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A35943 A brief explication of the last fifty Psalmes from Ps. 100 to the end / by David Dickson ... Dickson, David, 1583?-1663. 1654 (1654) Wing D1394A; ESTC R31324 283,150 402

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have_v i_o cry_v unto_o thou_o o_o lord_n 2._o lord_n hear_v my_o voice_n let_v thy_o ear_n be_v attentive_a to_o the_o voice_n of_o my_o supplication_n in_o the_o first_o two_o verse_n we_o have_v his_o distress_n and_o prayer_n for_o relief_n in_o general_a term_n whence_o learn_v 1._o the_o dear_a saint_n of_o god_n have_v be_v hardly_o exercise_v by_o trouble_n in_o their_o spirit_n and_o bring_v into_o danger_n of_o desperation_n sometime_o while_o they_o seem_v to_o themselves_o to_o be_v in_o a_o lose_a condition_n like_o a_o man_n ready_a to_o drown_v in_o deep_a water_n out_o of_o the_o depth_n do_v i_o cry_v unto_o thou_o o_o lord_n 2._o how_o desperate_a soever_o our_o condition_n or_o case_n of_o our_o soul_n seem_v unto_o we_o to_o be_v yet_o shall_v we_o not_o cease_v from_o prayer_n unto_o god_n out_o of_o the_o depth_n have_v i_o cry_v unto_o thou_o o_o lord_n 3_o albeit_o our_o prayer_n seem_v to_o we_o sometime_o to_o be_v misregarded_a of_o god_n and_o neglect_v 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