have_v take_v upon_o i_o to_o speak_v unto_o thou_o lord_n who_o be_o but_o dust_n and_o ash_n say_v abraham_n gen._n 18.27_o i_o be_o not_o worthy_a of_o the_o least_o of_o all_o the_o mercy_n which_o thou_o have_v show_v to_o thy_o servant_n say_v jacob_n gen._n 32.10_o i_o be_o a_o worm_n and_o no_o man_n say_v david_n so_o foolish_a be_v i_o and_o ignorant_a even_o as_o a_o beast_n before_o thou_o say_v asaph_z i_o be_o more_o brutish_a than_o any_o man_n i_o have_v not_o the_o understanding_n of_o a_o man_n say_v agur._n o_o my_o god_n i_o be_o ashamed_a and_o blush_v to_o lift_v up_o my_o face_n to_o thou_o for_o our_o iniquity_n be_v increase_v over_o our_o head_n and_o our_o trespass_n be_v grow_v up_o unto_o the_o heaven_n say_v ezra_n i_o be_o a_o man_n of_o unclean_a lip_n say_v isaiah_n they_o all_o have_v learn_v the_o same_o lesson_n as_o scholar_n in_o the_o same_o form_n they_o all_o speak_v the_o same_o language_n as_o child_n of_o the_o same_o father_n it_o be_v 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for_o aught_o i_o know_v by_o thy_o go_v to_o church_n without_o thy_o company_n thou_o may_v lose_v the_o blessing_n and_o efficacy_n of_o the_o ordinance_n how_o can_v thou_o expect_v that_o god_n shall_v have_v any_o care_n of_o thy_o soul_n when_o thou_o trample_a the_o precious_a soul_n of_o other_o under_o thy_o foot_n which_o he_o have_v give_v thou_o special_a charge_n of_o o_o reader_n think_v of_o it_o be_v not_o thy_o child_n and_o servant_n stranger_n to_o god_n and_o alienate_v from_o his_o life_n through_o the_o ignorance_n that_o be_v in_o they_o and_o be_v not_o the_o ministry_n of_o the_o word_n appoint_v to_o turn_v man_n from_o darkness_n to_o light_n and_o from_o the_o power_n of_o satan_n to_o god_n how_o shall_v they_o be_v convert_v if_o the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n be_v neglect_v though_o a_o person_n be_v dangerous_o disease_v if_o he_o observe_v his_o purge_a day_n according_a to_o the_o advice_n of_o his_o able_a physician_n there_o may_v be_v hope_n of_o 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