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shall_v be_v satisfy_v with_o thy_o image_n but_o if_o we_o mark_v more_o narrow_o we_o shall_v find_v godly_a that_o david_n here_o seek_v another_o sort_n of_o mercy_n than_o he_o seek_v before_o for_o first_o he_o seek_v mercy_n to_o forgive_v his_o sin_n then_o he_o seek_v mercy_n to_o comfort_v he_o in_o his_o trouble_n now_o he_o seek_v mercy_n to_o live_v and_o sin_n no_o more_o alas_o many_o seek_v the_o first_o mercy_n of_o remission_n and_o the_o second_o mercy_n of_o consolation_n in_o trouble_n who_o be_v altogether_o careless_a of_o the_o three_o mercy_n to_o live_v well_o it_o be_v a_o great_a mercy_n of_o god_n to_o amend_v thy_o life_n where_o this_o be_v not_o let_v no_o man_n think_v he_o have_v receive_v either_o of_o the_o former_a magna_fw-la est_fw-la miseratio_fw-la dei_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la solemn_a remissionem_fw-la tribuit_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la certantibus_fw-la addit_fw-la calcaria_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o suscepto_fw-la certamine_fw-la pergant_fw-la it_o be_v a_o great_a mercy_n of_o god_n ☞_o which_o not_o only_o pardon_v evil_a that_o be_v do_v but_o strengthen_v we_o also_o to_o further_a good_a that_o we_o have_v not_o do_v and_o this_o be_v the_o mercy_n which_o here_o david_n seek_v for_o thy_o law_n be_v my_o delight_n of_o this_o reason_n see_v verse_n 70._o ver_fw-la 78._o let_v the_o proud_a be_v ashamed_a for_o they_o have_v deal_v wicked_o and_o false_o with_o i_o dauid_n here_o pray_v not_o against_o the_o person_n frame_v of_o his_o enemy_n but_o against_o their_o course_n their_o false_a &_o wicked_a deal_n against_o he_o or_o rather_o as_o we_o may_v think_v with_o basile_n orat_fw-la pro_fw-la 119._o inimicis_fw-la the_o reason_n hereof_o be_v give_v by_o ambrose_n 119._o pudor_fw-la enim_fw-la plerumque_fw-la corrector_n est_fw-la nostri_fw-la &_o dum_fw-la incipit_fw-la nos_fw-la pudere_fw-la commissi_fw-la ne_fw-la diutius_fw-la pudeat_fw-la deserere_fw-la quaeerubescenda_fw-la sunt_fw-la 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who_o out_o of_o most_o wholesome_a herb_n gather_v nothing_o but_o poison_n for_o all_o be_v thy_o servant_n from_o the_o angel_n to_o host_n the_o worm_n all_o serve_v he_o he_o be_v the_o lord_n of_o host_n let_v we_o also_o serve_v he_o and_o then_o shall_v they_o serve_v us._n but_o it_o be_v both_o sin_n and_o shame_n that_o where_o the_o rage_a water_n and_o furious_a fire_n serve_v god_n at_o his_o command_n only_a man_n make_v to_o his_o own_o image_n disobeye_n he_o and_o therefore_o again_o fearful_a be_v the_o recompense_n that_o where_o it_o be_v say_v the_o lord_n psalm_n rejoice_v in_o all_o his_o work_n of_o man_n only_o the_o lord_n say_v it_o repent_v i_o that_o i_o make_v man_n 6._o the_o lord_n grant_v it_o may_v repent_v we_o that_o ever_o we_o offend_v so_o good_a a_o god_n and_o so_o the_o lord_n may_v be_v pacify_v towards_o we_o in_o christ_n jesus_n ver_fw-la 92._o except_o thy_o law_n have_v be_v my_o delight_n i_o shall_v now_o have_v perish_v in_o my_o 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come_v and_o see_v taste_v and_o consider_v ☜_o how_o gracious_a the_o lord_n be_v and_o you_o shall_v find_v that_o every_o repetition_n of_o it_o bring_v new_a delight_n and_o this_o they_o may_v learn_v by_o their_o natural_a affection_n towards_o bodily_a food_n which_o be_v so_o great_a that_o the_o same_o kind_n of_o food_n where-upon_o they_o feed_v this_o day_n they_o long_v for_o it_o again_o to_o morrow_n and_o with_o a_o new_a appetite_n long_o to_o have_v renew_v every_o day_n and_o if_o they_o be_v as_o well_o acquaint_v with_o the_o spiritual_a life_n their_o affection_n will_v be_v in_o the_o same_o manner_n renew_v every_o day_n towards_o the_o word_n of_o god_n for_o the_o truth_n be_v that_o no_o monarch_n in_o the_o world_n can_v furnish_v his_o table_n with_o such_o variety_n of_o delicate_n as_o be_v offer_v to_o we_o in_o the_o treasure_n of_o god_n word_n perish_v in_o my_o affliction_n david_n be_v a_o godly_a 15._o man_n and_o dear_o belove_v of_o the_o lord_n 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like_o lively_a stone_n to_o be_v lay_v in_o heavenly_a jerusalem_n more_o of_o this_o see_v ver_fw-la 50._o 52._o ver_fw-la 93._o i_o will_v never_o forget_v thy_o precept_n for_o by_o they_o thou_o have_v quicken_v i_o this_o verse_n have_v a_o protestation_n of_o his_o thankfulness_n 119._o he_o have_v find_v life_n in_o god_n word_n and_o he_o resolve_v never_o to_o forget_v it_o experientia_fw-la edoct_v we_o iustificationes_fw-la tu_fw-la as_o producere_fw-la vitam_fw-la inextinguibilem_fw-la illarum_fw-la memoriam_fw-la seruabo_fw-la it_o be_v no_o marvel_v that_o they_o who_o never_o get_v life_n by_o the_o word_n of_o god_n have_v no_o delight_n in_o it_o the_o excuse_n of_o man_n here_o avail_v not_o certain_a it_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o contempt_n of_o god_n word_n be_v from_o this_o that_o man_n never_o find_v life_n nor_o comfort_n by_o it_o whereof_o see_v sect._n 1_o but_o it_o be_v worthy_a to_o be_v mark_v that_o he_o say_v word_n not_o the_o word_n quicken_v 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to_o thy_o mercy_n and_o teach_v i_o thy_o statute_n he_o protest_v now_o as_o oft_o before_o that_o he_o be_v god_n servant_n that_o he_o do_v not_o live_v shall_v according_a to_o his_o own_o will_n but_o depend_v on_o the_o will_n of_o god_n even_o as_o the_o eye_n of_o a_o servant_n look_v to_o the_o master_n and_o the_o eye_n of_o a_o handmaid_n to_o her_o mistress_n so_o do_v he_o look_v unto_o the_o lord_n his_o god_n but_o because_o he_o be_v privy_a to_o the_o conscience_n of_o his_o own_o sin_n and_o that_o his_o service_n be_v not_o such_o as_o it_o shall_v have_v be_v therefore_o he_o appeal_v to_o mercy_n pray_v god_n not_o to_o deal_v with_o he_o after_o his_o service_n but_o after_o god_n mercy_n non_fw-la uno_fw-la facto_fw-la seruus_fw-la dei_fw-la absoluitur_fw-la it_o be_v not_o one_o duty_n which_o complete_v the_o service_n we_o owe_v unto_o god_n yea_o when_o we_o have_v do_v all_o that_o we_o can_v we_o be_v but_o unprofitable_a servant_n for_o who_o can_v 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