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cleanse_v the_o soul_n and_o render_v a_o man_n in_o god_n acceptation_n as_o if_o he_o have_v not_o offend_v 5._o the_o next_o preparative_n against_o affliction_n be_v to_o gain_v a_o humble_a mind_n when_o affliction_n meet_v with_o a_o proud_a heart_n full_a of_o opinion_n of_o its_o own_o worth_n and_o goodness_n there_o arise_v more_o trouble_n and_o tumult_n and_o disorder_n and_o discomposure_n in_o the_o contest_v of_o such_o a_o heart_n against_o the_o affliction_n than_o possible_o can_v arise_v from_o the_o affliction_n itself_o and_o the_o struggle_a of_o that_o distemper_n of_o pride_n with_o the_o affliction_n gall_n and_o entangle_v the_o mind_n more_o than_o the_o severe_a affliction_n and_o render_v a_o man_n very_o unfit_a for_o it_o and_o unable_a to_o bear_v it_o 51.20_o the_o prophet_n describe_v it_o her_o son_n at_o the_o head_n of_o every_o street_n be_v like_o a_o wild_a bull_n in_o a_o net_n but_o on_o the_o other_o side_n a_o humble_a lowly_a mind_n be_v 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