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christ_n our_o lord_n be_v dead_a they_o will_v not_o break_v his_o bone_n he_o that_o be_v dead_a to_o the_o world_n will_v save_v his_o bone_n whole_a when_o cross_n strait_n and_o trouble_n come_v upon_o he_o why_o they_o return_v to_o god_n say_v yonder_o man_n be_v dead_a already_o to_o the_o world_n his_o heart_n be_v crucify_v to_o it_o he_o feel_v nothing_o so_o as_o to_o be_v distemper_v by_o it_o when_o they_o strip_v dead_a man_n they_o struggle_v not_o you_o may_v take_v all_o they_o trouble_v not_o at_o it_o o_o beg_v such_o a_o heart_n that_o god_n may_v do_v what_o he_o will_v with_o thou_o that_o his_o will_n may_v be_v do_v and_o this_o prayer_n will_v procure_v patience_n and_o help_v against_o discontent_n 3._o consideration_n of_o the_o evil_a and_o folly_n of_o this_o sin_n it_o strike_v at_o the_o sovereignty_n wisdom_n power_n and_o love_n of_o god_n at_o one_o blow_n against_o his_o sovereignty_n as_o if_o he_o rulâ—…d_v not_o thing_n well_o or_o know_v not_o what_o to_o do_v with_o his_o own_o hence_o this_o sin_n be_v call_v rebellion_n num._n 16._o 14._o with_o 17._o 10._o there_o god_n call_v they_o rebel_n and_o why_o because_o say_v they_o thou_o have_v not_o bring_v we_o into_o a_o land_n flow_v with_o milk_n and_o honey_n nor_o give_v we_o inheritance_n of_o field_n and_o vineyard_n thus_o thousand_o in_o their_o heart_n reproach_n god_n and_o say_v alas_o my_o lot_n be_v fall_v ill_o i_o have_v neither_o house_n nor_o ground_n nor_o clothes_n as_o be_v fit_a for_o i_o take_v heed_n go_v on_o no_o further_a in_o thy_o complaint_n this_o be_v rebellion_n it_o wound_v the_o wisdom_n of_o god_n as_o if_o he_o know_v not_o what_o to_o do_v for_o we_o and_o with_o we_o we_o will_v abhor_v to_o say_v this_o of_o god_n but_o in_o effect_n we_o proclaim_v it_o by_o our_o discontent_n his_o way_n be_v sometime_o dark_a but_o always_o just_a sometime_o intricate_a but_o always_o wise_a naomi_n think_v that_o she_o and_o she_o be_v quite_o undo_v but_o even_o then_o god_n be_v provide_v a_o stay_n for_o she_o in_o her_o old_a age_n no_o say_v the_o malcontent_a if_o thing_n have_v sort_v to_o my_o mind_n it_o have_v be_v far_o better_o than_o it_o be_v as_o if_o you_o shall_v say_v if_o god_n have_v take_v my_o way_n he_o have_v hit_v it_o also_o this_o put_v a_o check_n upon_o the_o power_n of_o god_n can_v god_n give_v flesh_n can_v he_o help_v i_o in_o this_o or_o that_o strait_a o_o i_o be_o undo_v there_o be_v no_o remedy_n as_o if_o his_o way_n and_o his_o thought_n be_v like_o thou_o and_o i_o how_o oft_o have_v he_o help_v thou_o at_o a_o dead_a lift_n when_o the_o lease_n be_v to_o takâ—…_n â—…hy_a rent_n to_o pay_v thy_o child_n to_o dispose_n and_o therefore_o why_o shall_v you_o fret_v or_o repine_v at_o the_o strait_n and_o cross_n that_o do_v befall_v you_o as_o though_o his_o hand_n be_v shorten_v or_o his_o car_n heavy_a sure_o he_o that_o help_v king_n can_v help_v husbandman_n in_o their_o need_n and_o then_o it_o strike_v at_o the_o love_n of_o god_n no_o father_n can_v be_v so_o careful_a of_o the_o good_a of_o his_o child_n or_o husband_n of_o his_o wife_n happiness_n as_o god_n be_v of_o each_o of_o you_o that_o belong_v to_o he_o and_o why_o will_v â—…e_o be_v displease_v at_o his_o proceed_n towards_o you_o hear_v what_o