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subscribe_v to_o k._n edward_n will_n and_o look_v upon_o the_o affair_n of_o man_n with_o their_o worldly_a and_o corporal_a eye_n as_o do_v many_o in_o subscription_n of_o the_o king_n last_o will_n and_o therefore_o they_o do_v that_o for_o the_o which_o they_o beshrew_v themselves_o but_o let_v we_o look_v on_o thing_n with_o other_o manner_n of_o eye_n as_o god_n be_v praise_v you_o do_v in_o not_o do_v that_o which_o you_o be_v desire_v and_o drive_v at_o to_o have_v do_v you_o than_o behold_v thing_n not_o as_o a_o man_n but_o as_o a_o man_n of_o god_n and_o so_o you_o do_v now_o in_o religion_n at_o y_z e_z lest_o hitherto_o you_o have_v do_v and_o that_o you_o may_v do_v so_o still_o i_o humble_o beseech_v and_o pray_v you_o say_v with_o david_n defecerunt_fw-la oculi_fw-la mei_fw-la in_o eloquium_fw-la tuum_fw-la 119._o psalm_n 119._o quando_fw-la consolaberis_fw-la i_o i._o my_o eye_n fail_v for_o thy_o word_n say_v when_o will_v thou_o comfort_v i_o though_o you_o be_v as_o 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matutinum_fw-la laetitia_fw-la i._o he_o be_v but_o a_o while_n in_o his_o anger_n but_o in_o his_o favour_n be_v life_n weep_v may_v abide_v at_o evening_n but_o joy_n come_v in_o y_z e_z morning_n follow_v therefore_o esaye_v counsayl_n abscondere_fw-la ad_fw-la modicum_fw-la 26._o esay_n 26._o ad_fw-la momentum_fw-la donec_fw-la pertranseat_fw-la indignatio_fw-la eius_fw-la i._o hide_v thyself_o for_o a_o very_a little_a while_n until_o the_o indignation_n pass_v over_o which_o be_v not_o indignatio_fw-la in_o deed_n but_o to_o our_o sense_n and_o therefore_o in_o the_o 26._o chapter_n of_o esay_n god_n say_v of_o his_o church_n and_o people_n 26._o esay_n 26._o that_o as_o he_o keep_v night_n and_o day_n so_o non_fw-la est_fw-la indignatio_fw-la mihi_fw-la i._o there_o be_v no_o anger_n in_o i_o say_v he_o the_o mother_n sometime_o beat_v the_o child_n but_o yet_o her_o hart_n melt_v upon_o it_o even_o in_o the_o very_a beat_n correction_n god_n love_n in_o our_o correction_n and_o therefore_o she_o cast_v the_o rod_n into_o the_o fire_n and_o cull_v the_o child_n geve_v it_o a_o apple_n and_o dandle_v it_o most_o motherly_a and_o to_o say_v the_o truth_n the_o love_n of_o mother_n to_o their_o child_n be_v but_o a_o trace_n to_o train_v we_o to_o behold_v the_o love_n of_o god_n towards_o we_o 49._o esay_n 49._o and_o therefore_o say_v he_o can_v a_o mother_n forget_v the_o child_n of_o her_o womb_n as_o who_o say_v no_o but_o if_o she_o shall_v so_o do_v yet_o will_v not_o i_o forget_v thou_o say_v the_o lord_n of_o host_n ah_o comfortable_a say_n i_o will_v not_o forget_v thou_o say_v the_o lord_n in_o deed_n the_o child_n of_o god_n think_v oftentimes_o that_o god_n have_v forget_v they_o and_o therefore_o they_o cry_v ne_fw-la abscondas_fw-la faciem_fw-la tuam_fw-la â_fw-la i_o etc._n etc._n i._o hide_v not_o thy_o face_n from_o i_o etc._n etc._n ne_fw-fr deâ—elinquas_fw-la i_o domine_fw-la &c_n &c_n i._n