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3._o deus_fw-la vult_fw-la mutationem_fw-la sed_fw-la nunquam_fw-la mutat_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la aquinas_n deus_fw-la aliquando_fw-la mutat_fw-la sententiam_fw-la sed_fw-la nunquam_fw-la mutat_fw-la decretum_fw-la greg._n {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o naz._n tertul._n de_fw-fr paenit_fw-la paenitentia_fw-la radens_fw-la et_fw-la verrens_fw-la peccata_fw-la ibid._n use_v of_o exhortation_n unto_o two_o duty_n 1_o to_o humiliation_n seven_o bucket_n to_o draw_v out_o the_o water_n of_o tear_n job_n 14._o 17_o ps._n 56._o 8._o eph._n 4_o 30._o am._n 2._o 13._o ezek._n 6._o 9_o six_o reason_n to_o move_v we_o to_o great_a sorrow_n for_o little_a sin_n buck._n 2._o ps._n 105_o 7._o aust._n epist_n 6_o 4._o heb._n 13.4_o vrsin_n preface_n to_o his_o catechism_n 3._o 4._o luk_n 19_o 41_o 42._o iustin._n a_o five_o help_n to_o humiliation_n a_o six_o bucket_n ps_n 6.8_o plutarc_n in_fw-la vita_fw-la alexand._n gen._n 19.27_o 28._o neh._n 1.3_o 4_o 5._o prooemium_fw-la commentar_n in_o ezek._n 1_o sa._n 4.19_o mat._n 2._o 18._o jud_n 5.28_o 7._o in_fw-la vita_fw-la ejus_fw-la apud_fw-la surium_n the_o second_o duty_n be_v reformation_n this_o reformation_n must_v be_v 1_o personal_a jona_n 3.8_o ps._n 18_o 23._o luke_n 15._o 2_o sam._n 23.15_o 16._o quo_fw-la grandius_fw-la nomen_fw-la ca_o grandius_fw-la scandalum_fw-la act._n 18.8_o 2_o it_o must_v be_v national_a quest_n answ._n nehe._n 3_o 1._o ioh._n 1_o 1.44_o ioh._n 10.5_o ioh._n 11_o 44._o sleidan_n convent_n isai._n 62.1_o 2_o chron._n 30.14_o 15._o 2_o chron_n 31.1_o motive_n to_o a_o reformation_n ex._n 1.21_o hagg._n 1.4_o 5_o 6_o 7_o 8_o 9_o esth._n 11._o 13_o 14_o 15._o zach._n 4_o 7._o tect_v de_fw-fr penitent_a matth._n 3._o â—_z mat._n 4._o 17._o luk._n 24._o 47._o tertul._n de_fw-fr poenit_fw-la ezek._n 18._o tertull_n quest_n 2_o king_n 23._o 26._o answ._n 5._o doct._n 4._o ezra_n 9_o 8._o psa._n 68.13_o zac._n 4.10_o ezra_n 10._o 11._o nehe._n 12.22_o gene._n 6._o 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i_o thank_v thou_o oh_o lord_n say_v david_n that_o thou_o have_v hear_v the_o voice_n of_o my_o weep_n where_o note_n weep_v have_v a_o voice_n and_o as_o music_n upon_o the_o water_n sound_v far_o and_o more_o harmonious_o than_o upon_o the_o land_n so_o prayer_n join_v with_o tear_n cry_v loud_o in_o god_n ear_n and_o make_v sweet_a music_n than_o when_o tear_n be_v absent_a when_o antipater_n have_v write_v a_o large_a letter_n against_o alexander_n mother_n unto_o alexander_n alexand._n the_o king_n answer_v he_o do_v thou_o not_o know_v that_o one_o tear_n from_o my_o mother_n will_v wash_v away_o all_o her_o fault_n so_o it_o be_v with_o god_n a_o penitent_a tear_n be_v a_o undeniable_a ambassador_n a_o object_n look_v upon_o when_o it_o be_v in_o the_o water_n seem_v big_a than_o when_o it_o be_v out_o of_o the_o water_n let_v we_o look_v upon_o ireland_n misery_n through_o the_o water_n of_o our_o tear_n and_o this_o will_v represent_v it_o in_o its_o due_a proportion_n let_v 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wicked_a sodom_n ought_v not_o you_o to_o be_v much_o more_o zealous_a for_o the_o protestant_n in_o ireland_n who_o profess_v the_o same_o faith_n and_o be_v under_o the_o same_o government_n with_o we_o in_o england_n 2._o 5._o let_v i_o offer_v the_o example_n of_o nehemiah_n who_o though_o for_o his_o own_o particular_a he_o be_v in_o great_a prosperity_n and_o in_o great_a favour_n at_o the_o court_n yet_o when_o he_o hear_v of_o the_o afflict_o on_o and_o misery_n of_o the_o people_n of_o god_n at_o jerusalem_n he_o sit_v down_o and_o weep_v and_o mourn_v and_o fast_v and_o never_o desist_v till_o he_o have_v obtain_v leave_n to_o go_v and_o help_v his_o brethren_n at_o jerusalem_n 3._o i_o shall_v propound_v the_o example_n of_o hierome_n who_o be_v write_v a_o commentary_n upon_o ezekiel_n ezek._n but_o when_o he_o hear_v of_o the_o besiege_n of_o rome_n a_o place_n wherein_o he_o have_v former_o live_v and_o of_o the_o death_n of_o many_o godly_a people_n he_o be_v so_o 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