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shall_v be_v the_o portion_n of_o all_o ungodly_a man_n matth._n 13.41_o ver_fw-la the_o son_n of_o man_n shall_v send_v forth_o his_o angel_n and_o they_o shall_v gather_v out_o of_o his_o kingdom_n all_o thing_n that_o offend_v and_o they_o which_o do_v iniquity_n they_o which_o follow_v sin_n devise_v sin_n commit_v sin_n tempt_v other_o to_o sin_n he_o shall_v cast_v they_o into_o a_o furnace_n of_o fire_n there_o shall_v be_v wail_v and_o gnash_n of_o tooth_n there_o be_v heaviness_n indeed_o then_o shall_v the_o righteous_a shine_n forth_o as_o the_o sun_n in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o their_o father_n if_o they_o that_o fear_v god_n be_v so_o heavy_a in_o this_o world_n if_o the_o yoke_n of_o christ_n be_v so_o uneasy_a how_o intolerable_a will_v the_o misery_n of_o wicked_a man_n be_v in_o another_o world_n if_o those_o that_o fear_n god_n have_v have_v such_o trouble_n of_o spirit_n as_o david_n that_o they_o have_v roar_v by_o reason_n of_o disquietness_n of_o heart_n then_o 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and_o as_o it_o be_v sow_o for_o they_o so_o it_o shall_v come_v up_o they_o shall_v have_v it_o psal_n 126.6_o 7._o they_o that_o sow_v in_o tear_n shall_v reap_v in_o joy_n he_o that_o go_v forth_o and_o weep_v bear_v precious_a seed_n shall_v doubtless_o come_v again_o with_o rejoice_v bring_v forth_o his_o sheaf_n with_o he_o god_n people_n shall_v not_o be_v always_o under_o hache_n their_o trouble_n be_v but_o for_o a_o season_n for_o a_o while_n they_o be_v but_o for_o a_o season_n either_o for_o a_o season_n in_o this_o life_n or_o at_o most_o but_o for_o the_o season_n of_o this_o life_n first_o they_o be_v manytimes_o but_o for_o a_o season_n in_o this_o life_n god_n people_n manytimes_o outlive_v their_o trouble_n many_o temptation_n that_o god_n bring_v his_o servant_n into_o he_o bring_v they_o out_o again_o even_o in_o this_o world_n their_o fit_n of_o sorrow_n do_v not_o last_v always_o though_o they_o have_v their_o sad_a paroxysm_n they_o have_v some_o intermission_n 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great_a calamity_n he_o bring_v they_o with_o joy_n and_o comfort_v out_o of_o they_o we_o read_v often_o of_o israel_n the_o lord_n sell_v they_o into_o the_o hand_n of_o their_o enemy_n for_o such_o and_o such_o sin_n as_o they_o be_v guilty_a of_o and_o yet_o the_o lord_n raise_v saviour_n to_o they_o and_o deliver_v they_o out_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o those_o that_o hate_v they_o god_n often_o in_o wrath_n remember_v mercy_n towards_o his_o people_n in_o this_o world_n the_o rod_n of_o the_o wicked_a say_v the_o psalmist_n shall_v not_o rest_v upon_o the_o back_n of_o the_o righteous_a though_o it_o may_v come_v there_o yet_o it_o shall_v not_o stay_v there_o god_n manytimes_o do_v provide_v a_o way_n to_o escape_v out_o of_o the_o great_a of_o his_o people_n misery_n and_o sometime_o he_o give_v they_o that_o faith_n whereby_o they_o be_v confident_a that_o deliverance_n shall_v come_v psal_n 71.20_o 21._o vers_fw-la thou_o who_o have_v show_v i_o great_a and_o sore_o trouble_v 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