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that_o it_o be_v thy_o uncomprehended_a mercy_n that_o before_o this_o thou_o have_v not_o abridge_v our_o day_n cut_v we_o off_o and_o cast_v we_o into_o the_o bottomless_a pit_n of_o hell_n from_o whence_o there_o be_v no_o redemption_n or_o thought_n of_o mercy_n but_o in_o vain_a wherefore_o boulden_v by_o this_o one_o mercy_n of_o thou_o thy_o patience_n and_o long_o suffer_v more_o than_o all_o our_o desert_n can_v ever_o recompense_v we_o will_v presume_v to_o beg_v another_o which_o be_v that_o thou_o will_v touch_v our_o heart_n with_o a_o godly_a sorrow_n for_o our_o sin_n not_o small_a but_o grievous_a not_o a_o handful_n but_o innumerable_a not_o past_o but_o present_a not_o secret_a but_o exemplary_a and_o open_a in_o the_o face_n of_o god_n and_o man_n so_o that_o if_o thou_o shall_v deal_v with_o we_o according_a to_o our_o desert_n satan_n will_v rejoice_v but_o we_o shall_v mourn_v never_o to_o see_v thy_o face_n again_o the_o sun_n nor_o the_o moon_n the_o day_n nor_o 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