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    "text": "Afflictions do not come alone,",
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    "text": "A voice attends the rod;",
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    "text": "By both he to his saints is known,",
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    "text": "“Let not my children slight the stroke",
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    "text": "“The wicked I perhaps may leave",
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    "text": "“If therefore you were left without",
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    "text": "You might with cause admit a doubt",
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    "text": "“Shall earthly parents then expect",
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    "text": "And will not you, when I correct,",
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    "text": "“To please themselves they oft chastise,",
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    "text": "And put their sons to pain;",
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    "text": "But you are precious in my eyes,",
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    "text": "And shall not smart in vain.",
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    "text": "“I see your hearts at present fill’d",
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    "text": "But soon these bitter seeds shall yield",
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    "text": "The fruits of righteousness.”",
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    "text": "Break through the clouds, dear Lord, and shine!",
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    "text": "Let us perceive thee nigh!",
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    "text": "And to each mourning child of thine",
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    "text": "These gracious words apply.",
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