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and_o affliction_n awaken_v conscience_n and_o bring_v those_o sin_n to_o remembrance_n that_o be_v long_o ago_o forget_v second_o reas_n 2_o misery_n and_o affliction_n bring_v a_o man_n to_o a_o more_o clear_a and_o experimental_a knowledge_n of_o god_n and_o of_o himself_o than_o otherwise_o he_o can_v attain_v unto_o as_o of_o manasses_n it_o be_v say_v then_o manasses_n know_v that_o god_n be_v the_o lord_n he_o that_o in_o his_o prosperity_n forget_v god_n and_o as_o they_o bring_v a_o man_n to_o know_v god_n so_o likewise_o to_o know_v himself_o as_o the_o prodigal_n of_o who_o it_o be_v say_v 15._o luke_n 15._o he_o come_v to_o himself_o when_o he_o be_v thorough_o pinch_v with_o poverty_n and_o his_o companion_n have_v cast_v he_o off_o now_o home_n home_o welfare_n home_n i_o will_v home_o again_o i_o will_v go_v to_o my_o father_n and_o as_o job_n have_v it_o 9_o job_n 36.8_o 9_o if_o they_o be_v bind_v in_o fetter_n and_o hold_v with_o the_o cord_n of_o afsliction_n than_o 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mourning_n etc._n etc._n and_o behold_v joy_n and_o gladness_n etc._n etc._n but_o what_o say_v the_o lord_n this_o iniquity_n shall_v not_o be_v purge_v till_o you_o die_v 6.9_o am._n 6.9_o shall_v a_o trumpet_n be_v blow_v in_o a_o city_n and_o the_o people_n not_o be_v afraid_a shall_v god_n judgement_n be_v upon_o a_o land_n and_o nation_n or_o upon_o any_o particular_a person_n and_o they_o not_o lay_v they_o to_o heart_n there_o can_v be_v no_o more_o certain_a sign_n of_o a_o hard_a heart_n and_o desperate_a sinner_n than_o not_o to_o profit_v by_o the_o rod._n i_o have_v bring_v thy_o way_n upon_o thy_o own_o head_n 16.43_o eze._n 16.43_o yet_o have_v thou_o no_o consideration_n of_o thy_o abomination_n and_o as_o it_o be_v say_v reprobate_a silver_n shall_v man_n call_v they_o 6.30_o jer._n 6.30_o because_o the_o lord_n have_v reject_v they_o and_o our_o secret_a sin_n in_o the_o light_n of_o thy_o countenance_n text._n note_v we_o far_o how_o moses_n confess_v here_o that_o 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not_o my_o lip_n 39.5_o ps_n 39.5_o because_o it_o be_v thy_o do_v there_o be_v no_o sickness_n or_o disease_n lameness_n or_o blindness_n or_o any_o other_o affliction_n whereby_o we_o come_v to_o have_v our_o bone_n crush_v and_o we_o bring_v to_o destruction_n but_o all_o be_v of_o the_o lord_n he_o turn_v man_n to_o break_n and_o destruction_n and_o it_o be_v the_o want_n of_o the_o knowledge_n of_o this_o that_o be_v the_o cause_n that_o man_n do_v sometime_o murmur_v against_o god_n deal_n and_o be_v not_o humble_v for_o their_o sin_n as_o they_o ought_v to_o be_v we_o consider_v
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