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for_o thy_o great_a and_o tender_a mercy_n sake_n lord_n hear_v forgive_v oh_o lord_n and_o weigh_v the_o same_o oh_o lord_n perform_v it_o and_o no_o more_o defer_v for_o thy_o own_o sake_n my_o god_n for_o by_o thy_o name_n thy_o city_n and_o thy_o people_n call_v be_v the_o prayer_n of_o jonah_n jonah_n 2._o the_o argument_n and_o use_n as_o jonah_n flee_v from_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o lord_n he_o be_v follow_v by_o a_o tempest_n who_o fury_n will_v not_o be_v allay_v until_o the_o offender_n be_v cast_v into_o the_o sea_n where_o god_n have_v mercy_n on_o he_o and_o send_v a_o fish_n to_o preserve_v he_o which_o in_o humane_a reason_n seem_v a_o more_o terrible_a danger_n then_o that_o he_o be_v deliver_v from_o but_o the_o safety_n which_o at_o his_o first_o entrance_n he_o find_v in_o so_o unsafe_a a_o place_n make_v he_o sensible_a of_o god_n favour_n and_o beget_v in_o he_o a_o firm_a belief_n that_o he_o shall_v be_v total_o deliver_v and_o thereupon_o be_v yet_o in_o 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in_o the_o mystical_a body_n of_o jesus_n christ_n also_o for_o by_o contemplate_v the_o circumstance_n of_o his_o danger_n and_o deliverance_n and_o have_v the_o spirit_n of_o prophecy_n he_o apprehend_v the_o mystery_n of_o our_o redemption_n by_o the_o ship_n ready_a to_o be_v sink_v through_o that_o tempest_n in_o which_o he_o be_v cast_v away_o he_o conceive_v the_o wrath_n of_o god_n against_o the_o world_n for_o sin_n and_o that_o it_o will_v not_o be_v appease_v without_o satisfaction_n by_o his_o own_o offence_n he_o foresee_v hâ—w_o christ_n have_v take_v our_o sin_n upon_o he_o shall_v to_o bring_v peace_n unto_o the_o world_n be_v deliver_v over_o unto_o the_o rage_n of_o pilate_n and_o the_o jew_n by_o his_o be_v receive_v into_o the_o fish_n belly_n and_o there_o preserve_v alive_a he_o foresee_v how_o christ_n shall_v be_v swallow_v up_o of_o the_o grave_n and_o yet_o remain_v uncorrupted_a and_o by_o the_o foresight_n he_o have_v of_o his_o own_o come_v safe_a to_o 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