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sea_n most_o dangerous_a and_o tempestuous_a be_v this_o our_o kindness_n to_o our_o friend_n in_o short_a for_o they_o to_o be_v with_o we_o again_o be_v to_o exchange_v their_o ravish_a unspeakable_a and_o eternal_a joy_n and_o bliss_n for_o care_n and_o fear_n and_o pain_n and_o sorrow_n and_o sin_n once_o more_o these_o now_o the_o almighty_a mercy_n have_v free_v they_o from_o for_o ever_o those_o it_o have_v fix_v they_o in_o eternal_o can_v find_v in_o thy_o heart_n to_o grudge_v that_o admirable_a kindness_n god_n have_v show_v they_o must_v thou_o not_o ready_o speak_v it_o i_o be_o dumb_a because_o thou_o lord_n do_v it_o 7._o thou_o etc._n etc._n thou_o at_o who_o hand_n we_o have_v deserve_v abundant_o worse_a than_o ever_o yet_o we_o have_v receive_v well_o may_v we_o say_v with_o the_o holy_a prophet_n how_o bad_a soever_o it_o fare_v with_o we_o he_o have_v not_o deal_v with_o we_o after_o our_o sin_n nor_o reward_v we_o according_a to_o our_o iniquity_n psal_n 103.10_o nay_o the_o good_a man_n ezra_n acknowledgement_n will_v be_v we_o also_o our_o god_n have_v punish_v we_o less_o than_o our_o iniquity_n deserve_v chap._n 9.13_o he_o that_o complain_v for_o want_v of_o the_o staff_n of_o bread_n may_v give_v god_n thanks_o that_o the_o bread_n of_o life_n be_v not_o take_v from_o he_o for_o long_o ago_o and_o too_o too_o often_o he_o make_v a_o forfeiture_n of_o his_o right_n unto_o that_o great_a mercy_n he_o that_o bemoan_v his_o lameness_n pain_n and_o bodily_a sickness_n be_v debtor_n to_o mere_a grace_n that_o he_o be_v not_o under_o the_o torment_a terror_n of_o soul_n and_o the_o rack_n of_o a_o wound_a spirit_n his_o sin_n have_v ample_o merit_v that_o and_o a_o great_a while_n since_o he_o that_o lament_v a_o dear_a friend_n be_v go_v to_o heaven_n and_o leave_v he_o behind_o on_o earth_n most_o just_o may_v admire_v the_o divine_a goodness_n that_o his_o own_o transgression_n have_v not_o a_o great_a while_n since_o tumble_v his_o own_o 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as_o for_o thy_o prayer_n how_o can_v they_o be_v frustrate_v either_o to_o the_o decease_a or_o unto_o thyself_o surviving_n if_o all_o thing_n work_v together_o for_o good_a to_o they_o that_o love_n god_n this_o providence_n also_o must_v do_v so_o suppose_v thou_o such_o and_o then_o to_o pass_v by_o lesser_a matter_n thy_o friend_n be_v not_o proper_o go_v away_o only_o go_v before_o a_o little_a nor_o be_v request_n deny_v because_o not_o answer_v as_o we_o expect_v god_n have_v a_o better_a way_n to_o grant_v they_o in_o when_o he_o do_v not_o give_v they_o to_o we_o our_o way_n our_o dear_a lord_n be_v hear_v in_o that_o he_o fear_v although_o he_o die_v the_o death_n against_o which_o he_o so_o earnest_o pray_v heb._n 5.7_o obj._n 3_o there_o be_v those_o also_o with_o who_o this_o language_n be_v to_o be_v find_v i_o have_v lose_v at_o once_o my_o dear_a friend_n a_o comfortable_a estate_n nay_o my_o subsistance_n and_o support_n how_o shall_v i_o bind_v my_o lamentation_n 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enough_o in_o he_o that_o bless_a name_n whereby_o we_o all_o be_v call_v although_o he_o make_v the_o world_n and_o have_v it_o whole_o at_o his_o command_n and_o beck_n be_v notwithstanding_o please_v well_o enough_o when_o he_o have_v not_o where_o to_o lay_v his_o head_n mat._n 8.20_o but_o the_o moral_n of_o a_o very_a heathen_a will_v cry_v shame_n on_o such_o a_o christian_a thence_o you_o shall_v often_o hear_v much_o to_o the_o purpose_n fort_fw-fr purpose_n dici_fw-la potest_fw-la de_fw-la divitijs_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o medicum_fw-la gloriosum_fw-la dictume_v tuum_fw-la remedium_fw-la morbum_fw-la gravorem_fw-la facit_fw-la plut._n de_fw-fr cupid_n divit_fw-la be_v maxim_n divitije_fw-fr affluit_fw-la qui_fw-la minime_fw-la indiget_fw-la sen._n de_fw-fr pauper_fw-la non_fw-fr in_o paupertate_fw-la vitium_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o paupere_fw-la etc._n etc._n id._n the_o reme_v fort_fw-fr of_o contemn_v wealth_n and_o be_v content_a with_o a_o mean_a estate_n what_o danger_n be_v 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