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providence_n and_o disposition_n and_o unload_v all_o our_o care_n and_o labour_n into_o god_n bosom_n we_o must_v also_o trust_v in_o he_o 5._o that_o be_v persuade_v ourselves_o that_o we_o be_v govern_v of_o god_n and_o pray_v also_o to_o be_v govern_v by_o he_o and_o then_o he_o will_v bring_v it_o to_o pâ—sse_n that_o be_v grant_v a_o happy_a and_o prosperous_a success_n and_o not_o suffer_v our_o hope_n to_o be_v frustrate_a as_o he_o just_o punish_v the_o infidelity_n of_o the_o child_n of_o this_o world_n for_o otherwise_o our_o life_n and_o calling_n can_v be_v order_v and_o direct_v by_o man_n diligence_n 10._o and_o industry_n for_o except_v the_o lord_n build_v and_o oraer_fw-mi the_o house_n they_o labour_v in_o vain_a that_o build_v it_o therefore_o in_o so_o great_a weight_n of_o business_n and_o danger_n we_o stand_v in_o continual_a need_n of_o the_o presence_n 1._o and_o help_v of_o god._n and_o thus_o much_o touch_v worldly_a care_n now_o we_o be_v come_v to_o the_o 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whereas_o otherwise_o eat_v drink_v marry_v etc._n etc._n be_v not_o in_o themselves_o unlawful_a for_o they_o serve_v for_o man_n necessity_n and_o comfort_n unless_o man_n excessive_o or_o altogether_o hereunto_o addict_v shall_v grow_v insensible_a of_o god_n judgement_n or_o shut_v their_o eye_n shall_v run_v into_o all_o licentiousness_n as_o though_o there_o be_v no_o god_n in_o heaven_n that_o will_v take_v vengeance_n on_o they_o and_o as_o for_o those_o vile_a &_o damnable_a sin_n of_o surfeit_v and_o drunkenness_n what_o hurt_v they_o bring_v to_o the_o body_n what_o lavishment_n to_o the_o good_n what_o abuse_v of_o the_o creature_n what_o discredit_n to_o a_o man_n good_a name_n what_o decay_n to_o the_o wit_n and_o understanding_n what_o ill_a example_n to_o the_o world_n what_o scandal_n to_o the_o godly_a what_o offence_n to_o god_n and_o what_o disstruction_n to_o the_o soul_n daily_a and_o lamentable_a experience_n show_v paul_n say_v that_o the_o widow_n live_v in_o 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