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which_o be_v yet_o to_o come_v that_o thou_o may_v rejoice_v therein_o as_o if_o it_o be_v already_o present_a o_o lord_n notwithstanding_o all_o my_o sorrow_n while_o my_o faith_n and_o hope_n be_v sleep_v yet_o now_o by_o thy_o good_a spirit_n of_o grace_n they_o be_v awake_a my_o sorrow_n be_v turn_v into_o joy_n thou_o have_v put_v off_o my_o sackcloth_n thou_o have_v turn_v my_o weep_v into_o hope_v desire_v and_o rejoice_v in_o the_o firm_a belief_n that_o my_o dead_a shall_v rise_v to_o glorious_a life_n and_o be_v not_o ignorant_a of_o this_o lord_n pardon_v my_o sin_n that_o have_v be_v in_o my_o sorrow_n and_o let_v i_o sorrow_n no_o more_o as_o one_o that_o have_v no_o hope_n finis_fw-la book_n print_v for_o and_o sell_v by_o thomas_n cockeril_n at_o the_o three_o leg_n in_o the_o poultry_n over_o against_o the_o stock-market_n london_n 1._o the_o morning_n exercise_n at_o cripplegate_n or_o several_a case_n of_o conscience_n resolve_v by_o sundry_a minister_n in_o quarto_n 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