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the_o daughter_n of_o edom_n be_v inform_v lam._n 4._o 22._o observation_n xl._n there_o be_v a_o dashing-work_n of_o providence_n in_o regard_n of_o various_a matter_n which_o in_o way_n of_o probability_n offer_v themselves_o to_o the_o eye_n of_o sense_n and_o reason_n chap._n i._n that_o the_o fair_a and_o promising-face_n of_o thing_n be_v sometime_o veil_v yea_o hush_v it_o into_o a_o perpetual_a darkness_n never_o to_o see_v light_n in_o this_o world_n appear_v 1._o from_o god_n otherwise_o inform_v the_o judgement_n of_o person_n about_o matter_n abraham_n be_v without_o issue_n heir-male_a and_o female_a he_o think_v eliezer_n must_v be_v the_o man_n who_o must_v heir_n it_o but_o what_o say_v god_n this_o shall_v not_o be_v thy_o heir_n but_o he_o that_o shall_v come_v forth_o out_o of_o thy_o own_o bowel_n shall_v be_v thy_o heir_n gen._n 15._o 4._o samuel_n be_v send_v to_o anoint_v one_o of_o the_o son_n of_o jesse_n and_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v when_o they_o be_v come_v that_o he_o look_v on_o eliab_n and_o say_v sure_o the_o lord_n anointed_n be_v before_o he_o but_o the_o lord_n say_v unto_o samuel_n look_v not_o on_o his_o countenance_n or_o on_o the_o height_n of_o his_o stature_n because_o i_o have_v refuse_v he_o for_o the_o lord_n see_v not_o as_o man_n see_v for_o man_n look_v on_o the_o outward_a appearance_n but_o the_o lord_n look_v on_o the_o heart_n 1_o sam._n 16._o 6_o 7._o 2._o from_o the_o confession_n and_o acknowledgement_n of_o party_n thus_o in_o that_o acknowledgement_n of_o the_o church_n isa_n 64._o â—_o when_o thou_o do_v terrible_a thing_n which_o we_o look_v not_o for_o etc._n etc._n in_o job_n 17._o 12._o my_o purpose_n be_v break_v off_o even_o the_o thought_n of_o my_o heart_n say_v that_o man_n of_o god_n under_o his_o black_a cloud_n and_o in_o v._o 15._o where_o be_v now_o my_o hope_n as_o for_o my_o hope_n who_o shall_v see_v it_o and_o yet_o he_o and_o other_o live_v to_o see_v a_o confutation_n of_o his_o black_a 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