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not_o thou_o take_v servile_a pain_n for_o the_o oblation_n which_o thou_o be_v to_o offer_v i_o nor_o do_v i_o give_v thou_o toil_n and_o trouble_v in_o the_o procure_n of_o frankincense_n for_o i_o but_o thou_o have_v make_v i_o a_o slave_n to_o thou_o by_o thy_o sin_n thou_o have_v put_v i_o to_o labour_n by_o thy_o iniquity_n yet_o still_o i_o be_o myself_o i_o be_o that_o very_o he_o who_o wipe_v away_o thy_o iniquity_n for_o my_o own_o sake_n and_o i_o will_v not_o retain_v the_o memory_n of_o thy_o sin_n call_v i_o at_o length_n to_o mind_n and_o let_v thou_o and_o i_o be_v judge_v together_o and_o say_v if_o there_o be_v any_o thing_n which_o thou_o cause_v allege_v in_o excuse_n of_o thyself_o tell_v i_o 1._o popule_fw-la mens_fw-la quid_fw-la feci_fw-la tibi_fw-la mich._n 6._o audite_fw-la caeli_fw-la etc._n etc._n isa_n 1._o o_o my_o people_n what_o offence_n have_v i_o commit_v against_o thou_o or_o wherein_o have_v i_o be_v troublesome_a to_o thou_o answer_v i_o or_o at_o 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i_o call_v it_o be_v i_o myself_o i_o be_o the_o first_o and_o i_o be_o the_o last_o thus_o o_o israel_n say_v thy_o lord_n &_o thy_o holy_a redeemer_n i_o be_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n who_o teach_v thou_o profitable_a thing_n and_o who_o conduct_v thou_o in_o the_o way_n where_o thou_o walk_v o_o that_o thou_o have_v apply_v thyself_o to_o the_o keep_n of_o my_o commandment_n thy_o peace_n shall_v then_o have_v be_v as_o any_o flood_n and_o thy_o justice_n as_o the_o very_a swell_a mouth_n of_o the_o sea_n and_o thy_o offspring_n and_o seed_n 1._o lavamini_n mundi_fw-la estote_fw-la isa_n 1._o as_o plentiful_a as_o the_o
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