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chastening_n while_o we_o bear_v chastening_n we_o may_v pray_v and_o pray_v hard_a that_o god_n will_v take_v they_o away_o david_n have_v no_o soon_o say_v i_o open_v not_o my_o mouth_n that_o be_v complain_o because_o thou_o do_v it_o psal_n 39.9_o but_o present_o he_o open_v his_o mouth_n in_o prayer_n vers_n 10._o remove_v thy_o stroke_n away_o from_o i_o while_o we_o bear_v our_o cross_n patient_o and_o willing_o it_o will_v be_v our_o sin_n not_o to_o pray_v for_o deliverance_n from_o it_o to_o say_v i_o be_o under_o a_o chastisement_n and_o let_v the_o lord_n keep_v it_o upon_o i_o as_o long_o as_o he_o will_v i_o will_v never_o ask_v he_o to_o take_v it_o off_o be_v a_o most_o unbecoming_a frame_n of_o spirit_n they_o that_o bear_v affliction_n most_o cheerful_o shall_v pray_v most_o earnest_o to_o be_v ease_v of_o it_o we_o must_v be_v willing_a to_o bear_v they_o always_o yet_o we_o must_v pray_v that_o we_o may_v not_o bear_v they_o long_o if_o a_o child_n under_o the_o rod_n of_o a_o parent_n shall_v not_o say_v pray_v father_n stay_v your_o hand_n it_o be_v enough_o but_o let_v he_o go_v on_o strike_v and_o never_o intimate_v a_o desire_n of_o his_o forbearance_n this_o be_v a_o sign_n of_o stubbornness_n not_o of_o patience_n and_o submission_n it_o be_v as_o bad_a not_o to_o ask_v release_n from_o our_o trouble_n as_o to_o murmur_v at_o they_o or_o to_o be_v unquiet_a under_o they_o remember_v then_o you_o must_v be_v as_o much_o in_o the_o exercise_n of_o prayer_n as_o of_o patience_n under_o the_o cross_n and_o that_o in_o these_o four_o