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will_v come_v into_o thy_o house_n i_o will_v worship_v in_o thy_o temple_n and_o confess_v thy_o name_n for_o thou_o be_v the_o way_n the_o life_n and_o the_o truth_n i_o have_v set_v god_n before_o my_o eye_n and_o he_o be_v on_o my_o right_a hand_n so_o that_o i_o shall_v not_o fall_v wherefore_o my_o heart_n be_v glad_a and_o do_v rejoice_v my_o flesh_n also_o shall_v rest_v in_o hope_n thou_o shall_v show_v i_o the_o path_n of_o life_n in_o thy_o presence_n be_v the_o fullness_n of_o joy_n and_o at_o thy_o right_a hand_n there_o be_v pleasure_n for_o evermore_o the_o minister_n shall_v also_o cause_v the_o sick_a person_n to_o mix_v contrition_n with_o his_o hope_n crying-out_a with_o david_n have_v mercy_n upon_o i_o o_o god_n after_o thy_o great_a goodness_n according_a to_o the_o multitude_n of_o thy_o mercy_n do_v away_o my_o offence_n wash_v i_o thorough_o from_o my_o wickedness_n and_o cleanse_v i_o from_o my_o sin_n for_o i_o acknowledge_v my_o fault_n and_o my_o sin_n be_v 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other_o word_n remember_v especial_o to_o put_v the_o sick_a person_n often_o in_o mind_n of_o the_o great_a love_n of_o christ_n towards_o he_o and_o of_o the_o unspeakable_a suffering_n he_o have_v undergo_v to_o make_v satisfaction_n for_o his_o sin_n that_o the_o remembrance_n thereof_o may_v increase_v his_o hope_n and_o excite_v he_o to_o act_n of_o faith_n charity_n and_o contrition_n chap._n vii_o the_o mean_n for_o exciting_a charity_n in_o a_o sick_a person_n as_o charity_n be_v of_o all_o virtue_n the_o most_o excellent_a and_o the_o great_a of_o all_o spiritual_a gift_n so_o the_o minister_n ought_v as_o much_o as_o in_o he_o lie_v to_o entertain_v the_o sick_a person_n in_o this_o divine_a love_n and_o
say_v before_o of_o god_n himself_o who_o be_v omniscient_a can_v be_v mistake_v in_o his_o knowledge_n and_o be_v the_o very_a truth_n can_v deceive_v or_o impose_v upon_o we_o by_o false_a revelation_n chap._n xiii_o how_o to_o comfort_v a_o sick_a person_n that_o be_v mistrustful_a of_o god_n mercy_n and_o trouble_v with_o despair_v thought_n 1._o the_o minister_n be_v to_o examine_v the_o chief_a motive_n of_o his_o distrust_n whether_o it_o be_v that_o he_o be_v still_o link_v to_o some_o belove_a sin_n that_o he_o can_v easy_o part_v with_o such_o as_o hatred_n or_o covetousness_n or_o carnal_a lust_n or_o the_o like_a of_o which_o we_o shall_v treat_v in_o the_o seventeen_o chapter_n or_o whether_o there_o lie_v something_o hide_v in_o his_o heart_n which_o he_o ought_v to_o repent_v of_o the_o minister_n exhort_v he_o at_o the_o same_o time_n to_o make_v a_o sincere_a confession_n of_o his_o sin_n to_o god_n and_o thorough_o bewail_v they_o whereby_o to_o remove_v his_o 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