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the_o godly_a p._n 124._o 127._o affliction_n on_o the_o outward_a man_n apt_a to_o disquiet_v the_o godly_a p._n 141._o b_o backsliders_a if_o they_o return_v must_v be_v deep_o humble_v p._n 11._o p._n 14._o p._n 165._o c_o casting_n down_n god_n child_n subject_a to_o it_o p._n 6._o what_o person_n god_n do_v most_o cast_v down_o p._n 8._o why_o god_n cast_v down_o his_o own_o people_n p._n 30._o how_o god_n do_v it_o p._n 40._o 41._o check_v our_o own_o heart_n a_o good_a mean_n against_o faint_v p._n 45._o comfort_n against_o desertion_n when_o it_o be_v for_o sin_n p._n 76._o comfort_n under_o affliction_n p._n 146._o d_o dejection_n of_o spirit_n how_o to_o reason_v against_o they_o p._n 46._o dejection_n when_o a_o sin_n p._n 53_o desertion_n a_o act_n sometime_o of_o sovereignty_n p._n 61._o and_o sometime_o of_o justice_n p._n 63_o 9_o comfort_n under_o desertion_n p._n 68_o difference_n between_o trouble_n for_o sin_n in_o the_o godly_a and_o wicked_a 167._o f_o formality_n in_o duty_n p._n 53._o g_o great_a sinner_n god_n use_v to_o humble_a much_o p._n 9_o grieve_v the_o spirit_n p._n 9_o l_o love_n of_o god_n suspend_v by_o 8_o thing_n p._n 89_o p_o promise_n make_v not_o to_o the_o measure_n but_o truth_n of_o humiliation_n p._n 24._o 37._o 51._o pride_n of_o gift_n p._n 33._o 90._o prosperity_n of_o the_o wicked_a a_o stumbling-block_n to_o the_o godly_a p._n 101._o no_o reason_n to_o be_v disquiet_v at_o it_o p._n 102._o consideration_n against_o it_o p._n 105._o prosperity_n not_o always_o a_o note_n of_o a_o good_a cause_n p._n 112._o 〈◊〉_d end_n why_o god_n suffer_v the_o wicked_a to_o prosper_v p._n 114._o why_o his_o own_o people_n want_v it_o p._n 120._o r_o rule_n to_o keep_v from_o excessive_a sorrow_n for_o sin_n p._n 36._o repentance_n begin_v at_o the_o bosom_n sin_n rule_v to_o quiet_a the_o heart_n under_o outward_a affliction_n p._n 151._o rule_n for_o those_o that_o be_v great_o trouble_v p._n 203._o rule_v to_o show_v how_o the_o soul_n may_v be_v evangelical_o trouble_v with_o rule_n of_o comfort_n and_o caution_n 213._o s_o sorrow_n for_o sin_n when_o excessive_a 16._o 17._o soliloquy_n p._n 2._o p._n 43._o sympathy_n with_o suffer_a brethren_n and_o sinful_a disquiet_n how_o they_o differ_v p._n 129._o sinful_a sorrow_n for_o the_o church_n calamity_n how_o cure_v 132._o sorrow_n for_o personal_a suffering_n when_o inordinate_a 156._o t_o trouble_v of_o heart_n for_o sin_n p._n 161._o times_n when_o this_o trouble_n be_v most_o feel_v 162._o five_o unmercifulnesse_n p._n 91._o use_v of_o trial_n whether_o your_o trouble_n of_o soul_n for_o sin_n be_v right_o 200._o w_n wicked_a man_n why_o not_o trouble_v at_o sin_n p._n 26._o worldlimindednesse_n