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conscience_n and_o help_v in_o his_o occasion_n whosoever_o find_v the_o continuance_n of_o inward_a vexation_n of_o the_o mind_n let_v the_o cause_n arise_v from_o spiritual_a or_o corporal_a occasion_n he_o may_v assure_v himself_o it_o proceed_v most_o ordinary_o at_o least_o from_o his_o seldom_o or_o never_o pray_v unto_o god_n grief_n oftentimes_o procure_v tear_n which_o seem_v something_o to_o assuage_v the_o sorrow_n but_o it_o be_v as_o it_o be_v the_o slack_n of_o the_o band_n that_o gripe_v the_o wound_n too_o hard_o but_o tear_n pass_v from_o the_o heart_n through_o lively_a prayer_n do_v not_o only_o ease_v the_o grief_n for_o a_o while_n but_o heal_v it_o altogether_o and_o keep_v the_o wound_a part_n sound_v so_o long_o as_o the_o plaster_n of_o true_a prayer_n be_v apply_v with_o faith_n thereunto_o the_o tear_n that_o we_o spend_v must_v be_v spend_v before_o god_n who_o have_v promise_v to_o receive_v they_o as_o they_o fall_v from_o a_o lively_a feel_a heart_n and_o 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