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consider_v that_o these_o persecution_n and_o trial_n come_v not_o upon_o we_o by_o chance_n or_o fortune_n or_o according_a to_o the_o pleasure_n of_o man_n or_o devil_n but_o by_o god_n decree_n and_o fore-appointment_n and_o special_a providence_n there_o be_v no_o evil_n in_o this_o kind_n but_o it_o come_v from_o god_n amos_n 3.6_o deuteronomy_n 32.39_o 2_o samuel_n 16.10_o 11._o psalm_n 39.9_o job_n 1.21_o isaiah_n 45.7_o hosea_n 6.1_o i_o create_v evil_a not_o the_o evil_a of_o sin_n but_o the_o evil_a of_o punishment_n which_o to_o our_o apprehension_n and_o feeling_n be_v evil_a sin_n be_v simple_o &_o per_fw-la se_fw-la evil_a but_o these_o suffering_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o in_o our_o apprehension_n only_o whatever_o the_o instrument_n of_o our_o trouble_n be_v yet_o god_n be_v the_o orderer_n and_o disposer_n of_o they_o josephs_n brethren_n sell_v he_o into_o egypt_n i_o but_o god_n dispose_v it_o unto_o good_a gen._n 50.20_o the_o assyrian_a be_v but_o god_n 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