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isaiah_n 19_o 5_o 6._o deut._n 11._o 9_o 10._o tamburlaine_n have_v overcome_v bajazet_n he_o ask_v he_o whether_o he_o have_v ever_o give_v god_n thanks_o for_o make_v he_o so_o great_a a_o emperor_n he_o confess_v ingenuous_o he_o have_v never_o think_v of_o it_o to_o who_o tamburlaine_n reply_v that_o it_o be_v no_o marvel_n so_o ingrateful_a a_o man_n shall_v be_v make_v such_o a_o spectacle_n of_o misery_n when_o the_o people_n seek_v themselves_o only_o and_o how_o to_o have_v their_o house_n ceil_v and_o sumptuous_a neglect_v the_o house_n of_o god_n and_o his_o honour_n thus_o it_o fare_v with_o they_o you_o have_v sow_v much_o and_o have_v reap_v little_a and_o he_o that_o earn_v wage_n carn_v wage_n to_o put_v it_o into_o a_o bag_n with_o hole_n you_o look_v for_o much_o and_o lo_o it_o come_v to_o little_a and_o when_o you_o bring_v it_o home_o i_o do_v blow_n upon_o it_o i_o call_v for_o a_o drought_n upon_o the_o land_n and_o upon_o all_o that_o it_o bring_v forth_o and_o 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fear_v the_o lord_n and_o delight_v great_o in_o his_o commandment_n wealth_n and_o riches_n shall_v be_v in_o his_o house_n psal._n 112._o verse_n 1_o to_o four_o wait_v on_o the_o lord_n and_o keep_v his_o way_n and_o he_o will_v exalt_v thou_o to_o inherit_v the_o land_n psal._n 37._o 34._o the_o lord_n will_v withhold_v no_o good_a thing_n from_o they_o that_o walk_v upright_o psal._n 84._o 11._o delight_n thyself_o in_o the_o lord_n and_o he_o shall_v give_v thou_o thy_o heart_n desire_v etc._n etc._n psal._n 37._o 3_o to_o 7._o fear_v you_o the_o lord_n you_o his_o saint_n for_o nothing_o want_v to_o they_o that_o fear_v he_o the_o lion_n do_v lack_v and_o suffer_v hunger_n but_o they_o that_o seek_v the_o lord_n shall_v want_v nothing_o that_o be_v good_a psal._n 34._o 9_o 10._o whatsoever_o we_o ask_v we_o receive_v of_o he_o because_o we_o keep_v his_o commandment_n and_o do_v those_o thing_n which_o be_v please_v in_o his_o sight_n 1_o john_n 3._o 12._o what_o rare_a and_o 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