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key_n that_o open_v heart_n come_v 〈◊〉_d with_o thy_o wisdom_n and_o thy_o love_n anâ—_n all_o this_o blindness_n and_o obstinacy_n will_v be_v go_v at_o least_o commit_v not_o the_o safety_n of_o thy_o flock_n to_o such_o as_o will_v not_o know_v themselves_o but_o gather_v thy_o remnant_n and_o bring_v they_o to_o their_o fold_n and_o let_v they_o be_v fruitful_a and_o increase_v and_o set_v up_o shepherd_n over_o they_o which_o shall_v feed_v they_o and_o let_v they_o fear_v no_o more_o nor_o be_v dismay_v nor_o be_v lack_v jer._n 23.3_o 4._o ordain_v a_o place_n for_o they_o plant_v they_o and_o and_o let_v they_o dwell_v therein_o unmoved_a and_o let_v not_o the_o child_n of_o wickedness_n waste_v they_o any_o more_o 1_o chron._n 17.9_o as_o a_o shepherd_n seek_v out_o his_o flock_n in_o the_o day_n that_o he_o be_v among_o 〈◊〉_d sheep_n that_o be_v scatter_v so_o seek_v out_o thy_o sheep_n and_o deliver_v they_o 〈◊〉_d of_o all_o place_n where_o they_o have_v be_v scatter_v in_o the_o cloudy_a and_o dark_a day_n ezek._n â—4_n 12_o save_o thy_o people_n and_o bless_v thy_o inheritance_n feed_v they_o also_o and_o lift_v they_o up_o for_o ever_o psal_n 28.9_o finis_fw-la
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