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evil_a afar_o off_o and_o be_v humble_v shall_v have_v comfort_n when_o the_o evil_a come_v 6._o this_o arise_v from_o the_o distress_n which_o god_n child_n see_v upon_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n misery_n they_o say_v not_o of_o the_o church_n as_o cain_n do_v of_o abâ—_n be_o i_o my_o brother_n be_o i_o the_o church_n keeper_n they_o answer_v not_o the_o church_n complain_v in_o her_o affliction_n as_o sometime_o the_o priest_n and_o elder_n answer_v judas_n in_o his_o anguish_n what_o be_v that_o to_o we_o see_v thou_o to_o that_o 27._o but_o god_n child_n have_v a_o sympathy_n and_o fellow-feeling_n of_o the_o trouble_n of_o their_o brethren_n 6._o they_o be_v not_o of_o their_o number_n who_o be_v at_o ease_n in_o zion_n eat_v the_o calf_n of_o the_o stall_n drink_v their_o wine_n in_o bowl_n 6._o etc._n etc._n but_o be_v not_o grieve_v for_o the_o affliction_n of_o joseph_n but_o they_o like_o the_o member_n in_o the_o body_n natural_a if_o one_o member_n suffer_v all_o the_o 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nettle_n thorn_n and_o briar_n want_v christ_n the_o great_a husband_n man_n to_o manure_v and_o dress_v he_o and_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o residence_n of_o satan_n in_o he_o as_o a_o cage_n of_o unclean_a bird_n in_o regard_n of_o the_o presence_n and_o inhabitation_n of_o loathsome_a lust_n as_o a_o sepulchre_n full_a of_o dead_a man_n bone_n in_o regard_n of_o the_o dominion_n of_o corruption_n as_o a_o dead_a man_n under_o the_o power_n of_o death_n in_o who_o be_v no_o beauty_n leave_v and_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o sordidnesse_n and_o baseness_n of_o his_o practice_n way_n and_o order_n of_o his_o life_n as_o a_o sow_n wallow_v in_o the_o mire_n foul_a and_o shameful_a horrid_a and_o loathsome_a be_v man_n uncomelinesse_n without_o christ_n the_o great_a sinner_n be_v the_o foul_a monster_n bodily_a beauty_n without_o christ_n be_v but_o green_a grass_n upon_o a_o rot_a grave_n or_o a_o fair_a garment_n upon_o a_o leprous_a back_n do_v man_n see_v his_o uncomelinesse_n and_o 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