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speak_v more_o special_o of_o rain_n 38._o 28._o ask_v quis_fw-la est_fw-la pater_fw-la pluviae_fw-la the_o answer_n be_v god_n for_o he_o grant_v out_o a_o writ_n decree_n or_o mandate_n for_o rain_n job_n 28._o 26._o he_o give_v we_o rain_n and_o seasonable_a time_n act._n 17._o 26._o and_o as_o it_o be_v his_o royal_a power_n and_o authority_n to_o command_v it_o so_o be_v it_o to_o countermand_v it_o and_o to_o give_v a_o inhibition_n to_o restrain_v it_o esay_n 5._o 6._o and_o lest_o any_o shall_v make_v exception_n against_o he_o he_o say_v amos_n 4._o 6._o it_o be_v i_o which_o do_v cause_n it_o to_o rain_n upon_o one_o city_n and_o not_o another_o it_o be_v not_o planet_n nor_o nature_n nor_o fortune_n but_o god_n himself_o judg._n 6._o 37._o we_o see_v both_o set_v down_o his_o giving_z out_o a_o commandment_n for_o the_o ground_n to_o be_v wet_a and_o restraint_n for_o the_o flesh_n &_o contra_fw-la see_v then_o it_o be_v in_o his_o only_a power_n to_o give_v or_o restrain_v 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and_o patience_n and_o long_o suffer_v of_o god_n as_o a_o mean_n to_o bring_v he_o to_o repentance_n harden_a his_o heart_n and_o heap_v up_o wrath_n for_o himself_o against_o the_o day_n of_o wrath_n roman_n the_o second_o chapter_n and_o the_o five_o verse_n this_o depart_n of_o cain_n stand_v upon_o three_o part_n first_o his_o removing_z he_o go_v out_o second_o terminus_fw-la a_o quo_fw-la that_o be_v from_o the_o presence_n of_o god_n three_o terminus_fw-la ad_fw-la quem_fw-la that_o be_v the_o land_n of_o nod._n touch_v the_o first_o there_o be_v a_o go_v out_o upon_o distrust_n when_o a_o man_n have_v no_o hope_n of_o favour_n and_o another_o upon_o contempt_n when_o a_o man_n think_v he_o shall_v have_v no_o benefit_n of_o tarry_v of_o which_o the_o better_a be_v that_o go_v out_o which_o be_v upon_o distrust_n but_o so_o can_v not_o cain_n go_v out_o for_o as_o well_o by_o god_n merciful_a deal_n towards_o cain_n before_o the_o sentence_n be_v pronounce_v as_o also_o by_o 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