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the_o desert_n of_o our_o own_o sin_n be_v in_o the_o suffering_n of_o christ_n whatever_o christ_n suffer_v be_v nothing_o but_o the_o desert_n of_o our_o sin_n it_o be_v that_o which_o we_o deserve_v shall_v have_v be_v lay_v upon_o we_o therefore_o when_o we_o come_v to_o make_v use_n of_o the_o suffering_n of_o christ_n his_o soul-suffering_n or_o his_o bodily_a suffering_n when_o we_o consider_v his_o soul-suffering_n viz._n his_o dereliction_n or_o his_o be_v forsake_v of_o god_n the_o sense_n of_o god_n wrath_n that_o he_o undergo_v in_o his_o soul_n when_o we_o consider_v the_o pain_n grief_n torment_n and_o death_n that_o he_o suffer_v in_o his_o body_n we_o ought_v to_o consider_v with_o ourselves_o that_o these_o be_v the_o very_a thing_n we_o deserve_v we_o be_v the_o person_n that_o deserve_v to_o be_v forsake_v of_o god_n to_o have_v the_o face_n of_o god_n hide_v from_o we_o we_o be_v they_o that_o deserve_v to_o feel_v the_o wrath_n of_o god_n to_o be_v make_v the_o 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elder_n and_o chief_a priest_n and_o scribe_n and_o be_v kill_v and_o be_v raise_v again_o the_o three_o day_n our_o saviour_n be_v not_o ignorant_a of_o his_o own_o suffering_n but_o have_v a_o perfect_a contemplation_n of_o they_o in_o his_o mind_n beforehand_o he_o know_v how_o great_a and_o bitter_a and_o sore_o they_o will_v be_v and_o yet_o he_o be_v content_a to_o undergo_v they_o for_o our_o sake_n consid_fw-la 8_o the_o love_n of_o christ_n in_o his_o suffering_n appear_v in_o this_o that_o so_o great_a a_o person_n shall_v give_v himself_o to_o suffer_v such_o thing_n to_o expiate_v so_o vile_a a_o thing_n as_o sin_n which_o yet_o he_o hate_v so_o much_o and_o have_v power_n to_o punish_v that_o the_o life_n of_o the_o best_a person_n shall_v go_v to_o expiate_v the_o worst_a thing_n this_o be_v admirable_a sin_n be_v the_o worst_a of_o evil_n the_o vile_a thing_n in_o the_o world_n now_o that_o the_o life_n of_o the_o most_o excellent_a person_n the_o life_n of_o the_o son_n 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