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in_o beatitude_n amen_o chap._n xiii_o ecce_fw-la enim_fw-la veritatem_fw-la dilexisti_fw-la for_o behold_v thou_o have_v love_v truth_n our_o penitent_a have_v dissect_v the_o anatomy_n of_o man_n and_o leave_v no_o cranny_n whereinto_o misery_n may_v creep_v undisplay_v now_o seem_v to_o apologise_v for_o his_o discovery_n and_o plead_v for_o excuse_v god_n love_n to_o truth_n and_o in_o this_o point_n he_o believe_v he_o have_v discharge_v his_o duty_n nor_o do_v it_o a_o little_a satisfy_v he_o to_o have_v do_v it_o since_o it_o be_v the_o only_a thing_n he_o can_v now_o perform_v to_o repair_v the_o fail_n in_o his_o duty_n first_o he_o have_v make_v a_o ingenuous_a confession_n rip_v up_o every_o thought_n that_o can_v any_o way_n entrench_v upon_o god_n holy_a law_n and_o have_v thus_o empty_v his_o unhappy_a store_n without_o the_o concealment_n of_o the_o least_o corrupt_a grain_n hear_v what_o he_o expect_v in_o return_n of_o this_o his_o faithful_a narrative_n or_o rather_o what_o a_o sequel_n depend_v upon_o it_o dixi_fw-la confitebar_fw-la injustitiam_fw-la meam_fw-la domino_fw-la &_o tu_fw-la remisisti_fw-la impietatem_fw-la peccati_fw-la mei_fw-la no_o soon_o say_v he_o have_v i_o pronounce_v that_o i_o will_v lay_v open_a my_o iniquity_n but_o i_o find_v my_o shackle_n unloosen_v and_o the_o impiety_n of_o my_o sin_n whole_o raze_v out_o whence_o we_o may_v see_v how_o the_o mere_a intention_n of_o do_v well_o never_o fall_v to_o the_o ground_n unrewarded_a which_o import_v god_n presume_v we_o will_v not_o trifle_v with_o he_o and_o therefore_o at_o the_o least_o overture_n of_o render_v a_o just_a account_n of_o our_o misdeed_n he_o make_v we_o no_o more_o impious_a that_o be_v take_v away_o all_o the_o obstacle_n to_o remission_n as_o impenitency_n obduration_n habitual_a impression_n of_o evil_n and_o the_o like_a so_o that_o if_o we_o keep_v touch_v in_o our_o promise_n he_o will_v be_v faithful_a in_o complete_n his_o act_n of_o grace_n 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