to_o the_o true_o pious_a and_o virtuous_a mrs_n croun_n madam_n when_o you_o request_v i_o to_o publish_v this_o discourse_n i_o find_v you_o in_o that_o mournful_a condition_n that_o it_o will_v have_v be_v a_o degree_n of_o inhumanity_n not_o to_o have_v gratify_v your_o desire_n and_o therefore_o though_o i_o be_v sufficient_o sensible_a how_o much_o short_a i_o have_v fain_o of_o both_o my_o subject_n viz._n that_o comfortable_a one_o of_o the_o text_n and_o that_o sorrowful_a one_o of_o the_o occasion_n yet_o my_o compassion_n oversway_v my_o reason_n so_o that_o i_o can_v plead_v no_o other_o excuse_n to_o the_o world_n for_o this_o very_a defective_a publication_n but_o that_o i_o have_v not_o ill_a nature_n enough_o to_o resist_v the_o importunate_a tear_n of_o a_o afflict_a friend_n and_o a_o sorrowful_a widow_n as_o for_o the_o sermon_n all_o i_o can_v say_v for_o it_o be_v this_o that_o it_o treat_v of_o a_o very_a noble_a argument_n and_o such_o as_o carry_v comfort_n 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