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for_o when_o i_o have_v sin_v thou_o do_v visit_v i_o when_o i_o be_v falue_v thou_o do_v lift_v i_o up_o again_o when_o i_o be_v ignorant_a thou_o do_v teach_v i_o and_o when_o i_o can_v not_o see_v thou_o do_v enlighten_v i_o ¶_o of_o god_n manifold_a benefit_n wretch_n that_o i_o be_o my_o god_n show_v i_o how_o much_o i_o be_o bind_v to_o love_v thou_o make_v it_o appear_v to_o i_o how_o much_o i_o ought_v to_o praise_v thou_o make_v i_o to_o know_v how_o much_o i_o ought_v to_o please_v thou_o lord_n thunder_n thou_o down_o into_o the_o inward_a care_n of_o my_o heart_n teach_v i_o and_o save_v i_o and_o i_o will_v praise_v thou_o for_o thou_o have_v create_v i_o when_o i_o have_v no_o be_v thou_o have_v enlighten_v i_o when_o i_o be_v in_o darkness_n thou_o have_v raise_v i_o when_o i_o be_v dead_a thou_o have_v feed_v i_o with_o thy_o benefit_n even_o from_o my_o youth_n up_o this_o unprofitable_a worm_n which_o stink_v with_o sin_n thou_o nourish_v with_o all_o thy_o singular_a 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