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8._o 37._o last_o if_o your_o soul_n be_v convert_v they_o will_v be_v both_o satisfy_v and_o secure_v and_o what_o can_v you_o desire_v more_o it_o will_v be_v a_o loud_a lie_n if_o mammon_n shall_v say_v that_o ever_o he_o satisfy_v any_o all_o be_v vanity_n and_o vexation_n of_o spirit_n and_o there_o be_v no_o profit_n under_o the_o sun_n eccles_n 2._o 11._o but_o now_o the_o lord_n with_o truth_n do_v say_v i_o have_v satiate_v the_o weary_a soul_n and_o i_o have_v replenish_v every_o sorrowful_a soul_n jer._n 31._o 25._o those_o soul_n that_o be_v weary_a and_o sorrowful_a seem_v further_a off_o from_o satisfaction_n yet_o these_o weary_a and_o sorrowful_a soul_n the_o lord_n be_v able_a to_o satisfy_v nay_o in_o scripture_n we_o read_v of_o abundant_a satisfaction_n psal_n 35._o 8_o 9_o they_o shall_v be_v abundant_o satisfy_v with_o the_o fatness_n of_o thy_o house_n and_o thou_o shall_v make_v they_o drink_v of_o the_o river_n of_o thy_o pleasure_n that_o which_o increase_v 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