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i_o and_o have_v mercy_n upon_o i_o for_o i_o be_o desolate_a and_o poor_a sermon_n the_o 2._o part_n of_o the_o 7._o sermon_n the_o sense_n thereof_o be_v so_o great_a be_v the_o malice_n of_o my_o enemy_n o_o lord_n my_o god_n who_o like_a bee_n compass_v and_o like_o the_o fat_a bull_n of_o basan_n enclose_v i_o on_o every_o side_n have_v so_o great_o prevail_v against_o i_o that_o i_o be_o desolate_a without_o dwell_v poor_a without_o possess_v of_o such_o thing_n as_o i_o in_o my_o call_n stand_v in_o need_n of_o whereby_o thou_o seem_v as_o though_o thou_o regard_v not_o thy_o servant_n i_o humble_o even_o for_o the_o messiah_n thy_o dear_o belove_a son_n jesus_n christ_n sake_n beseech_v thou_o to_o show_v thy_o love_a countenance_n and_o care_n towards_o i_o in_o extend_v thy_o mercy_n towards_o i_o in_o deliver_v i_o from_o the_o hand_n of_o my_o enemy_n by_o which_o mean_v my_o dwell_n shall_v be_v restore_v &_o my_o poverty_n redress_v so_o shall_v i_o magnify_v thy_o 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the_o state_n of_o the_o world_n so_o trouble_v that_o we_o know_v not_o what_o to_o say_v it_o be_v all_o one_o as_o if_o god_n shall_v hide_v his_o face_n from_o us._n and_o in_o this_o case_n what_o have_v we_o else_o to_o do_v but_o to_o humble_v ourselves_o we_o be_v hereby_o exhort_v to_o modesty_n and_o sobriety_n because_o our_o wit_n be_v too_o rude_a and_o gross_a to_o comprehend_v the_o secret_n of_o god_n and_o moreover_o the_o lord_n purpose_v to_o humble_v we_o when_o he_o withdraw_v himself_o from_o us._n if_o odious_a and_o detestable_a sin_n be_v commit_v as_o if_o quarrel_v and_o brawl_v arise_v and_o if_o snare_n be_v lay_v by_o the_o wicked_a so_o that_o by_o they_o the_o godly_a be_v desolate_v and_o impoverish_v so_o that_o they_o know_v not_o how_o to_o escape_v then_o do_v god_n as_o it_o be_v turn_v his_o face_n from_o us._n true_a it_o be_v that_o he_o be_v never_o the_o far_o from_o we_o nor_o have_v the_o less_o care_n of_o we_o howbeit_o we_o can_v 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