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be_v we_o not_o ashamed_a miserable_a that_o we_o be_v that_o be_v show_v by_o our_o own_o proper_a experience_n we_o see_v plain_o and_o open_o how_o often_o the_o lord_n have_v be_v careful_a for_o we_o and_o watcheful_a even_o unto_o this_o hour_n and_o how_o he_o have_v endow_v we_o which_o it_o all_o manner_n of_o good_a and_o great_a benefit_n and_o yet_o can_v we_o resign_v and_o acknowledge_v to_o he_o the_o only_a care_n and_o watch_v over_o we_o in_o a_o very_a little_a present_a evel_n but_o we_o behave_v ourselves_o as_o though_o he_o have_v forsake_v we_o or_o as_o though_o that_o we_o can_v put_v it_o of_o or_o quit_v ourselves_o of_o it_o be_v it_o not_o say_v in_o the._n 139._o psalm_n i_o be_o poor_a and_o miserable_a but_o the_o lord_n care_v for_o i_o upon_o this_o s._n augustine_n say_v he_o that_o make_v thou_o care_v for_o thou_o permit_v and_o rendre_fw-fr to_o he_o that_o make_v thou_o before_o thou_o be_v any_o thing_n to_o have_v cure_n and_o charge_n of_o 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