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endeavour_n and_o shall_v in_o great_a measure_n effect_n but_o woe_n be_v to_o they_o by_o who_o such_o offence_n do_v come_v 21_o but_o lord_n i_o as_o much_o as_o other_o be_v against_o i_o and_o my_o anti-type_n the_o lord_n christ_n so_o thou_o that_o be_v his_o god_n and_o father_n and_o in_o he_o i_o be_v thou_o as_o much_o for_o i_o and_o he_o for_o thy_o covenant_n and_o righteousness_n sake_n wherein_o and_o whereby_o thy_o grace_n and_o faithfulness_n be_v engage_v to_o approve_v thyself_o a_o merciful_a good_a god_n protector_n of_o the_o innocent_a and_o deliverer_n of_o the_o oppress_a be_v thou_o so_o to_o i_o let_v my_o preservation_n and_o deliverance_n from_o my_o enemy_n by_o thy_o almighty_a power_n adumbrate_v christ_n powerful_a resurrection_n out_o of_o the_o grave_n whence_o thou_o shall_v raise_v he_o and_o the_o church_n final_a deliverance_n out_o of_o all_o her_o terrestrial_a misery_n by_o thy_o mercy_n both_o who_o i_o personate_v 22_o let_v both_o thy_o 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that_o never_o rest_v in_o a_o place_n but_o by_o every_o blast_n of_o wind_n be_v drive_v to_o and_o fro_o fatness_n 24_o my_o sorrow_n be_v so_o great_a peril_n so_o many_o and_o mind_n so_o restless_a that_o through_o voluntary_a abstinence_n and_o involuntarie_a faintness_n and_o decay_v of_o nature_n i_o be_o become_v stomackless_a and_o strengthless_a my_o joint_n enfeeble_v and_o my_o flesh_n macerate_v head_n 25_o and_o this_o my_o misery_n be_v so_o far_o from_o move_a mercy_n or_o pity_n in_o my_o persecutor_n that_o they_o rejoice_v to_o see_v it_o and_o mock_v at_o i_o yea_o and_o at_o thou_o too_o for_o it_o revile_v i_o with_o taunt_a term_n say_v in_o derision_n be_v this_o the_o man_n that_o must_v be_v king_n of_o israel_n and_o in_o disdainful_a diffidence_n of_o any_o such_o matter_n wag_v their_o head_n at_o i_o by_o that_o reproachful_a gesture_n scornful_o conclude_v the_o contrary_a like_a as_o they_o shall_v demean_v themselves_o to_o christ_n hang_v upon_o 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