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the_o want_n of_o it_o and_o put_v thou_o into_o a_o better_a disposition_n to_o give_v thyself_o to_o god_n in_o the_o holy_a communion_n and_o to_o unite_v thyself_o more_o firm_o to_o he_o i_o must_v confess_v i_o be_o not_o able_a to_o promise_v thou_o but_o thou_o will_v discern_v many_o fail_n when_o thou_o come_v thus_o to_o examine_v thyself_o though_o thou_o have_v be_v ever_o so_o careful_a to_o keep_v close_o to_o god_n and_o to_o demean_v thyself_o as_o god_n but_o yet_o let_v not_o this_o discourage_v thou_o in_o the_o least_o because_o thou_o have_v to_o
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