_v night_n and_o day_n lay_v open_a to_o all_o 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