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he_o rom._n 8.29_o elect_v and_o and_o choose_v they_o ephes_n 1.11_o praedestinate_v they_o unto_o good_a and_o love_v they_o with_o a_o love_n of_o height_n depth_n and_o breadth_n incomprehensible_a in_o token_n of_o which_o love_n he_o send_v his_o son_n to_o be_v our_o saviour_n and_o deliverer_n a_o great_a love_n for_o god_n so_o love_v the_o world_n that_o he_o give_v his_o only_a beget_v son_n joh._n 3._o vers_fw-la 16._o a_o commend_a love_n god_n commend_v his_o love_n towards_o we_o in_o that_o while_o we_o be_v yet_o sinner_n christ_n die_v for_o we_o rom._n 5._o vers_fw-la 8._o a_o manifest_a love_n in_o this_o be_v manifest_v the_o love_n of_o god_n towards_o we_o 1_o joh._n 4.9_o from_o whence_o the_o apostle_n confident_o conclude_v that_o if_o we_o ought_v to_o love_v one_o another_o much_o more_o god_n 4_o will_v benefit_n procure_v love_n common_a gratitude_n man._n 4_o because_o god_n be_v good_a and_o beneficial_a to_o man._n which_o every_o man_n in_o reason_n be_v oblige_v to_o proclaim_v this_o here_o be_v then_o a_o infinite_a obligation_n i_o think_v god_n goodness_n to_o the_o creature_n in_o general_a and_o his_o various_a disbursment_n of_o his_o favour_n and_o bounty_n towards_o they_o may_v well_o represent_v he_o a_o fit_a object_n of_o humane_a desire_n i_o be_o sure_a the_o psalmist_n argue_v psal_n 36.5_o 6_o 7_o 8._o because_o heaven_n and_o earth_n and_o the_o very_a brute_n be_v regard_v by_o god_n man_n may_v well_o trust_v in_o he_o but_o if_o this_o seem_v a_o argument_n of_o too_o remote_a a_o concernment_n draw_v near_o look_v upon_o thyself_o as_o a_o man_n remember_v it_o be_v from_o god_n thou_o receive_v that_o life_n which_o thou_o now_o so_o mis-employ_a from_o he_o it_o be_v he_o that_o form_v thou_o so_o curious_o in_o the_o womb_n that_o fence_v thou_o with_o bone_n and_o sinew_n and_o cover_v thou_o with_o skin_n and_o who_o have_v ever_o since_o preserve_v that_o life_n from_o those_o danger_n it_o deserve_v 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the_o fatherly_a correction_n support_v in_o adversity_n guidance_n by_o counsel_n first_o fruit_n of_o the_o spirit_n and_o assurance_n of_o future_a glory_n if_o these_o thing_n will_v not_o mould_n thy_o heart_n and_o transport_v it_o to_o the_o love_n of_o god_n i_o know_v not_o what_o will_n and_o now_o consider_v what_o temper_n be_v their_o soul_n make_v of_o who_o have_v not_o god_n in_o all_o their_o thought_n flinty_a marble_n heart_n be_v too_o good_a a_o expression_n to_o call_v they_o fool_n brute_n or_o prodigy_n in_o nature_n be_v likewise_o too_o mild_a there_o be_v somewhat_o in_o they_o worse_o than_o that_o the_o very_a devil_n be_v compose_v of_o and_o that_o be_v atheism_n but_o i_o hope_v i_o shall_v not_o need_v to_o be_v bitter_a in_o this_o kind_n every_o soul_n will_v i_o hope_v consider_v these_o thing_n