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have_v need_n of_o before_o you_o ask_v he_o he_o observe_v every_o weary_a step_n of_o david_n in_o the_o wilderness_n and_o all_o his_o tear_n and_o sorrow_n psal._n 56.8_o thou_o tell_v my_o wander_n put_v thou_o my_o tear_n in_o thy_o bottle_n be_v they_o not_o in_o thy_o book_n he_o particular_o take_v notice_n of_o all_o the_o trouble_n and_o sorrow_n of_o his_o exile_n and_o wander_a condition_n as_o if_o his_o tear_n have_v be_v preserve_v in_o a_o bottle_n and_o his_o trouble_n register_v or_o recordeâ—_n in_o a_o book_n the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o gentile_n be_v dii_fw-la magna_fw-la curant_fw-la parva_fw-la negligunt_fw-la the_o great_a and_o weighty_a matter_n the_o lord_n take_v into_o his_o care_n but_o leave_v other_o thing_n to_o their_o own_o event_n and_o chance_n but_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o scripture_n be_v otherwise_o god_n take_v notice_n of_o every_o particular_a person_n for_o our_o prayer_n psal._n 34.6_o this_o poor_a man_n cry_v unto_o the_o lord_n and_o 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