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power_n raise_v thou_o up_o to_o praise_n and_o admire_v the_o exceed_a riches_n of_o his_o grace_n in_o choose_v thou_o to_o be_v partaker_n of_o so_o great_a a_o blessing_n how_o be_v he_o please_v to_o fill_v thou_o with_o spiritual_a joy_n at_o thy_o return_a home_n and_o give_v thou_o leave_v to_o come_v into_o his_o presence_n to_o return_v he_o thanks_o with_o joy_n that_o he_o be_v please_v so_o gracious_o to_o manifest_v himself_o unto_o thou_o poor_a unworthy_a soul_n as_o a_o god_n hear_v prayer_n and_o answer_v thy_o poor_a request_n with_o so_o much_o mercy_n which_o the_o lord_n enable_v thou_o for_o ever_o to_o remember_v to_o his_o glory_n thou_o know_v i_o desire_v to_o do_v so_o
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from_o my_o soul_n the_o love_n wherewith_o thou_o have_v delight_v my_o soul_n go_v beyond_o all_o earthly_a glory_n oh_o in_o the_o sense_n of_o this_o let_v my_o soul_n walk_v before_o my_o god_n in_o its_o integrity_n yea_o for_o this_o will_v i_o go_v unto_o my_o god_n and_o father_n for_o daily_a supply_n since_o he_o it_o be_v that_o give_v liberal_o meditation_n of_o death_n be_v death_n a_o terror_n to_o a_o gracious_a soul_n what_o be_v there_o in_o it_o can_v affright_v thou_o when_o as_o the_o sting_n be_v go_v let_v it_o put_v on_o its_o worse_a ill_o shape_a dress_n it_o can_v it_o shall_v produce_v no_o harm_n unto_o thou_o death_n shall_v but_o release_v thou_o from_o a_o wretched_a world_n of_o misery_n and_o prefer_v thou_o to_o a_o glorious_a crown_n of_o blessedness_n the_o one_o will_v make_v thou_o everlasting_a miserable_a the_o other_o eternal_o happy_a in_o the_o fruition_n of_o the_o father_n love_n in_o the_o full_a free_a and_o perfect_a enjoyment_n of_o 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