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this_o say_v he_o thou_o have_v see_v o_o god_n keep_v not_o silence_n o_o lord_n be_v not_o thou_o far_o from_o i_o so_o psal_n 38._o 21_o 22._o psal_n 71._o 12._o every_o christian_n experience_n be_v a_o full_a proof_n of_o this_o so_o as_o the_o proposition_n need_v no_o further_a proof_n only_o let_v i_o show_v you_o the_o reason_n of_o it_o reason_n the_o great_a reason_n be_v because_o we_o be_v all_o of_o we_o more_o prone_a to_o live_v by_o sight_n then_o by_o faith_n the_o apostle_n say_v we_o live_v by_o faith_n not_o by_o sight_n he_o tell_v you_o what_o he_o himself_o and_o other_o christian_n then_o do_v and_o what_o all_o good_a christian_n shall_v do_v the_o just_a say_v the_o prophet_n shall_v live_v by_o faith_n but_o through_o our_o infirmity_n we_o do_v live_v more_o by_o sight_n than_o we_o do_v by_o faith_n it_o be_v a_o lesson_n very_o hard_o to_o flesh_n and_o blood_n can_v we_o live_v more_o by_o faith_n there_o will_v be_v these_o two_o consequent_n to_o 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