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between_o we_o and_o sin_n till_o sin_n be_v abate_v look_v upon_o david_n 〈…〉_o 〈…〉_o and_o you_o shall_v see_v that_o his_o bone_n be_v trouble_v his_o soul_n be_v vex_v his_o heart_n faint_v his_o eye_n be_v dim_v his_o bed_n be_v wash_v his_o couch_n be_v water_v and_o all_o because_o he_o know_v his_o iniquity_n and_o his_o sin_n be_v ever_o before_o he_o â—_o pâ—â—l_o â—1_n â—_o when_o david_n be_v thus_o sick_a of_o sin_n there_o be_v hope_n that_o the_o grave_n shall_v be_v dig_v for_o it_o ere_o long_o mean_v while_o the_o spirit_n within_o he_o compel_v he_o to_o go_v to_o the_o physician_n of_o his_o soul_n and_o say_v o_o lord_n heal_v i_o for_o my_o bone_n be_v vex_v and_o again_o o_o lord_n deliver_v my_o soul_n that_o the_o bone_n which_o thou_o have_v break_v may_v reioâ—ce_v second_o you_o know_v that_o two_o thing_n come_v with_o death_n namely_o decay_n of_o sense_n and_o pang_n of_o death_n so_o these_o two_o thing_n also_o we_o must_v suffer_v for_o the_o death_n of_o sin_n our_o sense_n of_o sin_n must_v decay_v our_o eye_n must_v feeble_o behold_v the_o object_n by_o which_o â—inne_n be_v nourish_v â—_o see_v â—y_a sâ—râ—on_n upon_o gal._n â—_o â—_o we_o must_v turn_v they_o away_o from_o behold_v vanity_n with_o pleasure_n our_o ear_n must_v not_o endure_v to_o hear_v of_o it_o as_o i_o have_v say_v before_o our_o sense_n abuse_v be_v the_o devil_n cinque-port_n both_o to_o let_v out_o that_o wickedness_n which_o be_v breed_v in_o our_o heart_n 〈…〉_o mâ—â—â—m_fw-la 〈◊〉_d &_o 〈…〉_o and_o to_o let_v in_o that_o which_o by_o the_o adversary_n be_v sow_v in_o the_o field_n of_o god_n creature_n when_o therefore_o we_o do_v challenge_v they_o from_o the_o devil_n 31.1_o ilb_n 31.1_o and_o sense_n they_o for_o god_n use_n as_o job_n when_o he_o make_v a_o covenant_n with_o his_o eye_n and_o david_n when_o he_o will_v hearken_v what_o the_o lord_n will_v say_v and_o the_o like_a then_o do_v â—hey_n decay_v and_o perish_v from_o sin_n and_o from_o 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