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that_o sin_v not_o what_o man_n or_o woman_n be_v there_o now_o or_o ever_o be_v conversant_a here_o upon_o earth_n and_o do_v none_o iniquity_n this_o i_o say_v because_o thou_o have_v thus_o forsake_v i_o david_n bersaba_n and_o the_o woman_n of_o samaria_n sin_v too_o bad_a in_o thy_o sight_n yet_o after_o their_o repentance_n thou_o receive_v they_o in_o mercy_n likewise_o peter_n a_o professor_n of_o truth_n and_o marie_n magdalen_n after_o their_o fall_n wipe_v away_o their_o bitter_a passion_n that_o they_o suffer_v with_o salt_n tear_n slea_v sin_n and_o purge_v away_o the_o â—enom_n of_o the_o serpent_n not_o continue_v long_o in_o the_o puddle_n of_o infidelity_n but_o they_o of_o favour_n be_v think_v worthy_a of_o mercy_n and_o this_o i_o speak_v to_o the_o end_n these_o thing_n may_v take_v effect_n also_o in_o i_o miserable_a sinner_n cap._n v._n woe_n be_v i_o that_o i_o fall_v thus_o wicked_o woe_n be_v i_o that_o my_o adventure_n in_o these_o thing_n be_v so_o 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away_o and_o make_v a_o public_a example_n of_o reproach_n to_o all_o woman_n and_o a_o inheritor_n of_o death_n and_o damnation_n and_o all_o because_o i_o will_v not_o understand_v the_o fear_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o live_v after_o his_o commandment_n bewail_v i_o that_o be_o transform_v into_o a_o dog_n a_o sow_n and_o filthy_a goat_n by_o trespass_v against_o my_o own_o soul_n and_o body_n by_o dishonest_n my_o friend_n and_o dishonour_v my_o god_n cap._n vi_o what_o shall_v i_o do_v that_o be_o thus_o beset_v with_o many_o mischief_n alas_o o_o death_n why_o do_v thou_o linger_v i_o have_v rather_o thou_o spite_v i_o and_o bear_v i_o malice_n than_o
greevouslie_o torment_v for_o my_o sin_n consider_v o_o lord_n how_o i_o be_o trouble_v how_o my_o womb_n be_v disquiet_v and_o my_o hart_n wamble_v within_o i_o for_o anguish_n will_v thou_o have_v no_o compassion_n on_o a_o wretch_n will_v thou_o cause_v i_o thus_o to_o travel_v still_o in_o pain_n intolerable_a and_o grief_n unspeakable_a will_v thou_o not_o bring_v forth_o that_o which_o thou_o have_v form_v that_o i_o may_v be_v deliver_v of_o that_o which_o i_o have_v conceive_v alas_o o_o lord_n alas_o my_o god_n yea_o my_o dear_a and_o only_a god_n will_v thou_o not_o hear_v the_o lamentable_a cry_n and_o regard_v the_o inward_a tear_n of_o a_o wretch_n that_o travel_v &_o labour_v so_o sore_o with_o child_n even_o the_o woeful_a voice_n â—_o mournful_a lamentation_n of_o thy_o handmaid_n and_o daughter_n i_o say_v though_o unworthy_a that_o thus_o all_o the_o day_n long_o sigh_v cry_v and_o stretch_v out_o her_o feeble_a hanâ—â—_n unto_o thou_o in_o heaven_n call_v for_o thy_o 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thou_o the_o sugar_a song_n of_o zion_n to_o the_o perpetual_a praise_n of_o thy_o renown_a name_n and_o erernall_a glory_n of_o thy_o most_o sacred_a majesty_n world_n without_o end_n amen_o amen_n prayer_n and_o thanks-givings_a to_o be_v use_v of_o woman_n in_o childbed_n after_o their_o travel_n and_o deliverance_n and_o at_o their_o church_v or_o purifieng_v as_o they_o call_v it_o o_o my_o lord_n god_n i_o thank_v thou_o with_o all_o my_o heart_n wit_n understanding_n and_o power_n for_o that_o thou_o have_v vouchsafe_v to_o deliver_v i_o out_o of_o this_o my_o most_o dangerous_a travel_n and_o have_v send_v into_o this_o world_n out_o of_o my_o woeful_a womb_n this_o child_n a_o creature_n of_o thy_o own_o fashion_v form_v and_o shape_n like_v unto_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o child_n of_o thy_o creation_n for_o which_o i_o be_o not_o able_a worthy_o enough_o of_o my_o own_o frail_a nature_n to_o give_v to_o thou_o condign_a thanks_o praise_n honour_n and_o glory_n for_o thy_o so_o 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