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blessing_n health_n quietness_n wife_n child_n and_o which_o be_v above_o all_o the_o word_n of_o his_o patience_n and_o yet_o one_o fit_a of_o the_o stone_n beat_v out_o the_o memory_n of_o all_o these_o benefit_n 81._o 3._o 59_o 5._o 81._o vno_fw-la malo_fw-la plus_fw-la movemur_fw-la quam_fw-la mille_fw-la bonis_fw-la though_o we_o have_v have_v twenty_o year_n of_o felicity_n if_o one_o day_n of_o sorrow_n come_v all_o the_o former_a calmness_n be_v forget_v cloud_n of_o indignation_n gather_v and_o break_v out_o into_o stream_n of_o impatience_n nay_o if_o one_o tooth_n do_v but_o ache_v that_o centre_n or_o point_n of_o pain_n darken_v all_o the_o sphere_n and_o circumference_n of_o god_n mercy_n it_o be_v easy_a to_o abound_v in_o complain_v but_o far_o more_o comfortable_a to_o fasten_v upon_o a_o remedy_n and_o that_o be_v not_o far_o of_o because_o the_o lord_n be_v at_o hand_n and_o what_o sense_n soever_o be_v put_v upon_o the_o word_n they_o breath_n upon_o we_o abundant_a 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