leave_v i_o not_o o_o lord_n etc._n etc._n whereas_o in_o very_a truth_n it_o be_v not_o so_o but_o to_o their_o present_a sense_n 25._o psalm_n 25._o and_o therefore_o david_n say_v ego_fw-la dixi_fw-la in_o excessu_fw-la meo_fw-la proiectus_fw-la sum_fw-la â_fw-la fancy_n tua_fw-la i._o i_o say_v in_o my_o agony_n i_o be_v clean_o cast_v away_o from_o thy_o face_n but_o be_v it_o so_o nay_o very_o read_v his_o psalm_n and_o you_o shall_v see_v â—2_n psalm_n 90_o 98.37_o &_o â—â—_o psalm_n 31._o psalm_n â—2_n so_o write_v he_o also_o in_o other_o place_n very_o often_o especial_o in_o the_o person_n of_o christ_n as_o when_o he_o say_v deus_fw-la meus_fw-la deus_fw-la meus_fw-la ut_fw-la quid_fw-la derequisti_fw-la i_o i._o my_o god_n my_o god_n why_o have_v thou_o forsake_v i_o he_o say_v not_o ut_fw-la quid_fw-la derelinquis_fw-la i._o why_o do_v thou_o forsake_v i_o or_o derelinques_fw-la i._o why_o will_v thou_o forsake_v i_o but_o ut_fw-la quid_fw-la dereliquisti_fw-la why_o have_v thou_o forsake_v i_o where_o in_o deed_n god_n have_v not_o leave_v he_o but_o that_o it_o be_v so_o to_o his_o sense_n &_o that_o this_o psalm_n tell_v full_a well_o which_o psalm_n i_o pray_v you_o now_o and_o then_o read_v it_o be_v the_o 22._o and_o thereto_o join_v the_o 30._o and_o the_o 116._o with_o diverse_a other_o the_o same_o we_o read_v in_o the_o prophet_n esay_n in_o his_o 40._o chapter_n where_o he_o reprove_v israel_n for_o say_v god_n have_v forget_v they_o nunquid_fw-la nescis_fw-la say_v he_o i._n know_v thou_o not_o an_fw-mi non_fw-la audivisti_fw-la etc._n etc._n i._n have_v thou_o not_o hear_v etc._n etc._n 40._o esay_n 40._o qui_fw-la sperant_fw-la in_o domino_fw-la mutabunt_fw-la fortitudinem_fw-la i._o they_o that_o trust_v in_o the_o lord_n shall_v renew_v their_o strength_n and_o in_o his_o 54._o chapter_n noli_fw-la timere_fw-la etc._n etc._n ad_fw-la punctum_fw-la enim_fw-la in_fw-la modico_fw-la dereliqui_fw-la te_fw-la &_o in_fw-la
miserationibus_fw-la magnis_fw-la congregabo_fw-la te_fw-la in_o momento_n indignationis_fw-la obscondi_fw-la faciem_fw-la meam_fw-la parumper_fw-la â_fw-la te_fw-la &_o in_o miserecordia_fw-la sempiterna_fw-la misertus_fw-la sum_fw-la tui_fw-la di_fw-it xit_fw-la redemptor_n tuus_fw-la dominus_fw-la nam_fw-la istud_fw-la erit_fw-la mihi_fw-la sicut_fw-la aquae_fw-la noe._n ut_fw-la enim_fw-la iuravi_fw-la ne_fw-la porro_fw-la aquae_fw-la noah_n pertransirent_fw-la terram_fw-la sic_fw-la iuravi_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la irascar_fw-la tibi_fw-la &_o non_fw-la increpem_fw-la te_fw-la montes_n enim_fw-la comovebuntur_fw-la &_o colle_v contremiscent_fw-la miserecordia_fw-la autem_fw-la mea_fw-la non_fw-la recedet_fw-la à _fw-la te_fw-la &_o foedus_fw-la pacis_fw-la meae_fw-la non_fw-la movebitur_fw-la dixit_fw-la miserator_fw-la tuus_fw-la dominus_fw-la i._o fear_v not_o etc._n etc._n for_o a_o little_a while_o i_o have_v forsake_v thou_o but_o with_o great_a compassion_n will_v i_o 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