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clothe_v lodge_v and_o fit_v with_o all_o thing_n necessary_a for_o we_o and_o fit_a for_o the_o entertainment_n of_o this_o life_n and_o to_o avoid_v the_o misery_n thereof_o it_o be_v by_o his_o only_a mean_n that_o we_o have_v such_o a_o good_a 23._o psal_n 23._o as_o say_v david_n the_o lord_n be_v my_o shepherd_n i_o shall_v not_o want_v it_o be_v he_o that_o conduct_n we_o and_o guide_v we_o through_o all_o the_o way_n which_o we_o address_v not_o only_o because_o we_o shall_v not_o stumble_v as_o say_v david_n 91._o plal._n 91._o for_o he_o shall_v give_v his_o angel_n charge_v over_o thou_o to_o keep_v thou_o in_o all_o thywayes_o they_o shall_v bear_v thou_o in_o their_o hand_n that_o thou_o hurt_v not_o thy_o foot_n against_o the_o stone_n but_o also_o do_v conduct_n and_o set_v we_o in_o the_o way_n of_o his_o commandment_n and_o cause_v that_o we_o do_v not_o decline_v from_o the_o obedience_n of_o his_o holy_a will_n neither_o to_o the_o right_n nor_o to_o the_o left_a 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