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i_o to_o do_v will_v thou_o leave_v thy_o servant_n thus_o say_v with_o jehosophat_n i_o know_v not_o what_o to_o do_v lord_n 20.12_o 2_o chron._n 20.12_o but_o my_o eye_n be_v upon_o thou_o if_o we_o can_v but_o complain_v thus_o and_o mourn_v thus_o for_o our_o misery_n this_o be_v a_o earnest_a prayer_n in_o god_n sight_n as_o this_o of_o moses_n and_o of_o david_n and_o hezekiah_n tell_v i_o you_o that_o be_v tender_a heart_a parent_n have_v not_o the_o sigh_n and_o moan_n and_o groan_n of_o your_o little_a infant_n move_v your_o bowel_n within_o you_o to_o pity_n and_o compassion_n towards_o they_o as_o ever_o the_o request_n that_o they_o have_v make_v unto_o you_o o_o the_o lord_n do_v as_o much_o yea_o more_o than_o you_o can_v do_v this_o way_n the_o very_a sigh_n and_o groan_n and_o tear_n of_o his_o child_n prevail_v with_o he_o much_o more_o than_o their_o word_n can_v the_o lord_n be_v say_v to_o hear_v the_o groan_a of_o the_o prisoner_n 39_o psal_n 102.20_o esay_n 38.5_o 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