he_o say_v jer._n 32._o 47._o i_o will_v rejoice_v over_o you_o to_o do_v you_o good_a and_o will_v plant_v you_o in_o this_o land_n assure_o with_o my_o whole_a heart_n and_o with_o my_o whole_a soul_n as_o if_o he_o shall_v say_v i_o be_o glad_a in_o my_o heart_n when_o i_o can_v have_v a_o fit_a opportunity_n to_o do_v you_o good_a and_o i_o do_v it_o with_o my_o whole_a heart_n and_o soul._n nay_o say_v the_o discontent_a man_n thing_n fall_v out_o with_o i_o to_o the_o worst_a spite_n itself_o can_v not_o order_v worse_o for_o i_o such_o unexpected_a such_o intolerable_a trouble_n and_o vexation_n how_o do_v this_o grieve_a love_n itself_o that_o be_v order_v every_o thing_n for_o thy_o good_a and_o thou_o cry_v all_o these_o thing_n work_v against_o i_o and_o here_o be_v the_o evil_a of_o it_o and_o the_o folly_n also_o of_o discontent_n be_v manifest_a for_o it_o produce_v no_o good_a and_o procure_v much_o evil_n no_o good_a come_v of_o it_o i_o report_v i_o to_o your_o experience_n whether_o ever_o your_o discontent_n do_v mend_v the_o matter_n from_o the_o chieâ—…_n evil_n sin_n no_o good_a can_v come_v what_o folly_n be_v this_o for_o a_o man_n to_o fret_v and_o stamp_n and_o play_v the_o bedlam_n a_o hour_n or_o two_o to_o no_o purpose_n 〈◊〉_d matter_n nothing_o at_o all_o the_o better_o nay_o it_o procure_v much_o evil_a dishearten_v thy_o wife_n discontent_n thy_o family_n distemper_n thyself_o and_o wound_n thy_o soul_n and_o grieve_v away_o the_o good_a spirit_n of_o god_n and_o all_o to_o no_o purpose_n o_o consider_v of_o these_o thingâ—…_n and_o never_o be_v discontent_a again_o sect_n iii_o 5._o iii_o the_o three_o temptation_n of_o the_o husbandman_n gause_n be_v forget_v god_n and_o depend_v upon_o second_o cause_n his_o call_v lie_a among_o the_o creature_n at_o some_o distance_n from_o god_n he_o be_v prone_a by_o trade_v with_o thing_n see_v to_o forget_v thing_n unseen_a like_o a_o man_n in_o a_o mill_n can_v hear_v the_o voice_n of_o god_n for_o the_o clack_v and_o noise_n it_o make_v it_o be_v the_o peculiar_a happiness_n of_o the_o minister_n that_o his_o very_a call_v lie_n about_o god_n he_o dwell_v at_o court_n every_o day_n he_o needs_o do_v little_a else_o but_o contemplate_v god_n and_o persuade_v other_o to_o he_o but_o the_o husbandman_n business_n lie_v
much_o among_o the_o creature_n he_o must_v study_v the_o earth_n as_o well_o as_o the_o heaven_n and_o you_o know_v the_o hire_a servanâ—…â—…hat_n be_v out_o in_o the_o field_n may_v more_o easy_o forget_v their_o lord_n than_o they_o who_o wait_v on_o he_o in_o his_o chamber_n there_o be_v many_o in_o the_o world_n that_o have_v little_a else_o to_o do_v but_o think_v of_o god_n and_o their_o soul_n but_o the_o husbandman_n he_o have_v many_o thing_n to_o think_v on_o many_o thing_n to_o care_n for_o beside_o and_o the_o moon_n of_o the_o world_n do_v interpose_v and_o hide_v from_o he_o the_o sight_n and_o beam_n of_o the_o sun_n of_o righteousness_n and_o because_o god_n be_v out_o of_o sight_n he_o be_v too_o much_o out_o of_o the_o mind_n of_o the_o husbandman_n if_o the_o year_n be_v fruitful_a he_o be_v ready_a to_o give_v the_o honour_n thereof_o to_o the_o goodness_n of_o the_o ground_n or_o to_o the_o skilful_a husbandry_n thereof_o if_o it_o be_v unfruitful_a he_o be_v 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