neighbour_n for_o mercy_n and_o compassion_n for_o repentance_n and_o the_o like_a it_o be_v also_o hereby_o make_v more_o serious_a more_o considerative_a and_o reflect_a more_o recollect_v more_o settle_v and_o compose_v which_o be_v to_o be_v considerable_o better_a for_o as_o sorrow_n be_v the_o principle_n of_o consideration_n so_o be_v consideration_n the_o principle_n of_o repentance_n and_o well-living_a according_a to_o that_o of_o the_o psalmist_n i_o consider_v my_o own_o way_n and_o turn_v my_o foot_n to_o thy_o testimony_n psal_n 119._o and_o of_o all_o this_o we_o have_v a_o very_a signal_n example_n in_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o jew_n who_o till_o the_o time_n of_o the_o babylonish_n captivity_n be_v very_o gross_a and_o carnal_a notwithstanding_o so_o many_o miracle_n of_o god_n both_o in_o their_o deliverance_n out_o of_o egypt_n and_o in_o their_o passage_n through_o the_o wilderness_n and_o when_o they_o be_v bring_v into_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n though_o they_o 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