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come_v in_o the_o morning_n also_o he_o invit_v the_o world_n to_o prove_v how_o good_a the_o lord_n be_v say_v taste_v you_o and_o see_v how_o gracious_a the_o lord_n be_v and_o for_o this_o cause_n do_v david_n take_v occasion_n to_o praise_v the_o lord_n and_o to_o resolve_v with_o himself_o to_o praise_v he_o in_o the_o say_v 34._o psalm_n â—_o psal_n 34._o â—_o i_o will_v always_o give_v thanks_n unto_o the_o lord_n his_o praise_n shall_v be_v in_o my_o mouth_n continual_o and_o do_v invite_v and_o will_v all_o other_o to_o praise_v the_o lord_n with_o he_o say_v praise_v the_o lord_n with_o i_o 3.4.3_o psal_n 3.4.3_o and_o let_v we_o magnify_v his_o name_n together_o and_o further_o he_o do_v resolve_v to_o rejoice_v and_o glory_n in_o the_o lord_n &_o in_o his_o mercy_n say_v i_o will_v be_v glad_a and_o rejoice_v in_o his_o mercy_n and_o again_o my_o soul_n shall_v glory_v in_o the_o lord_n and_o also_o exhort_v the_o righteous_a and_o saint_n to_o love_v the_o lord_n &_o to_o 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himself_o &_o therefore_o that_o his_o safety_n be_v of_o himself_o the_o apostle_n add_v and_o that_o not_o of_o ourselves_o it_o be_v the_o gift_n of_o god_n and_o yet_o further_o to_o make_v it_o more_o clear_a he_o subjoin_v that_o it_o be_v not_o of_o work_n that_o we_o be_v save_v and_o he_o give_v the_o reason_n twoofold_a first_o lest_o any_o man_n shall_v boast_v himself_o for_o as_o the_o apostle_n in_o a_o other_o epistle_n affirm_v all_o rejoice_v all_o gloriation_n of_o man_n in_o himself_o be_v exclude_v and_o that_o by_o the_o law_n of_o faith_n and_o not_o of_o work_n 4.2_o rom._n 3.27_o and_o 4.2_o for_o if_o our_o
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