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himself_o in_o god_n bosom_n 23._o in_o prosperity_n fear_v god_n in_o adversity_n love_n god_n 24._o pray_v will_n make_v thou_o leave_v sin_v or_o sin_v make_v thou_o leave_v pray_v 25._o our_o weakness_n and_o inability_n break_v not_o the_o bond_n of_o our_o duty_n 26._o no_o sin_n but_o be_v easy_a keep_v out_o than_o cast_v out_o 27._o what_o we_o be_v afraid_a to_o do_v before_o man_n we_o shall_v be_v afraid_a to_o think_v before_o god_n 28._o nature_n vex_v and_o nature_n arm_v soon_o discover_v itself_o 29._o they_o that_o retain_v the_o memory_n of_o mercy_n seldom_o lose_v the_o sight_n of_o mercy_n 30._o what_o unthankfulness_n be_v this_o to_o think_v upon_o two_o or_o three_o cross_n so_o as_o to_o forget_v a_o hundred_o blessing_n what_o folly_n be_v it_o to_o darken_v our_o spirit_n and_o to_o indispose_v ourselves_o to_o the_o take_n or_o do_v of_o good_a 31._o a_o limb_n out_o of_o joint_n can_v do_v nothing_o without_o deformity_n and_o pain_n dejection_n take_v 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