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will_v appear_v more_o sad_a than_o at_o first_o and_o thy_o comfort_n more_o unretrievable_a no_o real_a peace_n but_o in_o the_o god_n of_o peace_n through_o the_o prince_n of_o peace_n friend_n and_o relation_n can_v always_o be_v present_a personal_o with_o their_o company_n and_o counsel_n to_o minister_v to_o our_o peace_n a_o virtual_a and_o vicarious_a presence_n and_o conference_n do_v not_o a_o little_a contribute_v to_o our_o consolation_n when_o distance_n of_o place_n render_v the_o other_o impossible_a and_o with_o what_o a_o transport_n of_o joy_n do_v we_o receive_v their_o token_n their_o letter_n their_o write_n with_o what_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v we_o peruse_v and_o in_o a_o manner_n greedy_o devour_v they_o how_o be_v our_o heart_n ravish_v with_o the_o kind_n and_o affectionate_a expression_n profession_n of_o remembrance_n respect_n love_n every_o word_n be_v a_o cordial_n we_o be_v in_o a_o ecstasy_n of_o contentation_n here_o as_o in_o a_o 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commiseration_n offer_v so_o benign_o by_o these_o most_o effectual_a medicine_n against_o all_o anxiety_n and_o woe_n to_o deliver_v thou_o out_o of_o thy_o wearisome_a hospital_n into_o a_o everlasting_a heaven_n of_o pleasure_n joy_n peace_n soundness_n safety_n rest_v and_o consolation_n oh_o thy_o madness_n to_o choose_v thy_o misery_n and_o vexation_n rather_o than_o so_o bless_a a_o hope_n so_o unutterable_a happiness_n what!_o be_v fond_a of_o hell_n and_o dote_v on_o thy_o torment_n and_o prefer_v thy_o prelibation_n of_o eternal_a plague_n and_o horror_n before_o these_o earnest_n of_o those_o unspeakable_o glorious_a future_a recompense_n be_v it_o not_o even_o so_o this_o be_v and_o well_o may_v it_o be_v for_o a_o lamentation_n chap._n xvii_o instructive_a inference_n wave_v the_o corrective_a deduction_n because_o in_o part_n coincident_a with_o the_o elenctical_a as_o i_o have_v manage_v they_o i_o shall_v close_v all_o with_o the_o instructive_a and_o here_o as_o all_o 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uphold_v thou_o with_o the_o right_a hand_n of_o my_o righteousness_n 13._o ay_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n will_v hold_v thy_o right_a hand_n say_v unto_o thou_o fear_v not_o i_o will_v help_v thou_o etc._n etc._n deut._n 33.26_o there_o be_v none_o like_o unto_o the_o god_n of_o jesurun_n who_o ride_v upon_o the_o heaven_n in_o thy_o help_n and_o in_o his_o excellency_n on_o the_o sky_n the_o eternal_a god_n be_v thy_o refuge_n and_o underneath_o be_v the_o everlasting_a arms._n he_o be_v a_o mighty_a man_n indeed_o who_o thus_o under_o chasten_v be_v support_v by_o the_o almighty_a power_n of_o god_n 4._o it_o be_v jehovah_n the_o performer_n of_o promise_n that_o chastize_n and_o therefore_o his_o chasten_a itself_o be_v not_o the_o execution_n of_o the_o old-covenant_n threaten_v to_o a_o child_n of_o god_n but_o a_o fulfil_n of_o a_o new-covenant_n promise_n psal_n 89._o if_o the_o child_n of_o he_o who_o god_n make_v his_o first-born_a ver._n 27._o and_o his_o throne_n as_o the_o day_n of_o heaven_n ver._n 29._o do_v forsake_v my_o law_n etc._n etc._n ver._n 30._o then_o will_v i_o visit_v their_o transgression_n with_o the_o rod_n and_o their_o iniquity_n with_o stripe_n i_o call_v this_o a_o promise_n not_o a_o threat_n nor_o a_o bare_a asseveration_n because_o insert_v as_o matter_n of_o privilege_n amid_o a_o cluster_n of_o promise_n true_a in_o a_o sense_n of_o david_n but_o redound_v to_o christ_n and_o his_o child_n and_o seed_n heb._n 2.13_o be_v 53.10_o but_o as_o to_o israel_n in_o egypt_n so_o to_o all_o his_o spiritual_a israel_n when_o in_o their_o most_o grievous_a agony_n and_o oppression_n he_o reveal_v himself_o by_o his_o name_n jehovah_n in_o a_o peculiar_a manner_n for_o to_o no_o condition_n be_v more_o promise_v make_v to_o none_o more_o fulfil_v it_o be_v a_o bless_a thing_n indeed_o under_o all_o the_o most_o doleful_a circumstance_n of_o providence_n to_o inherit_v in_o jehovah_n all_o the_o promise_n in_o this_o be_v thou_o rich_a 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