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shall_v not_o mourn_v or_o weep_v neither_o shall_v thy_o tear_n run_v down_o since_o enlarge_v disc_n 2._o prepare_v to_o follow_v from_o mat._n 24.44_o therefore_o be_v you_o also_o ready_a in_o two_o sermon_n disc_n 3._o the_o saint_n desire_v to_o be_v with_o christ_n from_o phil._n 1.23_o i_o desire_v to_o be_v dissolve_v and_o to_o be_v with_o christ_n which_o be_v far_o better_o disc_n 4._o sickness_n and_o death_n for_o the_o glory_n of_o christ_n from_o john_n 11.4_o this_o sickness_n be_v not_o unto_o death_n but_o for_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n that_o the_o son_n of_o man_n may_v be_v glorify_v thereby_o the_o reader_n be_v desire_v to_o correct_v a_o few_o of_o the_o most_o considerable_a errata_fw-la page_n 8._o l._n ult_n t._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 91._o l._n 21._o after_o have_v r._n or_o p._n 40._o l._n 7._o 〈◊〉_d reckon_v r._n upon_o p._n 45._o l._n 24._o for_o change_n r._n chance_n 〈◊〉_d p._n 46._o l._n 28._o for_o disease_n r._n decease_n p._n 61._o 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mourn_v for_o the_o dead_a how_o far_o allowable_a etc._n etc._n from_z ezek_n 24.16_o 17_o 18._o son_n of_o man_n behold_v i_o take_v away_o from_o thou_o rhe_n desire_v of_o thy_o eye_n with_o a_o stroke_n yet_o neither_o shall_v thou_o mourn_v nor_o weep_v neither_o shall_v thy_o tear_n run_v down_o forbear_v to_o cry_v make_v no_o mourn_v for_o the_o dead_a bound_v the_o tire_n of_o thy_o head_n upon_o thou_o and_o put_v on_o thy_o shoe_n upon_o thy_o foot_n and_o cover_v not_o thy_o lip_n and_o eat_v not_o the_o bread_n of_o men._n so_o i_o speak_v unto_o the_o people_n in_o the_o morning_n and_o at_o even_o my_o wife_n die_v consider_v what_o i_o have_v former_o preach_v and_o publish_v for_o the_o assistance_n of_o other_o mourner_n you_o will_v easy_o believe_v that_o since_o the_o late_a providence_n which_o occasion_n this_o discourse_n that_o passage_n of_o eliphaz_n to_o job_n have_v often_o be_v suggest_v to_o i_o chap._n 4._o v._n 3_o 4_o 5._o behold_v thou_o have_v 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