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most_o high_a o_o it_o be_v my_o sin_n and_o weakness_n that_o i_o shall_v reason_v thus_o i_o consider_v not_o what_o to_o do_v when_o i_o reason_n thus_o but_o i_o will_v remember_v the_o year_n of_o the_o right_a hand_n of_o the_o most_o high_a vers_fw-la 11._o i_o will_v remember_v the_o work_n of_o the_o lord_n sureâ—y_o i_o will_v remember_v the_o wonder_n of_o old_a v_o 12._o i_o will_v meditate_v also_o of_o all_o thy_o work_n and_o talk_v of_o thy_o do_n thy_o way_n o_o god_n be_v in_o the_o sanctuary_n who_o be_v so_o great_a a_o god_n as_o our_o god_n thou_o be_v the_o god_n that_o do_v wonder_n thou_o have_v declare_v thy_o strength_n among_o the_o people_n v_o 14._o thou_o have_v with_o thy_o arm_n redeem_v thy_o people_n the_o son_n of_o jacob_n and_o joseph_n v_o 15_o mark_v at_o length_n he_o recover_v himself_o with_o this_o though_o present_a thing_n seem_v to_o go_v hard_a yet_o he_o remember_v what_o god_n have_v do_v so_o do_v thou_o in_o this_o case_n in_o this_o book_n of_o isaiah_n you_o have_v a_o complaint_n of_o unbelieve_a heart_n as_o if_o god_n have_v be_v seek_v in_o vain_a isa_n 40.27_o why_o say_v thou_o o_o jacob_n and_o speak_v o_o israel_n my_o way_n be_v hide_v from_o the_o lord_n and_o my_o judgement_n be_v pass_v over_o from_o my_o god_n art_n thou_o one_o of_o the_o seed_n of_o jacob_n and_o have_v seek_v god_n and_o say_v thou_o have_v have_v no_o answer_n god_n reason_n the_o case_n and_o will_v confute_v their_o unbelief_n have_v thou_o not_o know_v have_v thou_o not_o hear_v that_o the_o everlasting_a god_n the_o lord_n the_o creator_n of_o the_o end_n of_o the_o earth_n faint_v not_o neither_o be_v weary_a there_o be_v no_o search_v of_o his_o understanding_n he_o give_v power_n to_o the_o faint_a &_o to_o they_o that_o have_v no_o might_n he_o increase_v strength_n even_o the_o youth_n shall_v faint_v and_o be_v weary_a and_o the_o young_a man_n shall_v utter_o fall_v v_o 28_o 29_o 30_o 31._o but_o they_o that_o wait_v upon_o the_o lord_n shall_v renew_v their_o strength_n they_o shall_v mount_v up_o with_o wing_n as_o eagle_n they_o shall_v run_v and_o not_o be_v weary_a and_o they_o shall_v walk_v &_o not_o faint_a have_v not_o god_n do_v great_a thing_n heretofore_o in_o 88_o and_o in_o the_o powder_n plot_n and_o at_o other_o time_n and_o though_o we_o be_v in_o some_o straits_n remember_v what_o god_n do_v before_o this_o shall_v appease_v your_o heart_n what_o though_o thou_o have_v not_o present_a audience_n for_o the_o thing_n thou_o seek_v yet_o think_v i_o deal_v with_o a_o god_n that_o have_v a_o understanding_n that_o i_o can_v search_v god_n it_o may_v be_v let_v the_o adversary_n prevail_v sometime_o i_o can_v tell_v what_o glory_n god_n may_v get_v by_o it_o i_o can_v conceive_v how_o god_n can_v bring_v his_o own_o glory_n about_o when_o israel_n flee_v before_o the_o philistine_n but_o why_o say_v thou_o so_o o_o jacob_n there_o be_v no_o search_v of_o god_n understanding_n god_n 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yet_o it_o be_v the_o inheritance_n of_o the_o congregation_n of_o jacob_n if_o you_o be_v of_o the_o congregation_n of_o jacob_n you_o account_v the_o law_n of_o god_n to_o be_v part_n of_o your_o inheritance_n not_o only_o to_o be_v that_o which_o you_o be_v bind_v to_o that_o you_o must_v obey_v whether_o you_o will_v or_o no_o but_o you_o rejoice_v in_o the_o law_n of_o god_n as_o your_o inheritance_n for_o my_o part_n i_o know_v not_o a_o more_o sure_a note_n of_o a_o gracious_a heart_n than_o this_o one_o that_o rejoice_v in_o god_n law_n as_o his_o inheritance_n as_o you_o know_v what_o expression_n david_n have_v he_o rejoice_v in_o it_o more_o than_o in_o gold_n and_o silver_n more_o than_o in_o the_o honey_n and_o the_o honeycomb_n it_o be_v one_o thing_n to_o obey_v god_n law_n and_o another_o to_o rejoice_v in_o it_o as_o a_o inheritance_n if_o thou_o be_v of_o the_o seed_n of_o jacob_n thou_o have_v the_o inheritance_n of_o the_o seed_n of_o jacob_n another_o be_v he_o 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