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slender_a sigh_n i_o must_v be_v assure_v that_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n be_v present_a and_o work_v his_o good_a work_n faith_n say_v catechis_n 〈◊〉_d sin_n in_o the_o most_o holy_a man_n in_o this_o life_n be_v imperfect_a and_o weak_a yet_o nevertheless_o whosoever_o feel_v in_o his_o heart_n a_o earnest_a desire_n and_o a_o strive_v against_o his_o natural_a doubt_n both_o can_v and_o must_v assure_v himself_o that_o he_o be_v endue_v with_o true_a faith_n if_o thou_o shall_v feel_v thyself_o say_v 5._o rolloc_n to_o believe_v in_o christ_n and_o that_o for_o christ_n or_o at_o lest_o if_o thou_o can_v not_o forthwith_o attain_v that_o if_o thou_o feel_v thyself_o willing_a to_o believe_v in_o christ_n for_o christ_n and_o willing_a to_o do_v all_o thing_n for_o god_n sake_n and_o sincere_o thou_o have_v certain_o a_o very_a excellent_a argument_n both_o of_o perseverance_n in_o faith_n and_o of_o that_o faith_n which_o shall_v last_v for_o ever_o our_o faith_n may_v be_v so_o 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confidence_n as_o it_o be_v wont_n so_o that_o for_o a_o time_n thou_o may_v lie_v under_o the_o torture_n of_o a_o heavy_a heart_n uncheerfullnesse_n in_o all_o thy_o way_n and_o some_o degree_n of_o horror_n because_o thou_o can_v get_v no_o better_a holdfast_n but_o more_o be_v thy_o fault_n for_o never_o do_v dear_a father_n so_o love_o entertain_v into_o his_o greedy_a arm_n a_o penitent_a son_n return_v from_o go_v astray_o then_o our_o merciful_a god_n upon_o thy_o renew_a humiliation_n be_v willing_a to_o shine_v upon_o thou_o again_o with_o the_o refresh_a beam_n and_o blessing_n of_o his_o wont_a favour_n yet_o tell_v i_o true_a dear_a heart_n though_o for_o the_o present_a that_o precious_a and_o happy_a prayer_n of_o paul_n for_o the_o roman_n 15.13_o the_o god_n of_o hope_n fill_v you_o with_o all_o joy_n and_o peace_n in_o believe_v be_v not_o fulfil_v upon_o thy_o soul_n though_o thy_o former_a joyful_a feeling_n be_v turn_v into_o distrustful_a fear_n yet_o do_v not_o 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&_o suaviter_fw-la moriuntur_fw-la ut_fw-la vixerant_fw-la ad_fw-la felicitatem_fw-la emmetiam_fw-la mortis_fw-la conditio_fw-la requiritur_fw-la sic_fw-la de_fw-la illis_fw-la diâ—it_fw-la psalm_n 73._o neque_fw-la enim_fw-la sunt_fw-la vincula_fw-la morti_fw-la â—orum_fw-la etc._n etc._n merc._n in_o job_n cap._n 21._o 21._o job_n 21._o 21._o id_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la hoc_fw-la loco_fw-la significat_fw-la non_fw-la quod_fw-la alij_fw-la volunt_fw-la &_o momento_n ad_fw-la inferna_fw-la descendunt_fw-la quasi_fw-la in_o locum_fw-la supplicij_fw-la nihilenim_fw-la de_fw-la futurâ_fw-la vitâ_fw-la hîc_fw-la job_n dicere_fw-la voluit_fw-la sed_fw-la omni_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la felicitatem_fw-la impiorum_fw-la adversum_fw-la socios_fw-la ostendere_fw-la quibus_fw-la ad_fw-la cumulum_fw-la solicitatis_fw-la quâ_fw-la vitam_fw-la totam_fw-la transegerunt_fw-la hoc_fw-la insuper_fw-la accedit_fw-la quòd_fw-la suavissimè_fw-la moriuntur_fw-la idem_fw-la ibid._n interim_n improbi_fw-la exultant_fw-la robusti_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o pleni_fw-la vigoris_fw-la quando_fw-la verò_fw-la ad_fw-la mortem_fw-la veniunt_fw-la quasi_fw-la ex_fw-la votâ—_n videntur_fw-la illam_fw-la obire_fw-la tum_fw-la quasi_fw-la cubitumire_v calvin_n in_o loc._n loc._n heb._n 12.6_o 12.6_o deus_fw-la unicum_fw-la habet_fw-la silium_fw-la sine_fw-la peccato_fw-la nullum_fw-la sine_fw-la flagello_fw-la aug._n symbolum_n fidelibus_fw-la datum_fw-la sivis_fw-la regnare_fw-la mecúm_fw-la crucem_fw-la meam_fw-la porta_fw-la tecum_fw-la gers._fw-la gers._fw-la pag._n 1886._o 1886._o and_o yet_o i_o know_v some_o horrible_o afflict_v in_o this_o kind_n and_o yet_o in_o some_o respect_n as_o outward_o miserable_a as_o can_v be_v imagine_v but_o then_o know_v that_o the_o merciful_a power_n of_o god_n be_v mighty_o improoved_a for_o extraordinary_a support_n support_n onerosas_fw-la cogitationes_fw-la in_o animá_fw-la iusti_fw-la ill_a as_o accipe_fw-la quibus_fw-la resistere_fw-la vult_fw-la &_o 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quae_fw-la tum_fw-la ferenda_fw-la erunt_fw-la quum_fw-la nos_fw-la videlicèt_fw-la proâ—ijs_fw-la sigillatìm_fw-la omnibus_fw-la qui_fw-la nobis_fw-la concrediti_fw-la fuerint_fw-la rationem_fw-la reddere_fw-la cogemur_fw-la neque_fw-la enim_fw-la dedecoris_fw-la tantùm_fw-la atque_fw-la ignominiae_fw-la poena_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la aeterni_fw-la supplicij_fw-la mulâ—ta_fw-la nos_fw-la illic_fw-la expectat_fw-la illud_fw-la enim_fw-la parete_fw-la ijs_fw-la qui_fw-la praesunt_fw-la vobis_fw-la &_o concedite_fw-la nam_fw-la illi_fw-la vigilant_a pro_fw-la animus_fw-la vestris_fw-la tameâ—si_fw-la priùs_fw-la iam_fw-la à _fw-la i_o dictum_fw-la est_fw-la tamen_fw-la ne_fw-la nunc_fw-la quidem_fw-la reticebo_fw-la huius_fw-la enim_fw-la comminationis_fw-la terror_fw-la animum_fw-la mihi_fw-la concutit_fw-la de_fw-fr sacerdotio_fw-la lib._n 6._o princ_fw-la princ_fw-la rogatus_n quoque_fw-la à _fw-la nonnullis_fw-la in_o corum_fw-la temporalibus_fw-la causis_fw-la epistolas_fw-la 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