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increase_v their_o offence_n by_o to_o much_o hope_n but_o how_o much_o do_v they_o enlarge_v their_o guiltiness_n by_o distrust_n of_o remission_n if_o there_o be_v no_o forgiveness_n than_o thou_o will_v rage_v and_o say_v i_o be_o wretched_a i_o be_o condemn_v why_o be_v not_o my_o lust_n law_n why_o shall_v i_o not_o fill_v myself_o with_o facietie_n if_o after_o this_o there_o be_v nought_o but_o torment_fw-mi this_o will_v be_v thy_o say_v oh_o worse_a than_o despair_n itself_o he_o do_v better_a therefore_o that_o correct_v thou_o with_o promise_n of_o forgetfulness_n and_o say_v i_o will_v not_o the_o death_n of_o a_o sinner_n but_o that_o he_o convert_v and_o live_v god_n by_o his_o promise_n will_v not_o have_v sinner_n to_o presume_v but_o his_o will_n be_v they_o shall_v not_o in_o any_o wise_a distrust_n and_o therefore_o he_o have_v make_v they_o ignorant_a of_o the_o day_n of_o their_o death_n if_o thou_o repent_v present_a pardon_n be_v provide_v no_o day_n be_v prefix_v wherefore_o to_o conclude_v if_o thou_o have_v live_v well_o till_o this_o day_n and_o still_o abide_v in_o this_o life_n live_v well_o amend_v thy_o life_n and_o behold_v forgiveness_n and_o be_v sure_a that_o what_o he_o have_v pardon_v shall_v not_o be_v impute_v to_o thou_o again_o which_o for_o his_o mercy_n he_o grant_v that_o take_v away_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o world_n amen_n consolatio_fw-la nvlla_fw-la meroris_fw-la magnitudo_fw-la nulla_fw-la angustiarum_fw-la acerbitas_fw-la nulla_fw-la defectuum_fw-la multitudo_fw-la nulla_fw-la scelerum_fw-la enormitas_fw-la te_fw-la ad_fw-la desperationem_fw-la nimiámne_fw-la pusillanimitatem_fw-la adducat_fw-la quantumcunque_fw-la peccaveris_fw-la semper_fw-la dei_fw-la misericordia_fw-la in_o infinitum_fw-la excedit_fw-la tuas_fw-la iniquitates_fw-la quantumcunque_fw-la infirmus_fw-la sis_fw-la semper_fw-la illius_fw-la benignitas_fw-la adiware_fw-la parata_fw-la est_fw-la tuam_fw-la fragilitatem_fw-la vult_fw-la &_o potest_fw-la deus_fw-la sanare_fw-la ac_fw-la liberare_fw-la te_fw-la si_fw-la ad_fw-la eum_fw-la verè_fw-la converteris_fw-la atque_fw-la humilis_fw-la factus_fw-la ipsum_fw-la piè_fw-fr invocas_fw-es &_o speras_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la oh_o quam_fw-la homini_fw-la salutaris_fw-la &_o deo_fw-la grata_fw-la est_fw-la spes_fw-la atque_fw-la confidentia_fw-la illa_fw-la quam_fw-la dei_fw-la amor_fw-la sanctaque_fw-la humilitas_fw-la parit_fw-la &_o quae_fw-la hominem_fw-la non_fw-la ad_fw-la negligentiam_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o curiam_fw-la seize_v emendandi_fw-la neque_fw-la ad_fw-la facilitatem_fw-la peccandi_fw-la pertrahit_fw-la sed_fw-la magis_fw-la ad_fw-la conatum_fw-la proficiendi_fw-la extimulat_fw-la ¶_o the_o author_n prayer_n in_o the_o depth_n of_o thy_o mercy_n oh_o lord_n bow_v down_o thine_o eye_n &_o behold_v incline_v thy_o ear_n and_o hear_v stretch_v out_o thine_o arm_n and_o help_v for_o i_o be_o thine_o unworthy_a creature_n and_o hapless_a man_n that_o through_o thy_o rod_n of_o wrath_n have_v experience_n of_o most_o wretched_a misery_n my_o enemy_n pursue_v i_o with_o gape_a jaw_n and_o whet_v tooth_n say_v within_o themselves_o let_v we_o now_o devour_v he_o for_o the_o time_n that_o we_o look_v for_o be_v come_v we_o do_v find_v and_o see_v it_o they_o have_v fortify_v round_o about_o i_o and_o have_v enclose_v i_o with_o torment_n and_o travel_v my_o flesh_n and_o skin_n be_v make_v old_a my_o bone_n be_v bruise_v they_o have_v hedge_v i_o that_o i_o can_v geat_v out_o and_o have_v lay_v heavy_a link_n upon_o i_o help_v lord_n thy_o servant_n who_o thou_o never_o fail_v i_o cry_v and_o call_v piteous_o yet_o be_o i_o not_o heerde_z my_o innocence_n be_v tread_v down_o &_o my_o life_n subdue_v with_o false_a surmise_n my_o mourn_n they_o daily_o hear_v but_o comfort_n i_o find_v far_o of_o they_o have_v stop_v up_o my_o way_n with_o quarter_a stone_n and_o make_v my_o path_n crooked_a they_o lay_v wait_v for_o i_o as_o wild_a bear_n and_o
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