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he_o lord_n i_o be_o thou_o much_o more_o than_o my_o own_o receive_v thy_o own_o take_v care_n of_o thy_o own_o thou_o draw_v i_o to_o consent_v to_o thy_o gracious_a covenant_n and_o i_o resign_v myself_o and_o all_o i_o have_v to_o thou_o and_o thou_o swear_v to_o i_o and_o i_o become_v thou_o ezek._n 16._o 8._o and_o i_o stand_v to_o the_o covenant_n that_o i_o make_v though_o i_o have_v offend_v thou_o i_o be_o sinful_a but_o i_o be_o thou_o and_o will_v not_o forsake_v thou_o and_o change_v my_o lord_n and_o master_n for_o a_o world_n o_o know_v thy_o own_o and_o own_o my_o soul_n that_o have_v own_v thou_o though_o it_o have_v sin_v against_o thou_o thy_o sheep_n know_v thy_o voice_n and_o follow_v not_o a_o stranger_n now_o know_v thy_o poor_a sheep_n and_o leave_v they_o not_o to_o the_o devourer_n thy_o lamb_n have_v be_v preserve_v by_o thou_o among_o wolf_n in_o the_o world_n preserve_v i_o now_o from_o the_o enemy_n of_o soul_n i_o be_o thou_o o_o save_v i_o psalm_n 119._o 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what_o it_o be_v to_o have_v a_o humane_a soul_n separate_v from_o the_o body_n and_o the_o body_n bury_v in_o a_o grave_n and_o there_o lament_v by_o survive_a friend_n and_o why_o do_v he_o this_o but_o that_o he_o may_v be_v fit_a to_o receive_v and_o relieve_v thou_o in_o the_o like_a condition_n o_o who_o will_v not_o be_v encourage_v to_o encounter_v death_n and_o lie_v down_o in_o a_o grave_n that_o believe_v that_o christ_n do_v so_o before_o he_o and_o consider_v why_o he_o go_v that_o way_n and_o what_o a_o conquest_n he_o have_v make_v i_o know_v a_o argument_n from_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n will_v not_o prove_v his_o love_n to_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o ungodly_a so_o as_o to_o infer_v that_o he_o will_v receive_v they_o but_o it_o will_v prove_v his_o reception_n of_o believer_n soul_n he_o that_o spare_v not_o his_o own_o son_n but_o give_v he_o up_o for_o we_o all_o how_o shall_v he_o not_o with_o he_o also_o free_o give_v we_o all_o thing_n rom._n 8._o 32._o be_v a_o 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