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it_o be_v the_o lord_n let_v he_o due_a what_o seem_v he_o good_a and_o with_o patient_a job_n though_o the_o lord_n kill_v we_o yet_o will_v we_o trust_v in_o he_o that_o come_v what_o will_v nothing_o may_v be_v able_a to_o separate_v we_o from_o god_n but_o that_o we_o may_v cleave_v close_o to_o he_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o affliction_n and_o make_v a_o sanctify_a uâ—e_v of_o all_o his_o correction_n to_o our_o comfort_n in_o this_o and_o the_o world_n to_o come_v chap._n ix_o how_o to_o prepare_v against_o particular_a affliction_n as_o war_n pestilence_n etc._n etc._n to_o undergo_v they_o patient_o what_o affliction_n the_o lord_n may_v lay_v upon_o we_o we_o know_v not_o no_o how_o soon_o we_o know_v not_o therefore_o as_o i_o have_v before_o say_v it_o stand_v we_o in_o hand_n to_o prepare_v ourselves_o for_o all_o condition_n and_o because_o perhaps_o some_o will_v and_o can_v other_o can_v and_o will_v not_o to_o instruct_v the_o one_o and_o leave_v the_o other_o without_o 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they_o may_v not_o be_v aid_v against_o we_o by_o the_o lord_n as_o set_v a_o work_n by_o he_o to_o punish_v and_o destroy_v we_o but_o only_o fatherly_a to_o chastise_v we_o and_o we_o be_v reconcile_v unto_o god_n through_o christ_n have_v that_o inward_a peace_n of_o conscience_n may_v by_o such_o correction_n be_v rather_o make_v better_a than_o worse_o for_o a_o outward_a war_n be_v never_o grievous_a to_o a_o man_n that_o have_v inward_a peace_n as_o long_o as_o man_n be_v reconcile_v to_o god_n and_o at_o peace_n with_o he_o a_o earthly_a enemy_n may_v hardly_o entreat_v they_o but_o can_v utter_o dismay_v they_o for_o they_o fear_v not_o they_o that_o can_v but_o only_o kill_v the_o body_n but_o he_o that_o can_v cast_v both_o soul_n and_o body_n into_o hell_n so_o i_o say_v if_o we_o do_v but_o true_o repent_v what_o affliction_n soever_o come_v they_o will_v not_o be_v as_o punishment_n to_o take_v 19.12_o take_v psa_fw-la 1_o 19.12_o vengeance_n on_o we_o for_o sin_n but_o as_o fatherly_a chastisement_n to_o warn_v we_o from_o sin_n which_o will_v not_o seem_v intolerable_a and_o hard_a but_o light_n and_o easy_a to_o be_v bear_v and_o instead_o of_o make_v we_o murmur_v against_o god_n we_o shall_v say_v with_o holy_a large_a holy_a there_o be_v in_o affliction_n vindicte_fw-la divina_fw-la castigatio_fw-la paterua_fw-la vindicta_fw-la divina_fw-la est_fw-la poena_fw-la qua_fw-la deus_fw-la ulciscetur_fw-la peccata_fw-la improborum_fw-la &_o eos_fw-la destruet_fw-la castigatio_fw-la paterna_fw-la est_fw-la poena_fw-la qun_fw-la deus_fw-la electos_fw-la proprer_fw-la peccata_fw-la corripit_fw-la ut_fw-la choose_fw-la ad_fw-la resipiscentiam_fw-la excitat_fw-la corrigat_fw-la &_o cautiores_fw-la tardioresque_fw-la ad_fw-la peccandum_fw-la in_o postâ—rum_fw-la reddat_fw-la utquesiceos_fw-la â—rudiat_a ne_fw-la cum_fw-la hoc_fw-la mundo_fw-la condemnentur_fw-la affliction_n to_o the_o godly_a be_v not_o timoriai_o but_o paideiai_o not_o revengements_n but_o inftruction_n polan_n sintag_n lib._n 6._o cap._n 4._o pag._n 340._o col_fw-fr 2._o &_o calvin_n instit_fw-la lib._n 3._o cap._n 4._o sect._n 31_o 32.33_o 34._o where_o you_o may_v read_v of_o this_o at_o large_a david_n it_o be_v good_a for_o we_o that_o we_o have_v be_v afflict_v when_o on_o the_o contrary_a the_o judgement_n of_o war_n come_v upon_o man_n in_o their_o sin_n and_o so_o at_o enmity_n with_o god_n will_v be_v a_o heavy_a judgement_n and_o so_o will_v cause_v they_o to_o fret_v and_o repine_v and_o murmur_v against_o god_n to_o the_o further_o harden_v of_o their_o heart_n to_o their_o destruction_n for_o they_o be_v so_o far_o from_o be_v amend_v by_o affliction_n or_o take_v any_o profit_n by_o they_o that_o rather_o by_o such_o beginning_n they_o be_v prepare_v for_o hell_n which_o at_o length_n abide_v for_o they_o say_v master_n 32._o master_n instit_fw-la lib._n 3._o cap._n 4._o sect_n 32._o calvin_n second_o if_o man_n will_v be_v prepare_v against_o war_n etc._n etc._n let_v they_o get_v themselves_o disengage_v from_o earthly_a pleasure_n profit_n etc._n etc._n for_o while_o their_o heart_n be_v set_v upon_o such_o thing_n they_o never_o can_v without_o a_o great_a deal_n of_o grief_n and_o inward_a trouble_n think_v of_o the_o come_n of_o such_o time_n wherein_o they_o must_v loose_v they_o all_o a_o man_n with_o patience_n will_v never_o undergo_v any_o hardship_n as_o long_o as_o he_o have_v any_o way_n to_o free_v himself_o from_o it_o nor_o can_v one_o ever_o think_v of_o affliction_n as_o long_o as_o he_o have_v all_o delight_n about_o he_o and_o to_o such_o as_o have_v place_v their_o delight_n in_o temporal_a transitory_a thing_n will_v the_o bosom_n of_o destruction_n which_o sweep_v all_o away_o seem_v trouble_v some_o 14.23_o isa_n 14.23_o how_o hard_o will_v it_o go_v with_o a_o man_n who_o delight_n be_v in_o wealth_n and_o worldly_a riches_n to_o have_v they_o before_o
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