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under_o affliction_n you_o find_v 5._o jer._n 3._o that_o god_n complain_v of_o his_o ancient_a people_n though_o he_o have_v smite_v they_o yet_o they_o will_v not_o receive_v correction_n o_o lord_n be_v not_o thy_o eye_n upon_o the_o truth_n thou_o have_v strike_v they_o but_o they_o have_v not_o grieve_v thou_o have_v consume_v they_o but_o they_o have_v refuse_v to_o receive_v correction_n they_o have_v make_v their_o face_n hard_a than_o a_o rock_n they_o have_v refuse_v to_o return_v god_n have_v speak_v to_o they_o by_o the_o voice_n of_o mercy_n that_o be_v a_o still_a voice_n they_o turn_v a_o deaf_a ear_n to_o that_o language_n god_n speak_v to_o they_o in_o a_o loud_a language_n by_o the_o voice_n of_o judgement_n now_o god_n take_v it_o ill_a that_o this_o will_v not_o awaken_v they_o we_o shall_v be_v sensible_a of_o affliction_n but_o not_o cast_v down_o by_o affliction_n it_o be_v the_o middle_n between_o these_o extreme_n insensibleness_n and_o dejection_n 2._o 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transgression_n a_o break_n of_o god_n fence_n 6._o last_o it_o do_v not_o hinder_v the_o soul_n from_o duty_n but_o it_o quicken_v it_o unto_o duty_n and_o do_v inlve_v it_o in_o duty_n such_o a_o frame_n of_o spirit_n do_v very_o much_o become_v they_o who_o be_v able_a in_o any_o measure_n to_o clear_v up_o their_o title_n to_o this_o inheritance_n i_o have_v speak_v now_o only_o in_o the_o general_n what_o ever_o the_o condition_n of_o god_n people_n may_v be_v for_o the_o present_a yet_o this_o be_v their_o advantage_n they_o have_v a_o inheritance_n for_o the_o future_a the_o second_o doctrine_n be_v this_o 2._o doct._n that_o this_o inheritance_n of_o the_o saint_n be_v no_o mean_a slight_a nor_o contemptible_a matter_n but_o it_o be_v a_o excellent_a and_o glorious_a inheritance_n it_o be_v call_v a_o inheritance_n in_o light_n and_o for_o the_o person_n to_o who_o it_o belong_v it_o be_v peculiar_a to_o the_o saint_n observe_v the_o manner_n of_o s._n paul_n speak_v of_o it_o 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it_o be_v possible_a let_v this_o cup_n pass_v from_o i_o nevertheless_o not_o my_o will_n but_o thou_o be_v do_v mat._n 26.39_o use_v what_o height_n of_o folly_n than_o be_v it_o when_o god_n seem_v to_o cast_v off_o all_o regard_n of_o we_o for_o we_o to_o cast_v off_o all_o regard_n of_o he_o as_o do_v all_o impatient_a and_o froward_a person_n who_o upon_o every_o withdraw_n of_o god_n be_v so_o bold_a as_o to_o call_v the_o glorious_a majesty_n of_o heaven_n before_o their_o petty_a tribunal_n and_o charge_v he_o either_o with_o rigorousness_n or_o unfaithfulness_n as_o 2_o king_n 6.33_o and_o oh_o how_o apt_a be_v all_o man_n so_o far_o to_o forget_v their_o subjection_n and_o dependence_n upon_o god_n as_o when_o he_o break_v in_o upon_o they_o by_o his_o judgement_n they_o break_v out_o against_o he_o in_o their_o complaint_n and_o murmur_n other_o there_o be_v who_o in_o their_o distress_n betake_v themselves_o to_o indiredct_v and_o sinful_a mean_n of_o safety_n as_o the_o 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