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upon_o it_o that_o may_v reflect_v sadness_n upon_o all_o your_o heart_n where_o have_v god_n a_o people_n especial_o in_o these_o european_a part_n of_o the_o world_n but_o there_o be_v a_o distress_n upon_o they_o whether_o you_o look_v into_o france_n germany_n upper_a or_o low_a hungaria_n silesia_n polonia_n etc._n etc._n and_o do_v not_o all_o this_o make_v fast_v a_o duty_n in_o season_n when_o nehemiah_n hear_v from_o certain_a that_o come_v from_o judah_n that_o the_o remnant_n leave_v of_o the_o captivity_n be_v in_o great_a affliction_n and_o that_o the_o wall_n of_o jerusalem_n be_v break_v down_o etc._n etc._n he_o sit_v down_o mourn_v fast_v and_o pray_v before_o the_o god_n of_o heaven_n nehem._n 1.4_o and_o this_o he_o do_v though_o he_o himself_o be_v in_o a_o good_a office_n in_o the_o persian_a court._n be_v our_o condition_n ever_o so_o good_a at_o home_n yet_o we_o shall_v lay_v to_o heart_n the_o affliction_n of_o our_o brethren_n abroad_o for_o as_o we_o be_v to_o rejoice_v with_o they_o that_o rejoice_v so_o to_o weep_v with_o they_o that_o weep_v and_o what_o further_a calamity_n may_v yet_o break_v forth_o we_o know_v not_o but_o the_o sky_n look_v still_o red_a and_o lower_a and_o pourtend_v bad_a weather_n and_o it_o be_v our_o wisdom_n so_o to_o discern_v the_o face_n of_o the_o sky_n as_o to_o betake_v ourselves_o to_o the_o proper_a duty_n of_o the_o time_n and_o thus_o to_o observe_v and_o serve_v the_o time_n be_v good_a christian_a policy_n 3._o be_v the_o agitation_n of_o great_a affair_n in_o the_o world_n a_o occasion_n for_o fast_v this_o also_o require_v it_o of_o we_o at_o this_o day_n be_v not_o the_o nation_n embroil_v in_o war_n both_o by_o land_n and_o sea_n be_v there_o not_o also_o some_o negotiation_n of_o peace_n on_o foot_n be_v not_o the_o great_a council_n of_o the_o land_n to_o meet_v here_o at_o home_n and_o do_v not_o these_o extraordinary_a affair_n call_v we_o to_o extraordinary_a duty_n that_o they_o may_v 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nothing_o for_o other_o yet_o we_o may_v deliver_v our_o own_o soul_n and_o we_o know_v the_o respect_n god_n have_v to_o those_o that_o sigh_v and_o mourn_v in_o jerusalem_n that_o the_o prophet_n be_v bid_v to_o set_v a_o peculiar_a mark_n upon_o they_o ezek._n 9.4_o 20._o 2_o chron._n 20._o and_o i_o shall_v only_o add_v this_o further_a word_n of_o encouragement_n i._n e._n that_o this_o extraordinary_a duty_n of_o fast_v have_v be_v often_o answer_v with_o extraordinary_a success_n as_o esther_n fast_o when_o she_o go_v in_o to_o the_o king_n and_o jehoshaphat_n fast_o when_o the_o ammonite_n moabite_n and_o edomite_n invade_v he_o and_o ezra_n fast_o ch_z 8.23_o and_o upon_o daniel_n fast_v he_o have_v the_o angel_n gabriel_n dispatch_v to_o he_o to_o give_v he_o understand_v in_o the_o thing_n he_o seek_v ch_n 9.22_o and_o again_o upon_o his_o fast_n in_o ch_z 10._o he_o see_v a_o vision_n wherein_o a_o man_n appear_v to_o he_o and_o tell_v he_o that_o he_o be_v a_o man_n 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