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be_v he_o they_o stand_v as_o man_n amaze_v what_o be_v this_o job_n what_o a_o spectacle_n be_v here_o how_o strange_o be_v his_o visage_n change_v and_o his_o whole_a body_n disfigure_v such_o kind_n of_o doubt_v language_n doubtless_o pass_v among_o they_o when_o they_o see_v he_o afar_o off_o they_o know_v he_o not_o the_o prophet_n jeremie_n observe_v the_o like_a after_o the_o hard_a siege_n of_o jerusalem_n which_o cause_v he_o thus_o to_o lament_v chap._n 4.7_o 8._o her_o nazarite_n be_v pure_a than_o snow_n they_o be_v white_a than_o milk_n they_o be_v more_o ruddy_a in_o body_n than_o ruby_n
woman_n thou_o know_v how_o to_o act_v the_o part_n and_o posture_n of_o a_o mourner_n to_o the_o life_n go_v to_o david_n and_o feign_v thyself_o to_o be_v a_o mourner_n and_o as_o a_o woman_n that_o have_v a_o long_a time_n mourn_v for_o the_o dead_a and_o it_o be_v observe_v to_o this_o day_n in_o many_o place_n and_o as_o i_o have_v be_v inform_v frequent_o in_o ireland_n that_o not_o only_a friend_n and_o neighbour_n be_v call_v to_o lament_v at_o the_o funeral_n of_o their_o friend_n and_o neighbour_n but_o many_o other_o no_o way_n relate_v scarce_o ever_o know_v to_o the_o person_n decease_v who_o come_v profess_o to_o strain_v for_o tear_n and_o make_v lamentable_a outcry_n over_o the_o dead_a to_o such_o a_o custom_n or_o profession_n job_n here_o allude_v say_v let_v they_o curse_v it_o who_o curse_v the_o day_n if_o it_o be_v object_v that_o this_o text_n speak_v of_o such_o as_o curse_v the_o day_n and_o not_o of_o such_o as_o mourn_v upon_o or_o bemoan_v the_o day_n 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towards_o the_o clear_n of_o which_o i_o shall_v a_o little_a open_a three_o word_n the_o first_o be_v gnatidim_n who_o be_v ready_a 〈◊〉_d which_o signify_v a_o prepare_a and_o meditate_a active_a readiness_n as_o we_o find_v in_o two_o text_n of_o the_o book_n of_o hester_n the_o copy_n of_o the_o write_n for_o a_o commandment_n to_o be_v give_v in_o every_o province_n be_v publish_v unto_o all_o people_n that_o they_o shall_v be_v ready_a against_o that_o day_n chap._n 3.14_o and_o again_o chap._n 8.13_o so_o that_o in_o job_n to_o be_v ready_a to_o raise_v up_o the_o mourning_n note_v more_o than_o a_o immediate_a go_v about_o a_o thing_n as_o we_o say_v i_o be_o ready_a to_o do_v a_o thing_n that_o be_v i_o will_v or_o must_v do_v it_o present_o for_o it_o note_v also_o a_o study_a readiness_n or_o preparednesse_n to_o do_v a_o thing_n the_o second_o word_n be_v gnour_n to_o raise_v up_o which_o be_v proper_o to_o raise_v from_o sleep_n 〈◊〉_d as_o in_o that_o place_n psal_n 44.23_o 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