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O how good and sweet is thy spirit, O Lord, in all things!
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And therefore thou chastisest them that err, by little and little: and admonishest them, and speakest to them, concerning the things wherein they offend: that leaving their wickedness, they may believe in thee, O Lord.
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For those ancient inhabitants of thy holy land, whom thou didst abhor,
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Because they did works hateful to thee by their sorceries, and wicked sacrifices,
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And those merciless murderers of their own children, and eaters of men's bowels, and devourers of blood from the midst of thy consecration,
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And those parents sacrificing with their own hands helpless souls, it was thy will to destroy by the hands of our parents,
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That the land which of all is most dear to thee might receive a worthy colony of the children of God.
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Yet even those thou sparedst as men, and didst send wasps, forerunners of thy host, to destroy them by little and little.