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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v put_v as_o it_o be_v observe_v to_o be_v sometime_o with_o other_o author_n for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d utinam_fw-la o_o that_o thou_o have_v know_v i_o wish_v thou_o have_v his_o sorrow_n must_v be_v proportionable_a to_o his_o love_n or_o otherwise_o we_o may_v conceive_v the_o sentence_n incomplete_a part_v cut_v off_o by_o a_o more_o emphatical_a aposiopesis_fw-la tear_n interrupt_v speech_n and_o impose_v a_o more_o speak_a silence_n which_o import_v a_o affection_n beyond_o all_o word_n they_o that_o be_v ancient_o so_o over-officious_a as_o to_o raze_v those_o word_n and_o weep_v over_o it_o out_o of_o the_o canon_n as_o think_v it_o unworthy_a so_o divine_a a_o person_n to_o shed_v tear_n do_v great_o err_v not_o know_v the_o scripture_n which_o elsewhere_o speak_v of_o our_o lord_n weep_v nor_o the_o power_n of_o divine_a love_n now_o become_v incarnate_a nor_o indeed_o the_o true_a perfection_n and_o property_n of_o humane_a nature_n otherwise_o they_o have_v never_o take_v upon_o they_o to_o reform_v the_o gospel_n and_o reduce_v not_o only_a christianity_n but_o christ_n himself_o to_o the_o measure_n and_o square_a of_o their_o stoical_a philosophy_n but_o these_o have_v also_o meet_v with_o a_o like-ancient_a confutation_n one_o thing_n before_o we_o proceed_v need_v some_o disquisition_n viz._n whether_o this_o lamentation_n of_o our_o bless_a lord_n do_v refer_v only_o or_o ultimate_o to_o the_o temporal_a calamity_n he_o foresee_v come_v upon_o jerusalem_n or_o whether_o it_o have_v not_o a_o further_o and_o more_o principal_a reference_n to_o their_o spiritual_a and_o eternal_a misery_n that_o be_v certain_a to_o be_v concomitant_a and_o consequent_a thereunto_o where_o let_v it_o be_v consider_v 1._o that_o very_o dreadful_a spiritual_a plague_n and_o judgement_n do_v accompany_v their_o destruction_n very_o general_o which_o every_o one_o know_v who_o be_v acquaint_v with_o their_o after-story_n i._n e._n 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