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interrupt_v but_o can_v never_o utter_o be_v take_v from_o we_o the_o lord_n who_o will_v not_o suffer_v the_o rod_n of_o the_o wicked_a for_o ever_o 3._o psal_n 125._o 3._o to_o lie_v upon_o the_o back_n of_o the_o righteous_a lest_o they_o put_v out_o their_o hand_n to_o wickedness_n will_v far_o less_o suffer_v his_o own_o terror_n continual_o to_o oppress_v our_o conscience_n lest_o we_o faint_v &_o despair_v 2._o hose_n 6._o 2._o though_o he_o wound_v we_o he_o will_v bind_v we_o up_o again_o after_o two_o day_n he_o will_v revive_v we_o and_o we_o shall_v live_v in_o his_o sight_n weep_n may_v abide_v in_o the_o evening_n but_o joy_n shall_v come_v in_o the_o morning_n the_o choose_a vessel_n of_o god_n shall_v not_o always_o lament_v and_o cry_v woe_n be_v i_o sometime_o the_o lord_n will_v put_v a_o song_n of_o thanksgiving_n into_o his_o mouth_n &_o make_v he_o to_o rejoice_v thus_o de_fw-fr adversis_fw-la &_o â—om_n chrisost_n in_o mat._n â—om_n prosperis_fw-la admirabili_fw-la virtute_fw-la vitam_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la contexuit_fw-la deus_fw-la the_o life_n of_o a_o christian_a may_v be_v compare_v to_o a_o web_n so_o meruailous_o mix_v and_o weave_v of_o comfort_n and_o trouble_v by_o comfort_n the_o life_n of_o a_o christian_a be_v a_o mix_a web_n wrought_v of_o trouble_n and_o comfort_n the_o hand_n of_o god_n that_o the_o long_a thread_n thereof_o reach_v from_o the_o day_n of_o our_o birth_n to_o the_o day_n of_o our_o death_n be_v all_o of_o trouble_n but_o the_o waif_n interiect_v with_o manifold_a comfort_n and_o this_o have_v we_o mark_v upon_o the_o coherence_n of_o the_o begin_n of_o this_o chapter_n with_o the_o end_n of_o the_o former_a now_o in_o these_o word_n it_o be_v to_o be_v observe_v the_o apostle_n say_v christ_n papist_n wrongful_o collect_v here_o that_o there_o be_v no_o sin_n or_o damnable_a act_n in_o they_o who_o be_v in_o christ_n not_o there_o be_v no_o sin_n in_o they_o who_o be_v in_o christ_n but_o he_o say_v 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complete_a armour_n have_v also_o suffer_v some_o enemy_n to_o remain_v against_o who_o we_o may_v fight_v for_o the_o trial_n of_o our_o faith_n patience_n and_o perseverance_n even_o as_o the_o canaanite_n be_v leave_v in_o the_o land_n that_o the_o lord_n by_o they_o may_v prove_v the_o israelit_n whether_o or_o not_o they_o will_v keep_v the_o way_n of_o the_o lord_n to_o walk_v in_o it_o second_o some_o life_n of_o sin_n be_v leave_v in_o we_o for_o our_o instruction_n that_o we_o may_v know_v the_o better_a how_o far_o we_o be_v oblige_v christ_n 2_o for_o our_o instruction_n that_o we_o may_v know_v what_o benefit_n we_o have_v by_o christ_n to_o god_n mercy_n &_o how_o excellent_a be_v that_o deliverance_n which_o we_o have_v by_o jesus_n christ_n nulla_fw-la quidem_fw-la est_fw-la condemnatio_fw-la his_fw-la qui_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la tamen_fw-la ad_fw-la humiliandos_fw-la nos_fw-la peccatum_fw-la adhuc_fw-la patitur_fw-la vivere_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la &_o graviter_fw-la nos_fw-la affligere_fw-la ut_fw-la bernard_n bernard_n sentiamus_fw-la quid_fw-la gratia_fw-la nobis_fw-la praestet_fw-la &_o semper_fw-la ad_fw-la illius_fw-la auxilium_fw-la recurramus_fw-la it_o be_v true_a indeed_o say_v bernard_n that_o there_o be_v no_o condemnation_n to_o they_o who_o be_v in_o christ_n yet_o for_o our_o humiliation_n the_o lord_n suffer_v sin_n to_o live_v in_o we_o and_o oftentimes_o afflict_v we_o that_o we_o may_v know_v the_o benefit_n we_o have_v by_o grace_n and_o make_v our_o recourse_n for_o help_v unto_o it_o continual_o and_o indeed_o except_o by_o experience_n we_o feel_v how_o powerful_a sin_n be_v of_o itself_o to_o over-rule_v we_o we_o can_v never_o have_v know_v that_o vile_a bondage_n and_o servitude_n of_o sin_n under_o which_o we_o lie_v by_o nature_n nor_o that_o excellent_a grace_n of_o christ_n by_o which_o we_o have_v get_v deliverance_n and_o therefore_o so_o oft_o as_o we_o be_v trouble_v with_o our_o inhabitant_n 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10._o 23._o conqueror_n when_o joshua_n have_v discomfit_v those_o five_o king_n who_o make_v war_n against_o gibeon_n he_o will_v not_o slay_v they_o in_o the_o battle_n but_o enclose_v they_o in_o a_o cave_n that_o the_o battle_n be_v end_v he_o may_v put_v they_o to_o death_n in_o sight_n of_o all_o his_o people_n and_o then_o for_o their_o further_a confirmation_n he_o cause_v his_o captain_n and_o chief_a man_n of_o war_n to_o tread_v upon_o the_o neck_n of_o those_o king_n to_o assure_v they_o that_o after_o the_o same_o manner_n the_o lord_n shall_v subdue_v all_o the_o rest_n of_o their_o enemy_n under_o they_o and_o so_o our_o captain_n and_o mighty_a conqueror_n the_o lord_n jesus_n have_v by_o himself_o obtain_v unto_o we_o victory_n over_o all_o our_o enemy_n those_o king_n which_o besiege_v gibeon_n be_v turn_v to_o slight_a those_o inordinate_a affection_n which_o hold_v we_o captive_n before_o be_v now_o by_o his_o power_n captive_v of_o we_o they_o be_v close_v up_o 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