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reliance_n upon_o god_n yea_o even_o with_o some_o kind_n of_o joy_n itself_o for_o when_o we_o be_v bid_v to_o rejoice_v continual_o philip._n 4.4_o even_o the_o dismal_a day_n of_o our_o mourning_n be_v not_o except_v not_o so_o only_o say_v the_o apostle_n but_o we_o glory_n in_o tribulation_n rom._n 5.3_o yea_o more_o than_o so_o my_o brethren_n say_v st._n james_n count_v it_o all_o joy_n when_o you_o fall_v into_o divers_a temptation_n james_n 1.2_o three_o for_o the_o manner_n of_o our_o mourning_n we_o can_v but_o take_v notice_n that_o there_o be_v a_o solemn_a mourning_n and_o there_o be_v a_o private_a and_o domestical_a the_o solemn_a be_v by_o public_a indiction_n of_o authority_n that_o only_a power_n that_o can_v command_v our_o person_n may_v command_v our_o humiliation_n and_o prescribe_v the_o circumstance_n of_o the_o performance_n of_o it_o niniveh_n itself_o have_v so_o much_o divinity_n as_o to_o know_v and_o practice_v this_o truth_n how_o strict_a a_o 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