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all_o creature_n leave_v the_o most_o destitute_a and_o forlorn_a if_o god_n provide_v not_o and_o yet_o fourthly_a it_o be_v now_o upon_o death_n which_o it_o never_o be_v afore_o immediate_o bring_v into_o the_o presence_n of_o god_n naked_a soul_n come_v afore_o naked_a god_n eccles_n 12._o 7._o then_o shall_v the_o dust_n return_v to_o the_o earth_n as_o it_o be_v and_o the_o spirit_n shall_v return_v unto_o god_n that_o give_v it_o it_o be_v put_v out_o of_o house_n and_o home_n and_o turn_v upon_o its_o father_n again_o this_o as_o to_o the_o soul_n condition_n ii_o god_n part_n §._o this_o be_v a_o special_a season_n for_o god_n to_o show_v his_o love_n to_o such_o a_o soul_n if_o ever_o afore_o or_o after_o a_o opportunity_n such_o as_o fall_v not_o out_o neither_o afore_o whilst_o it_o be_v in_o the_o body_n nor_o after_o when_o it_o be_v unite_v to_o the_o body_n again_o at_o the_o resurrection_n if_o ever_o therefore_o he_o mean_v to_o show_v a_o respect_n unto_o a_o poor_a soul_n which_o be_v his_o so_o near_a kindred_n and_o alliance_n it_o must_v be_v do_v now_o we_o read_v in_o psal_n 73._o 26._o my_o flesh_n and_o my_o heart_n fail_v as_o at_o death_n to_o be_v sure_a it_o do_v but_o god_n be_v the_o strength_n of_o my_o heart_n both_o in_o this_o life_n and_o at_o death_n to_o support_v i_o be_v my_o portion_n for_o ever_o in_o the_o life_n to_o come_v without_o any_o interruption_n or_o vacant_a space_n of_o time_n as_o that_o ever_o import_v and_o that_o david_n speak_v this_o with_o a_o eye_n unto_o the_o glory_n to_o come_v when_o heart_n and_o flesh_n and_o all_o in_o this_o world_n he_o foresee_v will_v fail_v he_o be_v evident_a by_o what_o he_o have_v immediate_o meditate_a in_o the_o word_n afore_o ver_fw-la 24._o thou_o shall_v guide_v i_o with_o thy_o counsel_n so_o in_o this_o life_n and_o afterward_o that_o be_v end_v shall_v receive_v i_o unto_o glory_n the_o contemplation_n whereof_o make_v he_o cry_v out_o again_o ver_fw-la 25._o 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