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till_o he_o please_v to_o display_v some_o of_o himself_o to_o thou_o the_o patient_a expectation_n of_o the_o poor_a shall_v not_o perish_v for_o â—ver_v psal._n 9.18_o one_o beam_n of_o his_o countenance_n be_v worth_a wait_a for_o all_o thy_o life-time_n yet_o wait_v upon_o he_o in_o prayer_n in_o his_o ordinance_n where_o the_o spirit_n breathe_v and_o god_n show_v his_o face_n thus_o wait_v upon_o he_o in_o his_o own_o way_n yea_o and_o in_o his_o own_o time_n too_o think_v not_o time_n tedious_a he_o that_o believe_v make_v not_o haste_n isa._n 28.16_o consider_v that_o god_n be_v all_o this_o while_n prepare_v thou_o and_o make_v thou_o more_o capable_a of_o his_o love_n yea_o suppose_v the_o worst_a that_o thou_o shall_v die_v under_o a_o cloud_n as_o christ_n do_v yet_o thy_o condition_n be_v safe_a thou_o shall_v then_o come_v to_o a_o full_a assurance_n nay_o to_o a_o full_a possession_n of_o thy_o inheritance_n quest._n what_o be_v the_o special_a seal_a time_n wherein_o 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to_o forsake_v our_o own_o mercy_n jonah_n 2.8_o quest._n how_o may_v we_o know_v a_o good_a trouble_a conscience_n answ._n first_o when_o our_o trouble_n be_v rather_o for_o our_o sin_n than_o our_o suffering_n when_o we_o cry_v out_o of_o our_o sin_n as_o lam._n 5.16_o so_o jer._n 31.19_o ephraim_n bemoan_v himself_o etc._n etc._n second_o when_o in_o this_o condition_n we_o confess_v bewail_v and_o lament_v our_o sin_n as_o david_n psal._n 51.3_o so_o job_n 7.20_o and_o 3_o 4._o three_o when_o after_o this_o we_o forsake_v it_o prov._n 28.13_o such_o shall_v have_v mercy_n four_o when_o we_o do_v not_o only_o forsake_v it_o as_o to_o the_o outward_a act_n but_o the_o heart_n be_v change_v and_o mortify_v as_o to_o the_o love_n of_o sin_n when_o god_n hide_v pride_n from_o man_n job_n 33.17_o when_o we_o can_v say_v sin_n be_v more_o bitter_a than_o death_n eccless_a 7.26_o five_o when_o upon_o this_o the_o heart_n be_v carry_v out_o to_o seek_v after_o christ_n for_o rest_n and_o 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