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sin_n we_o must_v not_o then_o think_v we_o have_v trim_o satisfy_v for_o our_o sin_n when_o we_o have_v undergo_v and_o take_v upon_o we_o certain_a punishment_n in_o our_o body_n which_o we_o think_v be_v very_o grievous_a for_o although_o we_o shall_v our_o whole_a life_n long_o pine_v ourselves_o with_o the_o great_a and_o extreme_a torment_n that_o can_v be_v it_o be_v nothing_o in_o comparison_n of_o that_o full_a measure_n of_o punishment_n for_o our_o sin_n which_o god_n set_v down_o for_o that_o be_v not_o for_o a_o day_n or_o two_o or_o as_o long_o as_o we_o live_v no_o not_o for_o twenty_o thousand_o year_n but_o for_o ever_o ever_o ever_o and_o have_v never_o end_n and_o not_o only_o in_o the_o torment_n of_o the_o body_n but_o also_o in_o soul_n the_o grief_n whereof_o can_v not_o be_v express_v a_o thousand_o time_n more_o intolerable_a than_o any_o grief_n that_o can_v come_v to_o the_o body_n do_v the_o lord_n god_n say_v whip_v be_v that_o body_n for_o certain_a year_n 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condition_n before_o our_o eye_n as_o jacob_n do_v gen._n chap._n 28._o 20._o if_o god_n will_v be_v with_o i_o and_o keep_v i_o in_o this_o journey_n which_o i_o go_v and_o will_v give_v i_o bread_n to_o eat_v and_o clothes_n to_o put_v on_o so_o that_o i_o come_v again_o to_o my_o father_n house_n in_o safety_n etc._n etc._n with_o word_n proceed_v from_o the_o truth_n of_o his_o heart_n not_o purpose_v to_o dissemble_v with_o god_n do_v declare_v a_o marvellous_a content_a mind_n if_o we_o consider_v who_o it_o be_v that_o speak_v it_o first_o of_o all_o the_o graundchilde_n of_o that_o mighty_a abraham_n who_o be_v able_a to_o reske_n we_o his_o kinsman_n lot_n with_o three_o hundred_o and_o eighteen_o soldier_n bear_v and_o bring_v up_o in_o his_o house_n gen._n chap._n 14._o vers_fw-la 14._o and_o who_o be_v so_o rich_a that_o the_o land_n in_o which_o he_o sojourn_v be_v not_o able_a to_o bear_v they_o cap._n 13._o 6._o then_o he_o be_v the_o only_a heir_n of_o that_o rich_a isaak_n who_o dwell_v in_o gerar_n sow_v and_o find_v by_o estimation_n a_o hundred_o fold_n and_o be_v exceed_o rich_a cap._n 26._o 12_o 13._o and_o be_v so_o bless_v that_o the_o king_n of_o the_o land_n be_v afraid_a of_o he_o v._o 28._o three_o it_o be_v he_o who_o be_v so_o bless_v in_o all_o earthly_a and_o heavenly_a thing_n by_o his_o father_n in_o the_o chap._n go_v before_o and_o be_v confirm_v in_o the_o same_o again_o in_o this_o very_a chap._n v._o 1._o 3._o and_o last_o of_o all_o be_v establish_v in_o the_o faith_n of_o it_o by_o the_o lord_n himself_o v._o 17._o after_o all_o so_o many_o and_o great_a thing_n which_o may_v have_v make_v he_o look_v a_o loft_n what_o a_o mind_n have_v he_o that_o desire_v 〈◊〉_d meat_n and_o drink_v and_o clothes_n especial_o in_o so_o long_a a_o time_n of_o absence_n from_o his_o friend_n for_o he_o know_v well_o the_o cause_n of_o his_o own_o departure_n even_o the_o cruel_a rage_n of_o his_o brother_n which_o can_v not_o be_v appease_v 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