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be_v consume_v by_o thy_o anger_n and_o by_o thy_o wrath_n be_v we_o trouble_v 8._o thou_o have_v set_v our_o iniquity_n before_o thou_o our_o secret_a sin_n in_o the_o light_n of_o thy_o countenance_n 9_o for_o all_o our_o day_n be_v pass_v away_o in_o thy_o wrath_n we_o spend_v our_o year_n as_o a_o tale_n that_o be_v tell_v 10._o the_o day_n of_o our_o year_n be_v threescore_o year_n and_o ten_o and_o if_o by_o reason_n of_o strength_n they_o be_v fourscore_o year_n yet_o be_v their_o strength_n labour_n and_o sorrow_n for_o it_o be_v soon_o cut_v off_o and_o we_o fly_v away_o he_o descend_v now_o to_o the_o mortality_n and_o calamity_n of_o the_o people_n of_o israel_n which_o he_o have_v observe_v in_o his_o own_o time_n they_o be_v consume_v in_o wrath_n for_o their_o sin_n and_o have_v their_o life_n cut_v short_a and_o replenish_v with_o misery_n while_o they_o last_v whereby_o he_o point_v forth_o the_o power_n of_o the_o lord_n anger_n which_o few_o do_v consider_v whence_o 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a_o brief_a explication_n of_o the_o other_o fifty_o psalm_n from_o ps._n 50._o to_o ps._n 100_o by_o david_n dickson_n professor_n of_o divinity_n in_o the_o college_n of_o edinburgh_n bless_a be_v the_o man_n who_o thou_o choose_v and_o cause_v to_o approach_v unto_o thou_o that_o he_o may_v dwell_v in_o thy_o court_n we_o shall_v be_v satisfy_v with_o the_o goodness_n of_o thy_o house_n even_o of_o thy_o holy_a temple_n psal._n 65._o 4._o imprimatur_fw-la july_n 16._o 1653._o edmund_z calamy_n london_n print_v by_o t._n r._n &_o e._n m._n for_o ralph_n smith_n at_o the_o bible_n in_o cornhill_n near_o the_o royal_a exchange_n 1653._o to_o the_o right_n honourable_a the_o earl_n of_o eglington_n mercy_n and_o peace_n through_o jesus_n christ._n my_o right_a noble_a lord_n the_o reason_n of_o my_o send_v forth_o of_o this_o piece_n under_o your_o lordship_n name_n be_v that_o by_o this_o mean_v i_o may_v pay_v home_o before_o i_o die_v the_o old_a debt_n which_o i_o owe_v to_o your_o 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which_o the_o apostle_n point_v forth_o to_o we_o act_v 14._o 22._o we_o must_v through_o much_o tribulation_n enter_v into_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n and_o this_o course_n of_o carry_v of_o god_n child_n through_o many_o affliction_n do_v no_o way_n hinder_v their_o happiness_n for_o how_o many_o soever_o their_o cross_n be_v yet_o this_o hold_v always_o fast_o psal._n 65._o 4._o bless_a be_v the_o man_n who_o thou_o choose_v and_o cause_v to_o approach_v unto_o thou_o if_o therefore_o by_o plurality_n of_o chastisement_n the_o lord_n shall_v draw_v and_o drive_v they_o to_o seek_v remission_n of_o sin_n and_o reconciliation_n with_o himself_o and_o the_o renew_a sense_n thereof_o through_o christ_n and_o shall_v by_o the_o rod_n hedge_v they_o within_o the_o way_n of_o walk_v with_o he_o in_o a_o friendly_a communion_n they_o lose_v nothing_o except_o their_o lust_n and_o do_v gain_v eternal_a blessedness_n and_o certainâ—y_o there_o be_v so_o much_o relic_n of_o natural_a 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