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it_o that_o thou_o will_v reveal_v thyself_o to_o we_o and_o not_o unto_o the_o world_n when_o the_o prophet_n shall_v be_v send_v to_o one_o widow_n only_o of_o all_o that_o be_v in_o samaria_n and_o to_o cleanse_v one_o naaman_n of_o all_o the_o leper_n the_o mercy_n be_v more_o observable_a o_o that_o will_v sure_o be_v a_o day_n of_o passionate_a sense_n on_o both_o side_n when_o two_o shall_v be_v in_o a_o bed_n and_o two_o in_o the_o field_n the_o one_o take_v and_o the_o other_o forsake_v for_o a_o christian_n who_o be_v conscious_a of_o his_o own_o undeserving_a and_o il-deserving_a to_o see_v his_o companion_n in_o sin_n perish_v his_o neighbour_n kinsman_n father_n mother_n wife_n child_n for_o ever_o in_o hell_n while_o he_o be_v prefer_v among_o the_o bless_a to_o see_v other_o man_n sin_n eternal_o plague_v while_o his_o be_v all_o pardon_v to_o see_v those_o that_o be_v wont_a to_o sit_v with_o we_o in_o the_o same_o seat_n and_o eat_v with_o we_o at_o the_o same_o 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