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to_o know_v the_o will_n of_o god_n and_o â—ow_o he_o will_v be_v worship_v and_o serve_v and_o what_o he_o will_v have_v to_o be_v do_v or_o not_o â—o_o be_v do_v and_o therefore_o since_o the_o glorious_a god_n have_v so_o far_o condescend_v as_o by_o his_o providence_n to_o send_v we_o a_o transcript_n of_o his_o mind_n and_o will_n and_o law_n he_o will_v be_v very_o thankful_a for_o it_o very_o studious_a of_o it_o much_o delight_v in_o it_o very_o curious_a to_o observe_v it_o because_o it_o be_v the_o rule_n and_o direction_n how_o he_o may_v obey_v and_o consequent_o please_v that_o great_a god_n who_o he_o fear_v this_o word_n he_o believe_v and_o prize_n as_o his_o great_a charter_n and_o in_o this_o word_n he_o find_v much_o to_o excite_v and_o regulate_v and_o direct_v his_o fear_n of_o god_n he_o see_v example_n of_o the_o divine_a justice_n against_o the_o offender_n of_o his_o law_n of_o the_o divine_a bounty_n in_o reward_v the_o obedience_n to_o it_o threaten_n on_o 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as_o a_o blasphemer_n as_o a_o impostor_n and_o yet_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o all_o this_o usage_n scarce_o a_o word_n speak_v and_o those_o that_o he_o speak_v not_o savour_v of_o any_o impatience_n or_o complaint_n against_o his_o persecutor_n but_o full_a of_o mildness_n gentleness_n sweetness_n goodness_n and_o while_o his_o persecutor_n be_v busy_a in_o revile_n and_o torment_n he_o as_o industrious_a to_o pray_v for_o they_o luk._n 23.34_o father_n forgive_v they_o they_o know_v not_o what_o they_o do_v 3._o which_o be_v yet_o a_o high_a step_n he_o suffer_v all_o this_o willing_o and_o cheerful_o joh._n 10.18_o no_o man_n take_v my_o life_n from_o i_o but_o i_o lay_v it_o down_o of_o myself_o luk._n 12.50_o i_o have_v a_o baptism_n to_o be_v baptize_v with_o and_o how_o be_o i_o straighten_a till_o it_o be_v fulfil_v and_o this_o willingness_n of_o our_o lord_n suffering_n appear_v in_o these_o particular_n 1._o in_o that_o when_o he_o have_v power_n to_o prevent_v it_o and_o to_o rescue_v himself_o from_o the_o insolence_n of_o his_o persecutor_n yet_o he_o use_v it_o not_o one_o angel_n arm_v by_o commission_n from_o god_n in_o one_o night_n destroy_v a_o vast_a army_n of_o the_o assyrian_n and_o upon_o the_o desire_n of_o our_o lord_n no_o less_o than_o twelve_o legion_n be_v ready_a for_o his_o guard_n but_o yet_o this_o must_v not_o be_v how_o then_o shall_v the_o scripture_n be_v fulfil_v matth._n 27.53_o 54._o when_o the_o company_n that_o be_v send_v to_o apprehend_v he_o hear_v those_o word_n i_o be_o he_o they_o go_v backward_o and_o fell_a to_o the_o ground_n joh._n 18.6_o the_o same_o power_n by_o which_o they_o fall_v can_v have_v so_o bind_v they_o never_o to_o have_v rise_v again_o but_o our_o lord_n though_o he_o manifest_v this_o power_n to_o evidence_n his_o divinity_n yet_o he_o use_v it_o not_o so_o far_o as_o to_o impede_fw-la his_o passion_n and_o as_o it_o be_v resume_v and_o call_v back_o that_o manifestation_n of_o his_o deity_n 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will_v that_o even_o while_o the_o infirmity_n of_o his_o humane_a nature_n start_v at_o the_o apprehension_n of_o what_o he_o be_v to_o suffer_v and_o pray_v against_o it_o yet_o the_o freeness_n and_o purity_n of_o his_o obedience_n carry_v he_o on_o to_o it_o and_o make_v he_o as_o it_o be_v un-pray_a what_o he_o have_v before_o pray_v and_o though_o his_o soul_n startle_v at_o the_o discovery_n of_o that_o dismal_a vale_n that_o he_o be_v now_o to_o pass_v through_o yet_o his_o love_n to_o mankind_n and_o his_o resolution_n of_o obedience_n to_o his_o father_n will_n carry_v he_o on_o with_o willingness_n to_o suffer_v that_o which_o he_o be_v trouble_v to_o see_v again_o how_o do_v he_o check_v all_o impediment_n to_o his_o suffering_n he_o forsee_v shame_n and_o pain_n he_o arm_v himself_o against_o both_o heb._n 12.2_o with_o patience_n against_o the_o latter_a he_o endure_v the_o cross_n with_o resolution_n against_o the_o former_a he_o despise_v the_o shame_n again_o when_o 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