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ourselves_o and_o what_o grace_n will_v bear_v and_o comport_v with_o it_o become_v so_o enfeeble_v in_o health_n and_o fortune_n that_o there_o remain_v nothing_o but_o to_o wish_v a_o happy_a return_n to_o our_o heavenly_a country_n and_o as_o those_o northern_a climate_n be_v find_v only_o inhabit_v by_o wild_a crafty_a and_o ravenous_a beast_n so_o be_v the_o world_n incompatible_a to_o a_o honest_a sincere_a religious_a disposition_n heaven_n be_v the_o proper_a sphere_n of_o goodness_n and_o perfect_a sanctification_n i_o be_o content_v not_o to_o destroy_v these_o paper_n because_o they_o carry_v in_o they_o many_o great_a grace_n and_o good_a motion_n of_o god_n spirit_n upon_o i_o and_o will_v or_o may_v like_o so_o many_o picture_n hereafter_o serve_v to_o show_v and_o witness_v i_o as_o well_o to_o myself_o as_o to_o other_o what_o then_o i_o be_v even_o through_o their_o crude_a unpremeditate_v unreview_v confusion_n which_o with_o the_o employment_n of_o some_o more_o accurate_a labour_n and_o diligence_n i_o confess_v i_o may_v correct_v but_o have_v satisfy_v myself_o in_o their_o private_a production_n i_o be_o content_v to_o let_v they_o pass_v lame_a and_o disorder_a as_o they_o be_v some_o also_o may_v make_v happy_a use_n of_o my_o unhappy_a observation_n and_o error_n december_n 7._o 1637._o as_o he_o that_o travel_v towards_o a_o mountainous_a country_n climb_v one_o hill_n discover_v still_o more_o and_o far_o both_o in_o prospect_n and_o to_o be_v ascend_v or_o like_o sisyphus_n his_o stone_n still_o beget_v new_a labour_n so_o be_v there_o no_o end_n of_o writing_n infinite_a have_v be_v the_o write_n and_o may_v be_v upon_o the_o melancholy_a subject_n and_o innumerable_a have_v be_v my_o suffering_n and_o conflict_n in_o it_o more_o than_o be_v fit_a to_o be_v revolve_v or_o relate_v wherefore_o i_o must_v desist_v no_o humour_n be_v more_o eager_o set_v upon_o entertainment_n diversion_n and_o delight_n none_o more_o necessary_o require_v and_o urge_v it_o but_o thus_o incident_a be_v it_o unto_o it_o to_o trouble_v and_o infest_v itself_o in_o its_o entertainment_n hardly_o moderate_v hardly_o contain_v and_o satisfy_v they_o have_v need_v to_o be_v such_o as_o be_v of_o a_o nature_n to_o entertain_v the_o mind_n without_o over-busying_a the_o fancy_n idleness_n be_v pernicious_a and_o business_n cumbersome_a god_n good_a assistance_n and_o spirit_n must_v be_v the_o best_a and_o only_o support_v and_o guide_v how_o subtle_a and_o witty_a in_o far_o fetch_v and_o strain_v apprehension_n and_o impression_n be_v the_o melancholy_a taint_a spirit_n to_o its_o own_o hurt_n and_o disturbance_n without_o god_n help_n and_o a_o firm_a faith_n and_o resolution_n to_o oppose_v it_o it_o be_v incapable_a to_o maintain_v itself_o there_o be_v no_o end_n in_o set_v down_o incidence_n and_o conceit_n as_o they_o obtrude_v themselves_o it_o be_v best_a in_o this_o case_n to_o be_v abrupt_a crush_a of_o this_o root_n afford_v inexhaustible_a juice_n but_o of_o importune_v malign_v and_o venomous_a effect_n man_n spirit_n be_v infinite_a and_o so_o our_o discourse_n november_n 29._o 1637._o and_o now_o most_o gracious_a god_n i_o render_v unto_o thy_o divine_a majesty_n most_o humble_a thanks_o for_o thy_o wonderful_a preservation_n to_o this_o day_n for_o as_o i_o have_v discern_v thy_o extraordinary_a supereminent_a hand_n in_o humble_v i_o i_o have_v no_o less_o participate_v of_o thy_o mercy_n in_o my_o relief_n even_o then_o when_o i_o have_v be_v bring_v so_o low_a that_o both_o in_o body_n and_o mind_n i_o have_v conceive_v myself_o incapable_a of_o all_o humane_a help_n or_o evasion_n this_o have_v often_o transport_v i_o to_o a_o ecstasy_n and_o admiration_n of_o thy_o infinite_a goodness_n it_o have_v teach_v i_o to_o be_v other_o than_o such_o as_o resent_v not_o thy_o way_n and_o judgement_n how_o thou_o be_v all_o in_o all_o the_o author_n of_o all_o but_o especial_o good_a motion_n 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