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together_o in_o the_o wilderness_n and_o what_o worldly_a comfort_n have_v he_o to_o cheer_v he_o in_o suffer_v all_o these_o affliction_n but_o the_o remembrance_n of_o the_o land_n of_o promise_n the_o fruition_n whereof_o he_o long_o expect_v but_o at_o last_o he_o be_v cut_v off_o from_o this_o hope_n and_o hear_v god_n definitive_a sentence_n pass_v upon_o he_o that_o he_o must_v ascend_v mount_n nebo_n and_o die_v there_o deut._n 32.50_o and_o thus_o job_n though_o he_o be_v the_o just_a man_n that_o live_v upon_o the_o earth_n by_o the_o lord_n own_o testimony_n yet_o do_v he_o endure_v manifold_a and_o grievous_a affliction_n as_o we_o may_v read_v in_o the_o history_n of_o his_o life_n the_o spoil_v of_o his_o good_n the_o slaughter_n of_o his_o servant_n the_o untimely_a death_n of_o ten_o child_n all_o at_o once_o the_o outward_a torment_n of_o botch_n and_o boil_n and_o the_o inward_a terror_n of_o a_o afflict_a mind_n the_o scorn_v of_o the_o wicked_a the_o strange_a 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