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to_o make_v manifest_a the_o grace_n of_o god_n in_o his_o child_n the_o lord_n say_v job_n know_v my_o way_n and_o try_v i_o job_n 23.10_o deuteronomie_n 8.2_o remember_v all_o the_o way_n say_v moses_n to_o the_o israelite_n which_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n lead_v thou_o this_o forty_o year_n for_o to_o prove_v thou_o and_o to_o know_v what_o be_v in_o thy_o heart_n hence_o james_n call_v temptation_n the_o trial_n of_o faith_n james_n chapter_n 1._o verse_n 2.3_o and_o paul_n make_v patience_n the_o fruit_n of_o tribulation_n roman_n chapter_n 5._o verse_n 3._o for_o look_v as_o the_o shower_n in_o the_o spring_n time_n cause_v the_o bud_n to_o appear_v so_o do_v affliction_n make_v manifest_a god_n grace_n in_o his_o child_n patience_n hope_v and_o other_o virtue_n lie_v close_o in_o the_o heart_n in_o the_o day_n of_o peace_n but_o when_o tribulation_n come_v than_o they_o break_v forth_o and_o show_v themselves_o hence_o we_o learn_v that_o it_o be_v not_o always_o a_o token_n of_o god_n wrath_n to_o suffer_v affliction_n if_o any_o man_n or_o people_n be_v lade_v with_o cross_n it_o be_v no_o argument_n that_o therefore_o they_o be_v not_o the_o child_n of_o god_n for_o as_o peter_n say_v judgement_n begin_v at_o god_n house_n 1._o peter_n chapter_n 4._o verse_n 17_o and_o any_o cross_n upon_o a_o people_n family_n or_o particular_a person_n if_o it_o bring_v forth_o the_o fruit_n of_o grace_n in_o they_o be_v a_o true_a sign_n they_o belong_v to_o god._n yea_o when_o man_n wander_v from_o god_n by_o a_o evil_a way_n these_o affliction_n be_v mean_n to_o call_v they_o home_o to_o god._n psalm_n 119.67_o before_o i_o be_v afflict_v i_o go_v astray_o and_o they_o that_o forsake_v their_o sin_n and_o return_v to_o god_n in_o the_o time_n of_o affliction_n be_v certain_o god_n people_n for_o the_o wicked_a man_n fret_v and_o murmure_v against_o god_n when_o a_o cross_n come_v and_o he_o can_v abide_v it_o but_o the_o godly_a man_n be_v humble_v thereby_o and_o it_o make_v he_o more_o obedient_a in_o all_o duty_n unto_o god_n this_o we_o shall_v consider_v for_o by_o a_o outward_a profession_n we_o bear_v the_o world_n in_o hand_n that_o we_o be_v god_n child_n and_o therefore_o we_o come_v to_o hear_v god_n word_n and_o to_o learn_v how_o to_o behave_v ourselves_o as_o beseem_v his_o child_n but_o if_o we_o will_v be_v know_v to_o be_v god_n child_n indeed_o then_o when_o any_o of_o god_n judgement_n do_v befall_v we_o we_o must_v make_v this_o use_n of_o they_o namely_o labour_v thereby_o to_o be_v humble_v for_o our_o sin_n and_o to_o forsake_v our_o sin_n and_o to_o make_v conscience_n of_o all_o bad_a way_n for_o ever_o afterward_o and_o then_o we_o show_v ourselves_o to_o be_v god_n child_n indeed_o but_o if_o under_o the_o cross_n or_o after_o the_o cross_n we_o be_v as_o dissolute_a as_o ever_o we_o be_v and_o still_o follow_v our_o old_a sin_n than_o we_o can_v be_v judge_v to_o be_v god_n people_n and_o child_n but_o rather_o a_o wicked_a and_o stubborn_a generation_n which_o the_o more_o they_o be_v correct_v the_o worse_o they_o be_v like_o a_o stithy_n the_o more_o it_o be_v beat_v the_o hard_a it_o be_v let_v we_o therefore_o by_o the_o use_n of_o god_n judgement_n show_v ourselves_o to_o be_v god_n child_n so_o shall_v we_o say_v with_o david_n with_o much_o joy_n and_o comfort_n it_o be_v good_a for_o we_o that_o we_o have_v be_v in_o trouble_n psal._n 119.71_o thus_o we_o see_v what_o moses_n choose_v now_o come_v we_o to_o the_o thing_n he_o refuse_v to_o enjoy_v the_o pleasure_n of_o sin_n for_o a_o season_n by_o pleasure_n of_o sin_n we_o must_v understand_v the_o riches_n and_o dignity_n that_o moses_n
saul_n persecute_v david_n but_o his_o end_n be_v to_o kill_v himself_o with_o his_o own_o sword_n 1._o samuel_n 30.4_o and_o jesabell_n she_o persecute_v the_o prophet_n &_o child_n of_o god_n but_o her_o end_n be_v this_o 9.35.36_o the_o dog_n do_v eat_v her_o flesh_n the_o whole_a stock_n of_o the_o herod_n be_v great_a enemy_n to_o christ_n but_o their_o name_n be_v soon_o root_v out_o and_o herod_n call_v agrippa_n that_o slay_v james_n 12.23_o and_o persecute_v peter_n be_v eat_v up_o of_o worm_n many_o great_a emperor_n in_o the_o primative_a church_n be_v persecuter_n but_o they_o die_v desperate_o and_o julian_n for_o one_o once_o a_o christian_n die_v blaspheme_v christ_n &_o cast_v his_o blood_n up_o towards_o heaven_n cry_v thou_o have_v overcome_v o_o galilean_a thou_o have_v overcome_v and_o to_o come_v near_o these_o time_n what_o reward_n from_o god_n the_o persecuter_n of_o the_o church_n have_v have_v we_o may_v read_v in_o the_o book_n of_o act_n &_o monument_n 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