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patience_n possess_v you_o your_o soul_n in_o which_o word_n we_o have_v three_o particular_n which_o according_a to_o the_o metaphor_n here_o use_v we_o may_v call_v 1._o the_o freehold_a and_o that_o be_v their_o soul_n 2._o the_o seisin_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o be_v to_o be_v keep_v in_o possession_n possess_v you_o your_o soul_n 3._o the_o tenure_n and_o that_o be_v the_o tenure_n of_o patience_n and_o so_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o your_o patience_n possess_v you_o your_o soul_n 1._o for_o a_o little_a open_n of_o the_o word_n and_o first_o for_o patience_n it_o be_v duplex_fw-la activa_fw-la passiva_fw-la the_o one_o forbear_v the_o other_o bear_v both_o suffer_v though_o in_o a_o different_a way_n active_a so_o call_v in_o reference_n to_o act_v but_o improper_o a_o minime_fw-la agendo_fw-la because_o it_o act_v not_o when_o passion_n be_v finger_n itch_n and_o will_v fain_o be_v do_v and_o so_o it_o be_v define_v quae_fw-la malum_fw-la non_fw-la infert_fw-la that_o even_o when_o provoke_v do_v no_o evil_a which_o the_o greek_n express_v by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o long_o suffer_v this_o be_v eminent_o and_o essential_o in_o god_n who_o when_o we_o provoke_v he_o be_v yet_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d long-suffering_a exod._n 34._o 6._o even_o a_o god_n of_o patience_n but_o patience_n passive_n be_v that_o quae_fw-la malum_fw-la fert_fw-la that_o quiet_o suffer_v evil_a from_o other_o which_o be_v more_o proper_o this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o text_n not_o proper_o fall_v upon_o god_n who_o simple_o be_v impassable_a but_o be_v that_o which_o by_o his_o grace_n he_o work_v in_o his_o suffer_a servant_n when_o in_o a_o humble_a submission_n to_o his_o will_n out_o of_o faith_n in_o his_o promise_n in_o hope_n of_o his_o assistance_n and_o deliverance_n they_o neither_o sink_v in_o despondency_n under_o the_o burden_n nor_o rise_v up_o in_o rage_n against_o he_o or_o the_o instrument_n he_o 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