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it_o thus_o sure_o i_o be_o not_o straighten_v in_o he_o but_o in_o myself_o wherefore_o oh_o my_o soul_n go_v to_o he_o who_o only_o work_v both_o to_o will_v and_o to_o do_v of_o his_o own_o good_a pleasure_n and_o never_o cease_v importune_v he_o till_o he_o quicken_v i_o by_o his_o spirit_n and_o cause_v i_o know_v and_o enjoy_v the_o virtue_n and_o power_n of_o my_o saviour_n then_o shall_v i_o bring_v forth_o my_o fruit_n unto_o holiness_n 6.22_o rom._n 6.22_o and_o my_o end_n shall_v be_v everlasting_a life_n meditation_n 4._o have_v thou_o not_o pour_v i_o out_o as_o milk_n 10.10_o job_n 10.10_o and_o curdle_v i_o like_o cheese_n 7._o misery_fw-la â—â—que_fw-la etiam_fw-la â—udeâ—_n aestiâ—â—antem_fw-la â—â—am_fw-la fiâ—â—rivola_fw-la aâ—antium_fw-la
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and_o endeavour_v in_o vain_a for_o a_o deliverance_n from_o idolatry_n and_o oppression_n be_v also_o express_v by_o the_o pain_n and_o misery_n of_o woman_n in_o travel_n now_o oh_o my_o soul_n how_o can_v i_o but_o observe_v two_o thing_n from_o hence_o the_o one_o be_v that_o it_o be_v sure_o the_o will_n of_o god_n that_o i_o shall_v not_o confine_v my_o care_n to_o the_o concernment_n of_o my_o private_a condition_n but_o shall_v labour_v for_o a_o public_a spirit_n such_o as_o be_v in_o that_o good_a woman_n 21._o 1_o sam._n 4.19_o 20_o 21._o the_o wife_n of_o phinebas_n who_o be_v with_o child_n and_o near_o to_o be_v deliver_v and_o when_o she_o hear_v the_o tiding_n that_o the_o ark_n of_o god_n be_v take_v and_o that_o her_o father_n in_o law_n and_o her_o husband_n be_v dead_a she_o bow_v herself_o and_o travely_v for_o her_o pain_n come_v upon_o she_o and_o about_o the_o time_n of_o her_o death_n the_o woman_n that_o stand_v by_o she_o say_v fear_v not_o for_o thou_o 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