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heart_n or_o accompany_v with_o a_o pale_a countenance_n yet_o it_o be_v more_o real_o and_o dreadful_a in_o god_n than_o in_o man_n therefore_o better_a have_v all_o the_o man_n of_o the_o world_n angry_a with_o thou_o than_o god_n so_o it_o be_v in_o his_o mercy_n in_o he_o mercy_n though_o it_o have_v not_o humane_a concomitant_n yet_o it_o be_v more_o real_a operative_a and_o efficacious_a than_o all_o the_o merciful_a father_n in_o the_o world_n be_v and_o thou_o have_v better_o have_v god_n show_v mercy_n to_o thou_o than_o all_o the_o man_n of_o the_o world_n for_o in_o the_o four_o place_n when_o he_o be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o father_n of_o mercy_n there_o
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dives_n may_v have_v beg_v for_o one_o drop_n of_o water_n to_o cool_v my_o scorch_a heat_n but_o have_v be_v deny_v shall_v such_o a_o one_o have_v comfort_n and_o consolation_n serm._n xxxviii_o how_o god_n will_v comfort_v his_o people_n in_o all_o both_o their_o spiritual_a and_o temporal_a affliction_n which_o all_o the_o art_n of_o philosophy_n can_v never_o do_v 2_o cor._n 1._o 4._o who_o comfort_v we_o in_o all_o our_o tribulation_n the_o second_o particular_a in_o this_o text_n have_v be_v dispatch_v viz._n the_o subject_n who_o god_n comfort_v we_o apostle_n and_o believer_n in_o the_o general_a such_o only_o have_v a_o right_n and_o interest_n comfort_n why_o such_o only_a have_v a_o right_n will_v be_v treat_v on_o more_o opportune_o in_o the_o procedure_n of_o the_o verse_n we_o therefore_o go_v forward_o to_o the_o three_o part_n of_o the_o text_n as_o it_o stand_v divide_v and_o that_o be_v the_o object_n matter_n wherein_o this_o comfort_n be_v communicate_v to_o we_o 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