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to_o suffer_v for_o god_n the_o spirit_n of_o glory_n and_o of_o god_n rest_v upon_o those_o who_o be_v for_o christ_n sake_n reproach_v 1_o pet._n 4.14_o the_o very_a mystery_n of_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d shechinah_n but_o either_o tribulation_n or_o distress_n or_o persecution_n or_o famine_n or_o nakedness_n or_o peril_n or_o sword_n rom._n 8.35_o and_o that_o through_o leave_n and_o god_n sufferance_n but_o in_o these_o we_o be_v more_o than_o conqueror_n through_o he_o that_o love_v we_o ver_fw-la 37._o for_o the_o three_o child_n as_o we_o call_v they_o be_v put_v into_o the_o furnace_n behold_v four_o walk_a loose_a christ_n be_v one_o who_o be_v with_o his_o people_n suffer_v stephen_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o misery_n see_v the_o heaven_n open_v when_o the_o burden_n seem_v too_o great_a and_o heavy_a christ_n put_v under_o his_o shoulder_n to_o ease_v i_o remember_v the_o story_n of_o theodore_n the_o martyr_n how_o when_o he_o be_v wrack_v a_o young_a 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89._o julian_n the_o apostata_fw-la have_v be_v perchance_o a_o practitioner_n of_o good_a in_o his_o young_a year_n but_o at_o last_o become_v a_o enemy_n to_o goodness_n and_o conclude_v his_o day_n with_o vicisti_fw-la tandem_fw-la galilaee_n thou_o have_v overcome_v at_o last_o o_o galilean_a in_o contempt_n call_v christ_n galilean_a answ_n 2._o from_o that_o first_o passage_n of_o the_o hebrew_n no_o fall_v away_o can_v be_v prove_v i_o mean_v final_a the_o word_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v never_o use_v for_o final_a fall_n it_o be_v give_v to_o the_o jew_n fall_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rom._n 11._o five_o 11._o yet_o we_o expect_v and_o pray_v for_o their_o conversion_n there_o be_v a_o time_n of_o their_o fullness_n to_o come_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ver_fw-la 12._o certain_o blindness_n be_v happen_v but_o in_o part_n to_o the_o jew_n and_o that_o only_o till_o the_o fullness_n of_o the_o gentile_n be_v 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