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three_o verse_n remember_v therefore_o how_o thou_o have_v receive_v and_o hear_v and_o hold_v fast_o and_o repent_v the_o sad_a and_o calamitous_a condition_n of_o this_o once_o most_o happy_a church_n and_o kingdom_n be_v so_o great_a and_o so_o visible_a that_o it_o can_v be_v no_o long_o dissemble_v but_o we_o must_v confess_v with_o the_o prophet_n isaiah_n in_o the_o first_o lesson_n for_o this_o morning_n prayer_n i_o 5._o that_o the_o whole_a head_n be_v sick_a and_o the_o whole_a heart_n faint_a etc._n etc._n which_o have_v move_v his_o majesty_n by_o the_o desire_n of_o his_o parliament_n to_o cause_v it_o to_o be_v proclaim_v to_o all_o his_o people_n that_o we_o may_v be_v awaken_v to_o look_v about_o we_o and_o see_v how_o we_o may_v prevent_v the_o dreadful_a judgement_n which_o be_v now_o impend_v over_o we_o that_o which_o have_v occasion_v this_o deplorable_a state_n of_o thing_n be_v as_o we_o be_v tell_v in_o the_o proclamation_n which_o call_v we_o hither_o the_o 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