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god_n forbid_v but_o i_o acknowledge_v that_o all_o my_o whatsoever_o watchfulness_n unperfect_a in_o patience_n or_o suffer_v deserve_v not_o the_o least_o grain_n of_o glory_n for_o i_o be_o often_o not_o only_o beset_v with_o temptation_n to_o sin_n but_o also_o press_v with_o the_o continual_a care_n and_o trouble_n of_o this_o life_n and_o i_o through_o weakness_n do_v yield_v unto_o the_o one_o and_o faint_a under_o the_o burden_n of_o the_o other_o and_o in_o stead_n of_o true_a watchfulness_n with_o patience_n i_o fall_v either_o into_o the_o slumber_n of_o socuratia_fw-la oâ—â—nto_fw-la a_o kind_n of_o servile_a fear_n or_o despair_n and_o most_o seldom_o watch_v i_o with_o the_o open_a eye_n of_o true_a attention_n and_o patience_n a_o kind_n of_o patience_n i_o seem_v to_o have_v but_o mix_v oftentime_o with_o a_o kind_n of_o grudge_a discontent_n at_o my_o corporal_a and_o domestic_a cross_n and_o worldly_a trouble_n where_o with_o i_o often_o find_v myself_o much_o 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