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say_v it_o remember_v thy_o promise_n make_v to_o thy_o servant_n wherein_o thou_o have_v cause_v i_o to_o put_v my_o trust_n it_o be_v my_o comfort_n in_o my_o trouble_n and_o say_v thou_o with_o jeremiah_n the_o prophet_n but_o i_o have_v not_o thrust_v in_o myself_o for_o a_o pastor_n after_o thou_o 17._o jer._n 17.16_o 17._o be_v not_o thou_o terrible_a unto_o i_o thou_o be_v my_o hope_n in_o the_o â—ay_n of_o adversity_n and_o also_o hear_v he_o elsewhere_o 17._o jer._n 31.16_o 17._o refrain_v thy_o voice_n from_o weep_v and_o thy_o eye_n from_o tear_n for_o thy_o work_n shall_v be_v reward_v and_o there_o be_v hope_n in_o thy_o end_n 12_o job_n 13._o â—5_n 17_o 12_o job_n be_v most_o confident_a in_o this_o though_o he_o kill_v i_o yet_o will_v i_o trust_v in_o he_o and_o when_o he_o be_v at_o the_o threshold_n of_o death_n he_o say_v i_o have_v change_v the_o night_n for_o the_o day_n and_o in_o ecclesiasticus_fw-la it_o be_v say_v 13._o ecclus_n 2.11_o 12_o 13._o know_v you_o 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