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A16215 Meditations upon the XLII. Psalme. By William Bloys esquire Bloys, William, 17th cent. 1632 (1632) STC 3140; ESTC S114171 95,230 372

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myself_o by_o give_v a_o answer_n to_o david_n demand_n before_o i_o come_v to_o the_o question_n which_o be_v verse_n v._o why_o be_v thou_o cast_v down_o o_o my_o soul_n and_o why_o be_v thou_o disquiet_v in_o i_o hope_v thou_o in_o god_n for_o i_o shall_v yet_o praise_v he_o for_o the_o help_n of_o his_o countenance_n wherein_o he_o make_v further_a declaration_n of_o his_o sorrowful_a and_o perplex_a estate_n that_o his_o soul_n in_o this_o time_n of_o trouble_n do_v pant_v and_o thirst_n and_o be_v pour_v out_o and_o cast_v down_o and_o disquiet_v not_o find_v release_n from_o misery_n nor_o evasion_n out_o of_o these_o calamity_n now_o if_o the_o light_n that_o be_v in_o thou_o be_v darkness_n 6.23_o mat._n 6.23_o how_o great_a be_v that_o darkness_n and_o if_o the_o soul_n that_o be_v in_o thou_o be_v sorrowful_a how_o great_a be_v that_o sorrow_n 12.25_o pro._n 12.25_o when_o heaviness_n in_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n make_v it_o stoop_v yea_o to_o be_v cast_v down_o as_o 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boet._n and_o deliver_v from_o that_o earthly_a house_n wherein_o they_o be_v long_o pen_v and_o imprison_v ovid._n ut_fw-la novus_fw-la serpens_fw-la pofitâ_fw-la cum_fw-la pelle_fw-la senectâ_fw-la etc._n etc._n ovid._n and_o as_o the_o serpent_n do_v become_v young_a again_o after_o it_o have_v cast_v off_o the_o skin_n so_o the_o soul_n shall_v be_v clothe_v with_o majesty_n and_o glory_n when_o this_o frail_a body_n shall_v wax_v old_a like_o a_o garment_n and_o be_v fold_v up_o as_o a_o vesture_n until_o the_o end_n of_o all_o thing_n and_o then_o this_o vile_a body_n shall_v be_v fashion_v like_o unto_o the_o glorious_a body_n of_o christ_n and_o be_v rejoin_v unto_o the_o soul_n shall_v enter_v into_o the_o joy_n of_o our_o master_n if_o that_o father_n do_v so_o rejoice_v when_o he_o see_v his_o son_n to_o be_v alive_a 46.30_o gen._n 46.30_o who_o he_o think_v to_o be_v dead_a then_o how_o excellent_a shall_v our_o joy_n be_v when_o the_o body_n which_o be_v dead_a shall_v 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his_o whole_a heart_n seek_v unto_o the_o lord_n to_o show_v he_o the_o light_n of_o his_o countenance_n he_o have_v earnest_o desire_v to_o appear_v before_o god_n he_o have_v humble_v himself_o in_o sorrow_n for_o his_o own_o transgression_n and_o the_o sin_n of_o other_o man_n now_o god_n accept_v the_o will_n for_o the_o deed_n and_o they_o that_o mourn_v have_v a_o promise_n of_o comfort_n 6._o mat._n 6._o why_o then_o be_v thou_o cast_v down_o o_o my_o soul_n and_o why_o be_v thou_o disquiet_v in_o i_o 4.4_o psal_n 4.4_o also_o he_o do_v commune_v with_o his_o own_o heart_n and_o be_v no_o fugitive_n from_o it_o as_o many_o be_v who_o have_v great_a reason_n to_o be_v sorrowful_a and_o to_o fear_v lest_o their_o soul_n shall_v be_v cast_v down_o low_o than_o david_n be_v because_o they_o never_o look_v home_o to_o examine_v and_o prove_v themselves_o and_o to_o know_v that_o christ_n be_v in_o they_o 13.5_o 2._o cor._n 13.5_o except_o they_o be_v reprobate_n but_o david_n do_v 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