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covetous_a and_o selfended_n may_v the_o wise_a and_o faithful_a physician_n will_v not_o hold_v his_o patient_n in_o a_o course_n of_o physic_n long_o than_o need_n be_v if_o he_o still_o prescribe_v potion_n after_o potion_n sure_o he_o see_v there_o be_v a_o cause_n for_o it_o and_o thus_o be_v it_o with_o our_o heavenly_a physician_n if_o he_o do_v keep_v his_o people_n in_o a_o course_n of_o affliction_n it_o be_v not_o that_o he_o take_v any_o delight_n in_o it_o no_o though_o earthly_a parent_n may_v sometime_o chasten_v their_o child_n for_o their_o pleasure_n as_o the_o apostle_n speak_v heb._n 12.10_o our_o heavenly_a father_n do_v it_o not_o he_o see_v that_o there_o be_v a_o cause_n for_o it_o needful_a continuance_n of_o affliction_n sometime_o needful_a he_o see_v that_o they_o have_v need_n of_o it_o need_v of_o those_o affliction_n wherewith_o he_o exercise_v they_o and_o under_o which_o he_o hold_v they_o need_v either_o for_o the_o cure_n of_o some_o old_a malady_n 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hebraeum_n cut_v respondet_fw-la hellenistarum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d significari_fw-la sortem_fw-la prosperam_fw-la aut_fw-la improsperam_fw-la quae_fw-la deo_fw-la inspectante_fw-la ac_fw-la moderante_fw-la cuique_fw-la obtingit_fw-la unde_fw-la &_o vocem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d interdum_fw-la adjuactam_fw-la legimus_fw-la grot._n annot._n in_o math._n 20._o vers_fw-la 22._o psal_n 16.5_o the_o lord_n be_v the_o portion_n of_o my_o inheritance_n and_o of_o my_o cup._n so_o then_o by_o cup_v understand_v we_o that_o portion_n of_o suffering_n which_o god_n by_o his_o providence_n lay_v out_o unto_o the_o son_n of_o man_n which_o he_o do_v not_o at_o random_n but_o by_o measure_n mark_v it_o this_o be_v the_o doctrinal_a conclusion_n which_o i_o shall_v from_o hence_o take_v up_o affliction_n doct._n suffering_n be_v dispense_v by_o god_n unto_o man_n by_o measure_n text._n suffering_n dispense_v by_o god_n by_o measure_n perindè_fw-la ac_fw-la pacerfamilias_n cibum_fw-la
&_o potum_fw-la filiis_fw-la ac_fw-la domesticis_fw-la suis_fw-la distriovit_fw-la ità _fw-la hoc_fw-la juris_fw-la in_o nos_fw-la habet_fw-la deus_fw-la ut_fw-la singulos_fw-la tractet_fw-la prout_fw-la visum_fw-la est_fw-la calvin_n cem._n in_o text._n so_o be_v the_o suffering_n of_o the_o son_n of_o man_n the_o lord_n jesus_n and_o so_o be_v the_o suffering_n of_o all_o the_o son_n of_o man_n they_o do_v not_o fall_v upon_o they_o by_o chance_n or_o fortune_n but_o by_o a_o divine_a providence_n neither_o be_v they_o pour_v out_o upon_o they_o without_o any_o regard_n of_o stint_n as_o i_o may_v say_v but_o by_o measure_n as_o for_o the_o former_a of_o these_o none_o but_o a_o atheist_n will_v deny_v or_o question_v it_o it_o be_v that_o which_o eliphaz_n will_v job_n to_o take_v notice_n of_o affliction_n come_v not_o forth_o of_o the_o dust_n neither_o do_v trouble_v spring_n out_o of_o the_o ground_n job_n 5.6_o cross_n affliction_n suffering_n of_o what_o kind_n soever_o they_o 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