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be_v the_o meaning_n of_o salem_n in_o salem_n also_o be_v his_o tabernacle_n and_o his_o dwell_a place_n in_o zion_n psal._n 76.2_o the_o unkindness_n offer_v be_v very_o great_a as_o if_o you_o shall_v earnest_o importune_v some_o noble_a friend_n to_o accompany_v and_o help_v you_o in_o some_o arduous_a affair_n and_o he_o come_v to_o go_v with_o you_o once_o and_o again_o and_o still_o when_o you_o shall_v come_v along_o and_o promote_v your_o own_o business_n you_o steal_v away_o about_o some_o trivial_a matter_n and_o leave_v your_o noble_a friend_n in_o the_o lurch_n this_o be_v the_o very_a case_n you_o humble_o importune_v the_o holy_a spirit_n of_o god_n to_o help_v you_o in_o the_o service_n of_o god_n and_o he_o most_o gracious_o come_v to_o help_v you_o but_o one_o distraction_n or_o other_o charm_n away_o your_o heart_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v leave_v alone_o and_o thus_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v so_o oft_o sin_v against_o till_o at_o length_n he_o be_v sin_v 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do_v ever_o bring_v a_o pardon_n in_o one_o hand_n and_o a_o plaster_n in_o another_o at_o the_o same_o time_n to_o clear_v the_o guilt_n and_o cure_v the_o disease_n quarâ—â—s_o o_o say_v the_o soul_n i_o be_o defile_v i_o be_o wound_v in_o my_o flight_n to_o heaven_n i_o be_o disappoint_v in_o my_o affair_n my_o god_n be_v angry_a i_o have_v sin_v just_a then_o when_o i_o shall_v have_v score_v out_o my_o sin_n i_o have_v sin_v against_o my_o remedy_n and_o how_o shall_v i_o be_v cure_v o_o be_v there_o ever_o such_o a_o rot_a backslide_a heart_n such_o a_o cain-like_a vagabond_n curse_a frame_n what_o place_n but_o hell_n be_v fit_a for_o that_o heart_n that_o can_v rest_v in_o heaven_n ah_o lord_n i_o wonder_v that_o the_o end_n of_o
my_o prayer_n be_v not_o the_o beginning_n of_o my_o punishment_n though_o these_o be_v but_o small_a like_o the_o sand_n yet_o be_v many_o as_o the_o sand_n how_o can_v i_o stand_v under_o they_o i_o be_o ashamed_a yea_o even_o confound_v for_o these_o reproach_n of_o my_o duty_n nay_o then_o say_v god_n that_o hearken_v behind_o the_o curtain_n all_o this_o while_n be_v ephraim_n my_o dear_a son_n be_v not_o he_o a_o pleasant_a child_n i_o will_v remember_v he_o i_o will_v have_v mercy_n upon_o he_o when_o thou_o be_v ripe_a for_o hell_n in_o thy_o own_o eye_n than_o be_v thou_o ripe_a for_o grace_n and_o glory_n in_o the_o eye_n of_o god_n no_o man_n shall_v ever_o be_v overbear_v with_o a_o sin_n he_o hate_v go_v my_o bless_a spirit_n that_o have_v melt_v he_o and_o mend_v he_o that_o have_v soften_v he_o strengthen_v he_o he_o that_o lament_v his_o sin_n shall_v never_o languish_v under_o it_o â—iall_a the_o sacrifice_n of_o a_o break_a heart_n do_v please_v he_o though_o the_o 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