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your_o favourable_a censure_n and_o myself_o to_o your_o command_n i_o be_o my_o lord_n and_o madam_n your_o honour_n in_o all_o gospel_n service_n w._n gearing_n may_v 26._o 1662._o index_n rerum_n chap._n 1._o text_n joh._n 5.17_o open_v a_o introduction_n to_o the_o work_n a_o doctrine_n raise_v chap._n 2._o quest_n whether_o there_o be_v a_o divine_a providence_n prove_v by_o six_o argument_n argum._n 1._o chap._n 3._o argum._n 2._o chap._n 4._o argum._n 3._o argum._n 4._o chap_n 5._o argum._n 5._o argum._n 6._o chap._n 6._o the_o definition_n of_o providence_n the_o part_n of_o it_o chap._n 7._o of_o god_n general_a providence_n chap._n 8._o of_o god_n particular_a providence_n of_o the_o extent_n of_o it_o to_o the_o heaven_n to_o the_o sun_n and_o moon_n chap._n 9_o of_o the_o eclipse_n a_o large_a discourse_n on_o the_o miraculous_a eclipse_n that_o happen_v at_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n chap._n 10._o of_o the_o extent_n of_o providence_n to_o the_o star_n of_o their_o 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