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isa_n 52._o behold_v i_o that_o do_v speak_v be_o present_a and_o that_o he_o sing_v of_o the_o nativity_n behold_v a_o virgin_n shall_v conceive_v 7._o isa_n 7._o and_o bring_v forth_o a_o child_n and_o again_o a_o little_a child_n be_v bear_v to_o we_o 3._o isa_n 9_o bar._n 3._o and_o a_o son_n be_v give_v unto_o us._n and_o another_o and_o thou_o bethleem_n ephrata_n thou_o be_v not_o the_o least_o among_o the_o principal_a town_n of_o judea_n for_o out_o of_o thou_o shall_v come_v a_o captain_n to_o govern_v my_o people_n this_o therefore_o be_v that_o little_a son_n that_o prince_n prophesy_v of_o by_o these_o and_o like_a passage_n of_o scripture_n &_o who_o be_v bear_v this_o night_n the_o second_o point_n shall_v consider_v the_o circumstance_n of_o this_o nativity_n nativity_n 1._o circumstance_n of_o this_o marvellous_a nativity_n which_o be_v well_o understand_v will_v teach_v we_o a_o good_a lesson_n of_o the_o greatness_n of_o god_n and_o of_o the_o misery_n of_o man_n 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in_o her_o bosom_n and_o close_v in_o her_o arm_n who_o the_o capacity_n of_o the_o heaven_n can_v not_o comprehend_v she_o fear_v his_o danger_n and_o rely_v in_o his_o providence_n willing_o endure_v the_o horror_n of_o the_o desert_n and_o the_o wearisomnes_n of_o the_o way_n and_o gather_v of_o her_o pain_n the_o joy_n of_o just_a soul_n in_o the_o love_n of_o he_o who_o come_v into_o the_o desert_n of_o the_o world_n to_o suffer_v o_o how_o gracious_a a_o spectacle_n to_o heaven_n be_v this_o little_a company_n o_o desert_n more_o happy_a in_o these_o three_o hebrew_a pilgrim_n then_o in_o that_o infinite_a multitude_n that_o pass_v before_o a_o desert_n sanctify_v by_o these_o heavenly_a travailler_n sign_v and_o consecrate_v one_o day_n after_o to_o be_v the_o repair_n of_o sanctity_n the_o earthly_a paradise_n of_o devotion_n to_o thousand_o of_o religious_a soul_n who_o shall_v there_o sing_v the_o praise_n of_o their_o redeemer_n religious_a the_o desert_n of_o egypt_n 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