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his_o cure_n that_o do_v not_o publish_v his_o cause_n 188._o cause_n ipse_fw-la sibi_fw-la denegat_fw-la curam_fw-la qui_fw-la svam_fw-la medico_fw-la non_fw-la publicat_fw-la causam_fw-la aug._n epist_n 188._o the_o lord_n indeed_o know_v all_o thing_n but_o yet_o require_v thy_o confession_n be_v acquaint_v with_o all_o thy_o wish_n and_o all_o the_o volutation_n of_o thy_o mind_n but_o nevertheless_o expect_v thy_o word_n 23._o word_n novit_n deus_fw-la omne_fw-la vocem_fw-la tatamen_fw-la tuam_fw-la expectat_fw-la ambros_n de_fw-fr poenit_fw-la l._n 1._o cap._n 23._o 80._o think_v not_o thyself_o immediate_o make_v clean_a from_o all_o thy_o iniquity_n transgression_n and_o sin_n if_o thou_o shed_v a_o few_o tear_n and_o bewail_v they_o but_o be_v sorrowful_a for_o they_o and_o sorrowful_a that_o thou_o can_v be_v no_o more_o sorrowful_a consider_v that_o if_o a_o river_n be_v turn_v into_o tear_n flow_v from_o thy_o eye_n thou_o can_v never_o sufficient_o be_v grieve_v for_o 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for_o labour_v beyond_o thy_o strength_n nor_o travail_v further_o than_o thy_o gift_n can_v reach_v when_o ezechiah_n pray_v for_o the_o people_n that_o the_o lord_n will_v pardon_v every_o one_o that_o prepare_v his_o heart_n to_o seek_v the_o lord_n god_n of_o his_o father_n though_o he_o be_v not_o cleanse_v according_a to_o the_o purification_n of_o the_o sanctuary_n the_o lord_n hear_v he_o and_o hearken_v unto_o he_o and_o heal_v the_o people_n 20._o people_n 2_o chro._n 30.18_o 19_o 20._o 94._o content_n not_o thyself_o with_o knowledge_n and_o understanding_n with_o utterance_n and_o discourse_n or_o with_o ability_n to_o dispute_v and_o determine_v many_o difficult_a point_n of_o religion_n though_o these_o faculty_n be_v in_o thou_o very_o eminent_a and_o singular_a but_o consider_v what_o faith_n thou_o have_v to_o believe_v and_o conscience_n to_o perform_v obedience_n but_o look_v what_o power_n god_n spirit_n have_v in_o thou_o to_o sanctification_n of_o life_n to_o 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