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it_o 2._o patience_n in_o bear_v this_o patience_n be_v twofold_a 1._o either_o in_o regard_n of_o man_n when_o we_o bear_v injury_n without_o revenge_v or_o 2._o in_o regard_n of_o god_n when_o we_o bear_v his_o hand_n without_o repine_v a_o good_a man_n will_v not_o only_o do_v god_n will_v but_o bear_v his_o will_n mica_n 7._o 9_o i_o will_v bear_v the_o indignation_n of_o the_o lord_n this_o patient_a bear_n of_o god_n will_n be_v not_o 1._o a_o stoical_a apathy_n patience_n be_v not_o insensibleness_n under_o god_n hand_n we_o ought_v to_o be_v sensible_a 2._o it_o be_v not_o patience_n upon_o force_n to_o bear_v a_o thing_n because_o we_o can_v help_v it_o which_o as_o erasmus_n say_v be_v rather_o necessity_n than_o patience_n but_o patience_n be_v a_o cheerful_a submission_n of_o our_o will_n to_o god_n act._n 21._o 4._o the_o will_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v do_v a_o godly_a man_n do_v acquiesce_v in_o what_o god_n do_v as_o be_v not_o only_o good_a but_o best_a for_o he_o the_o 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