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or_o evil_n so_o much_o as_o in_o appearance_n unto_o affliction_n and_o the_o cross_n which_o christ_n will_v have_v i_o take_v up_o daily_o and_o follow_v he_o in_o if_o the_o storm_n against_o we_o grow_v still_o high_o and_o high_o so_o as_o to_o strip_v we_o of_o all_o we_o have_v the_o earth_n be_v still_o the_o lord_n and_o the_o fullness_n thereof_o he_o have_v a_o good_a store-house_n for_o we_o to_o live_v upon_o there_o be_v nothing_o more_o destructive_a to_o we_o every_o way_n then_o the_o uncertainty_n we_o be_v in_o god_n can_v and_o if_o he_o think_v fit_a will_v chalk_v out_o some_o way_n wherein_o he_o may_v appear_v by_o his_o providence_n to_o choose_v for_o we_o and_o not_o leave_v we_o to_o our_o own_o choice_n and_o be_v contract_v into_o that_o small_a compass_n which_o he_o shall_v think_v fit_a to_o reduce_v we_o unto_o we_o may_v perhaps_o meet_v with_o as_o true_a inward_a contentement_n and_o see_v as_o great_a a_o mercy_n in_o such_o a_o sequestration_n 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