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20_o cant._n 2._o 1_o verse_n 3._o vers._n 4._o 5._o vers._n 7._o 8._o the_o meaning_n exo._n 29._o 45_o psal._n 27_o 8._o gen_n 4._o 14_o luk._n 9_o 33._o 1._o chr._n 9_o 17_o &_o cap._n 26._o 1_o doctr._n 1._o the_o want_n of_o the_o word_n most_o lamentable_a of_o all_o want_n lamen_n 1._o 4._o josephus_n antiq_n jud._n lib._n decimo_fw-la cap._n decimo_fw-la jer._n 52._o 6._o 11._o 13._o dan._n 9_o 1._o 2._o 16._o psal._n 137._o 1._o 5._o 9_o why_o a_o good_a heart_n so_o esteem_v it_o use_v 1._o vndervaluer_n of_o the_o word_n reprove_v use_v 1._o use_v 2._o lament_v the_o want_n of_o the_o word_n abroad_o psal._n 79._o 1._o 10_o &_o 74._o 1._o 2