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in_o their_o mouth_n be_v as_o the_o hammer_n that_o break_v the_o rock_n in_o piece_n jerem._n 23._o 23._o when_o he_o cast_v down_o and_o raise_v up_o wound_v and_o heal_v we_o again_o and_o work_v so_o in_o the_o congregation_n that_o it_o may_v be_v see_v he_o have_v appoint_v that_o meeting_n and_o keep_v it_o to_o reconceale_v his_o people_n to_o himself_o 6._o if_o as_o he_o work_v a_o godly_a sorrow_n in_o our_o heart_n so_o be_v put_v word_n in_o our_o mouth_n for_o his_o entreaty_n take_v to_o you_o word_n and_o turn_v to_o the_o lord_n and_o say_v to_o he_o take_v away_o all_o our_o iniquity_n and_o receive_v we_o gracious_o so_o will_v we_o render_v the_o calf_n of_o our_o lip_n hos._n 14._o 2._o and_o again_o let_v they_o say_v spare_v thy_o people_n lord_n and_o save_v thy_o inheritance_n joel._n 2._o 17._o it_o be_v a_o token_n god_n will_v hear_v we_o when_o he_o give_v we_o his_o spirit_n to_o help_v our_o infirmity_n and_o dyt_v our_o bill_n he_o can_v refuse_v that_o 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the_o people_n mourn_v before_o the_o lord_n nehem._n 8._o that_o pierce_a sharpness_n of_o the_o word_n chase_v they_o that_o be_v wound_v to_o god_n the_o heart_n pierce_v with_o conscience_n of_o sin_n can_v find_v no_o rest_n but_o in_o he_o 3._o the_o read_n of_o book_n of_o devotion_n which_o among_o other_o good_a end_n be_v write_v by_o godly_a man_n to_o stir_v up_o the_o heart_n to_o a_o tenderness_n and_o affectuousnesse_n in_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n 4._o conference_n with_o pastor_n and_o other_o well_o affect_a christian_n for_o the_o mutual_a stir_v up_o of_o our_o heart_n to_o that_o holy_a exercife_n as_o coal_n join_v to_o coal_n augment_v the_o heat_n so_o godly_a conference_n increase_v both_o zeal_n &_o affection_n 5._o herewith_o must_v be_v join_v holy_a meditation_n all_o worldly_a thought_n must_v be_v put_v out_o of_o our_o soul_n and_o the_o thought_n of_o god_n only_o keep_v in_o it_o our_o heart_n be_v hard_a and_o not_o soon_o move_v we_o must_v 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and_o death_n and_o that_o the_o work_n of_o humiliation_n be_v good_a when_o they_o practise_v it_o affectuouslie_o 3._o to_o intercede_v with_o god_n for_o their_o people_n that_o he_o will_v pardoun_v and_o spare_v they_o spare_v thy_o people_n o_o lord_n and_o give_v not_o thy_o inheritance_n to_o reproach_n joel._n 2._o moses_n be_v so_o zealous_o careful_a of_o the_o people_n safety_n that_o he_o wish_v his_o name_n to_o be_v raze_v out_o of_o the_o book_n of_o life_n rather_o than_o they_o be_v destroy_v and_o phineas_n see_v the_o plague_n break_v into_o the_o camp_n make_v atonement_n for_o they_o this_o be_v to_o stand_v in_o the_o gap_n and_o make_v up_o the_o breach_n from_o stay_v the_o proceed_n of_o god_n anger_n ezech._n 22._o 30._o and_o the_o bear_n of_o the_o name_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o israel_n on_o the_o breastplate_n of_o our_o heart_n in_o a_o pastoral_n love_n and_o on_o the_o two_o shoulder_n of_o a_o earnest_a care_n and_o assiduous_a labour_n present_v 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