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so_o as_o thou_o can_v have_v no_o hope_n of_o ever_o see_v the_o lord_n in_o the_o land_n of_o the_o live_n ever_o taste_v how_o good_a the_o lord_n be_v or_o have_v any_o potion_n in_o those_o good_a thing_n which_o god_n have_v provide_v for_o his_o people_n and_o be_v it_o not_o a_o prodigious_a madness_n lose_v all_o this_o for_o a_o base_a lust_n as_o the_o drunkard_n do_v â—_o a_o pot_n of_o drink_n the_o covetous_a man_n for_o a_o little_a thick_a cloâ—_n the_o swearer_n for_o just_a nothing_o for_o a_o sin_n in_o whiâ—_n there_o be_v neither_o profit_n pleasure_n ease_n nor_o any_o thiâ—_n that_o may_v give_v any_o satisfaction_n to_o the_o mind_n perhâ—_n some_o may_v think_v if_o this_o be_v all_o they_o may_v do_v well_o â—nough_o esse_fw-la â—nough_o regnare_fw-la nolo_fw-la sufficit_fw-la mihi_fw-la salvum_fw-la esse_fw-la as_o some_o st._n austin_n bring_v in_o speak_v though_o i_o miss_v of_o heaven_n i_o may_v do_v well_o enough_o in_o a_o loâ—_n condition_n wicked_a 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