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it_o be_v live_v in_o they_o again_o the_o discharge_n whereof_o will_v be_v their_o comfort_n and_o their_o crown_n if_o the_o lord_n give_v they_o grace_n thus_o to_o fulfil_v the_o desire_n of_o the_o dead_a and_o the_o joy_n of_o the_o live_n for_o so_o this_o gracious_a gentleman_n shall_v still_o live_v in_o his_o posterity_n and_o religion_n shall_v neither_o die_v nor_o decay_n in_o that_o family_n 19_o and_o that_o religion_n may_v never_o die_v nor_o decay_v in_o that_o family_n liquefacta_fw-la hac_fw-la nive_v multum_fw-la erit_fw-la luti_fw-la soc_n lib._n 3._o c._n 19_o where_o it_o be_v maintain_v not_o only_o in_o life_n and_o strength_n but_o in_o beauty_n and_o glory_n full_a of_o all_o good_a fruit_n as_o we_o have_v hear_v already_o and_o free_a from_o all_o root_n of_o bitterness_n and_o from_o all_o sour_a grape_n of_o gross_a sin_n spring_v and_o arise_v from_o such_o root_n chap._n lxvii_o 16.1625_o m.l._n and_o myself_o come_v to_o visit_v he_o jan._n 16.1625_o 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