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which_o be_v in_o christ_n which_o serve_v unto_o life_n but_o let_v we_o consider_v the_o form_n of_o the_o prayer_n itself_o i_o say_v unto_o the_o strong_a of_o my_o rock_n that_o be_v of_o my_o refuge_n etc._n etc._n this_o prayer_n of_o david_n be_v a_o lamentation_n and_o a_o certain_a complaint_n observe_v then_o what_o sort_n of_o song_n god_n use_v to_o furnish_v in_o afflictiones_fw-la to_o wit_n a_o complain_v kind_a and_o sorrowful_a and_o sure_o of_o necessity_n it_o must_v be_v thus_o for_o to_o what_o purpose_n serve_v joyful_a song_n in_o misery_n look_v psalm_n 137._o in_o which_o the_o church_n of_o god_n abhor_v those_o joyful_a song_n such_o as_o she_o song_n sometime_o in_o jerusalem_n be_v now_o in_o her_o banishment_n notwithstanding_o the_o heaviness_n and_o lamentation_n be_v always_o temper_v with_o a_o certain_a sweetness_n and_o joy_n in_o god_n and_o the_o loud_a the_o sigh_n be_v the_o deep_a use_v the_o rejoice_v to_o be_v but_o let_v we_o consider_v 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