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they_o be_v rouse_v up_o and_o can_v say_v genesis_n 42.21_o this_o trouble_n be_v come_v upon_o we_o for_o sell_v our_o brother_n second_o affliction_n serve_v to_o humble_a god_n child_n leviticus_fw-la 26.41_o so_o the_o church_n of_o god_n speak_v i_o will_v bear_v the_o wrath_n of_o the_o lord_n because_o i_o have_v sin_v against_o he_o micah_n 7.9_o three_o they_o serve_v to_o wean_v the_o people_n of_o god_n and_o to_o drive_v they_o from_o the_o love_n of_o this_o world_n for_o if_o man_n may_v always_o live_v in_o ease_n they_o will_v make_v their_o heaven_n upon_o earth_n which_o may_v not_o be_v and_o herein_o god_n deal_v with_o his_o child_n like_o a_o nurse_n when_o she_o will_v wean_v her_o child_n she_o lay_v some_o bitter_a thing_n upon_o the_o pap_n head_n to_o make_v the_o child_n to_o loathe_v the_o pap_n so_o the_o lord_n to_o draw_v our_o heart_n from_o the_o world_n and_o to_o cause_v we_o to_o love_n and_o seek_v after_o heaven_n and_o heavenly_a thing_n he_o make_v we_o to_o taste_v of_o the_o bitterness_n of_o affliction_n in_o tâ—is_n world_n four_o affliction_n ferâ—e_v to_o make_v god_n child_n to_o go_v out_o of_o themselves_o to_o seek_v sincere_o unto_o god_n and_o to_o rely_v only_o upon_o he_o which_o in_o prosperity_n they_o will_v not_o do_v this_o paul_n confess_v of_o himself_o and_o other_o we_o say_v he_o receive_v the_o sentence_n of_o death_n in_o ourselves_o because_o we_o shall_v not_o trust_v in_o ourselves_o but_o in_o god_n 2._o corinthian_n chapter_n 1._o verse_n 9_o so_o good_a king_n jehosaphat_n when_o he_o be_v compass_v of_o his_o enemy_n he_o cry_v to_o the_o lord_n and_o say_v lord_n we_o know_v not_o what_o to_o do_v but_o our_o eye_n be_v towards_o thou_o 2._o chronicle_n chapter_n 20._o verse_n 12._o yea_o the_o rebellious_a jew_n be_v hereby_o drive_v to_o seek_v the_o lord_n who_o in_o prosperity_n they_o forsake_v as_o we_o may_v see_v at_o large_a psal._n 107.6.12.13.19_o last_o affliction_n serve_v to_o make_v manifest_a the_o grace_n of_o god_n in_o his_o child_n the_o lord_n say_v job_n know_v my_o way_n and_o try_v i_o job_n 23.10_o deuteronomie_n 8.2_o remember_v all_o the_o way_n say_v moses_n to_o the_o israelite_n which_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n lead_v thou_o this_o forty_o year_n for_o to_o prove_v thou_o and_o to_o know_v what_o be_v in_o thy_o heart_n hence_o james_n call_v temptation_n the_o trial_n of_o faith_n james_n chapter_n 1._o verse_n 2.3_o and_o paul_n make_v patience_n the_o fruit_n of_o tribulation_n roman_n chapter_n 5._o verse_n 3._o for_o look_v as_o the_o shower_n in_o the_o spring_n time_n cause_v the_o bud_n to_o appear_v so_o do_v affliction_n make_v manifest_a god_n grace_n in_o his_o child_n patience_n hope_v and_o other_o virtue_n lie_v close_o in_o the_o heart_n in_o the_o day_n of_o peace_n but_o when_o tribulation_n come_v than_o they_o break_v forth_o and_o show_v themselves_o hence_o we_o learn_v that_o it_o be_v not_o always_o a_o token_n of_o god_n wrath_n to_o suffer_v affliction_n if_o any_o man_n or_o people_n be_v lade_v with_o cross_n it_o be_v no_o argument_n that_o therefore_o they_o be_v not_o the_o child_n of_o god_n for_o as_o peter_n say_v judgement_n begin_v at_o god_n house_n 1._o peter_n chapter_n 4._o verse_n 17_o and_o any_o cross_n upon_o a_o people_n family_n or_o particular_a person_n if_o it_o bring_v forth_o the_o fruit_n of_o grace_n in_o they_o be_v a_o true_a sign_n they_o belong_v to_o god._n yea_o when_o man_n wander_v from_o god_n by_o a_o evil_a way_n these_o affliction_n be_v mean_n to_o call_v they_o home_o to_o god._n psalm_n 119.67_o before_o i_o be_v afflict_v i_o go_v astray_o and_o they_o that_o forsake_v their_o sin_n and_o return_v to_o god_n in_o the_o time_n of_o affliction_n be_v certain_o god_n people_n for_o the_o wicked_a man_n fret_v and_o murmure_v against_o god_n when_o a_o cross_n come_v and_o he_o can_v abide_v it_o but_o the_o godly_a man_n be_v humble_v thereby_o and_o it_o make_v he_o more_o obedient_a in_o all_o duty_n unto_o god_n this_o we_o shall_v consider_v for_o by_o a_o outward_a profession_n we_o bear_v the_o world_n in_o hand_n that_o we_o be_v god_n child_n and_o therefore_o we_o come_v to_o hear_v god_n word_n and_o to_o learn_v how_o to_o behave_v ourselves_o as_o beseem_v his_o child_n but_o if_o we_o will_v be_v know_v to_o be_v god_n child_n indeed_o then_o when_o any_o of_o god_n judgement_n do_v befall_v we_o we_o must_v make_v this_o use_n of_o they_o namely_o labour_v thereby_o to_o be_v humble_v for_o our_o sin_n and_o to_o forsake_v our_o sin_n and_o to_o make_v conscience_n of_o all_o bad_a way_n for_o ever_o afterward_o and_o then_o we_o show_v ourselves_o to_o be_v god_n child_n indeed_o but_o if_o under_o the_o cross_n or_o after_o the_o cross_n we_o be_v as_o dissolute_a as_o ever_o we_o be_v and_o still_o follow_v our_o old_a sin_n than_o we_o can_v be_v judge_v to_o be_v god_n people_n and_o child_n but_o rather_o a_o 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