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into_o man_n heart_n than_o the_o people_n fall_v down_o under_o he_o psal_n 45.5_o it_o may_v well_o be_v understand_v of_o these_o arrow_n of_o compunction_n and_o terror_n 3.7_o terror_n haec_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la typicè_fw-la de_fw-la evangelicâ_fw-la administratione_fw-la christi_fw-la malv_n in_o psal_n 45._o cordaque_fw-la vulâ—ificis_fw-la figens_fw-la inimica_fw-la sagittis_fw-la sponte_fw-la sibi_fw-la cogis_fw-la valide_n precumbere_fw-la gentes_fw-la buchan_n the_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d render_v shall_v fall_v down_o may_v well_o be_v be_v mean_v of_o a_o act_n of_o adoration_n so_o it_o be_v use_v in_o deut._n 9.25_o &_o in_o chald._n dan._n 2.46_o dan._n 3.7_o whereby_o the_o perverseness_n of_o man_n heart_n be_v overcome_v and_o subdue_v of_o enemy_n they_o be_v make_v friend_n and_o bring_v into_o to_o a_o ready_a subjection_n unto_o his_o government_n that_o be_v the_o three_o work_n 4._o the_o grace_n of_o repentance_n be_v pour_v out_o upon_o the_o 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